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Donor Milk To Go

Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee is proud to partner with hospitals and clinics across the state and region to ensure that infants have continued access to safe, pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) after leaving the hospital. Our Donor Milk to Go Program offers a simple, reliable way for families to obtain up to 10 bottles per baby of screened, pasteurized donor human milk directly through their clinic or hospital’s designated distribution site at the time of discharge.

 

Donor Milk to Go is designed to:

  • Support breastfeeding goals

  • Bridge temporary gaps in a mother’s own milk supply

  • Provide safe nutrition for premature or medically fragile infants

  • Ensure continuity of care from hospital to home

 

Families are accessed a processing fee for each bottle at the time they obtain the bottles. The hospital or clinic does not incur any fees for offering the Donor Milk to Go program. The processing fee (paid by the family) covers the cost of donor screening, nutritional analysis, pasteurization, microbiological testing, and storage. The processing fee is $14.95 per 100mL bottle. Thanks to the generosity of our financial donors, we are able to waive or discount the processing fees to qualifying households based on a sliding scale. Please see below for more information about the Rosie Fund.

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Current Donor Milk to Go Sites:

  • Erlanger

  • Erlanger East

  • FLOW | Tennessee Center for Breastfeeding Medicine

  • TriStar Centennial Medical Center

  • TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center

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Financial Assistance

The Rosie Fund helps ensure that families have equal access to safe, pasteurized donor human milk when financial barriers might otherwise prevent them from obtaining this vital nutrition after leaving the hospital. Assistance is provided on a sliding scale based on annual household income, and proof of income is required.

 

This financial assistance program was made possible thanks to a generous grant from the HARDY Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The Rosie Fund is named in honor of Michael and Caleigh Hardy’s daughter, Rosie.

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If a household qualifies for assistance, please instruct the family to email us at info@milkbanktn.org with the following information:

  • Parent or Guardian's Name

  • Expected Discharge Date

  • Baby's Name and Date of Birth

  • The name of the hospital that baby is being discharged from

  • Proof of eligibility for assistance.

  • Acceptable proof includes one of the following: copy of W2 from most recent tax year, proof of state or federal assistance, most recent paystub for heads of household. 

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