How Does Milk Get to MMBNT?

Wednesday, 7/5/2017

While Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas is located in Fort Worth, the city is only home to some of our milk donors. In order to make the experience convenient for all moms, regardless of location, we provide a variety of options for donation.

Many local moms enjoy dropping their milk off directly at MMBNT. It gives them the chance to see our staff in action and understand the process their own milk will go through before being dispensed. For those who don’t live near the milk bank, there are 42 collection sites, or depots, that are equipped to store milk donations.

Most of these depots are located throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to provide an option for those who are in the area, but still aren’t within a reasonable driving distance. The rest of the depots are either in other areas of Texas, or in other states that don’t have their own milk banks. Some of these depots are hospitals, others are WIC clinics and others are organizations with a focus on women’s health. Each depot has a freezer where milk donations are securely stored until the milk leaves for MMBNT.

To get the milk to the milk bank, MMBNT’s courier pays a visit to most depots. He can be seen driving our pink van across North Texas, picking up donations and keeping them safe until they are put in the freezer at MMBNT. For the depots that are further away, our staff send overnight shipping materials to the depot. These are the same materials that are sent to milk donors who don’t live near MMBNT or a depot.

Regardless of its delivery method, all milk stays frozen during transport and goes into a freezer as soon as it gets to the milk bank. From there, the process of preparing milk for dispensation can begin.

For more information about becoming a milk donor, click here.