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Attention nursing mothers!

I don’t watch Oprah, but I guess that The International Breast milk Project was featured on her show. I just found out about it and am considering donating some milk. From their website: “The International Breast Milk Project is the first organization in the world to provide donor breast milk from the United States to babies orphaned by disease and poverty.” Twenty-five percent of the milk donated goes directly to Africa while 75% is used for critically ill infants in the US; as this 75% garners $1/ounce in proceeds, this is then donated back to orphaned children.

Check out how to donate milk if you’re a nursing mother, and if you’re not, you can always donate money.

This entry was posted by Ashley on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 at 12:49 pm. This entry was tagged with . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Attention nursing mothers!”

  1. Shealynn Benner Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    I considered donating my breastmilk to a program that gives the donated breastmilk to premature babies. But, all of a sudden my supply started to deplete out of no where and I had to take supplements to produce more. :) Good idea, I think. :)

  2. Katie Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    Wow, Ashley, this looks so cool. What a wonderful way to give something so life-giving that money can’t buy!