The New York Milk Bank

In 2023, The New York Milk Bank (nymb) continued to fulfill its mission of providing safely pasteurized donor human Milk (pdhm) to premature and medically fragile babies in nicu's across New York state as well as in New jersey and Connecticut. Demand for pdhm continued to expand in 2023. The nymb saw growth of approximately 27% in dispensing compared to 2022 and completed The year having worked with 52 hospitals and directly supported over 200 outpatients throughout The region. This was accompanied by 10% growth in The volume of Milk donations collected with over 1200 generous donations received from approximately 500 donors. In 2023, The nymb maintained 26 Milk depots which are collection sites located throughout ny state and nj for approved donors to drop off their donations. Additionally, to promote The use of donor Milk in The hospital setting for premature babies, nymb continued to deliver remote presentations to hospital staff. With its strong social media presence nymb continued to communicate to The public to donate and receive this life saving Milk. In addition to collecting and dispensing donor Milk, nymb played a positive role within The community by providing opportunuties for volunteers to assist our staff with tasks important to The functioning of The Milk Bank. Nymb donated dozens of New mother gifts to families in need accross The tri-state area.