I am way behind on reading Lactnet this week, but I wanted to respond  
to the discussion a few days ago about Midwestern (USA) milk banks.   
Wisconsin currently does have a Milk Depot and is working with the  
Mothers' Milk Bank of Ohio.  Contact information for the Mothers’  
Milk Association of Wisconsin: 600 N. 8th Street, Mt. Horeb, WI  
53572, (608)333-4955, [log in to unmask]

See the web site at http://www.freewebs.com/mothersmilkwisconsin/ for  
more information.

Milk is collected in Wisconsin and is flown by Angel Flights to  
Columbus, Ohio, where it is processed by the Mothers' Milk Bank of  
Ohio, Grant Medical Center @ Victorian Village Health Center, 1087  
Dennison Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201  Phone (614) 544-5906  FAX (614)  
544-5907  email: [log in to unmask]

web site: http://www.ohiohealth.com/bodymaternity.cfm?id=1049

Donors complete a phone interview screening and fill out a detailed  
written health history with the Ohio milk bank before being  
accepted.  They get the necessary blood tests done in Wisconsin.

The Mothers' Milk Association of Wisconsin is trying to raise funds  
from donations and hopes to be able to start a full milk bank in  
Wisconsin in the future.  At this point, Wisconsin mothers are  
donating lots of milk to the Ohio Milk Bank.  Doctors in Wisconsin  
are just beginning to prescribe banked milk for babies who need it.   
It  is shipped back here from Ohio.

See the Mothers' Milk Association of Wisconsin web site at http:// 
www.freewebs.com/mothersmilkwisconsin/ for more details.

I'm not on the committee for this, but hear their reports at  
breastfeeding meetings in our area.  A group of dedicated people is  
working hard on this effort.

Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLL
Madison, Wisconsin
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