For local healthcare providers and parents, it’s difficult to imagine fragile infant care without donor milk from Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. Before 2004, though, a nonprofit milk bank in the…
Spreading the word about milk banking is essential to reaching mothers with extra breastmilk and educating the community about donor human milk. What better way to grab their attention than to be…
There are several ways donors transport their milk to Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, but dropping off at depots is arguably the most popular. Depots make it possible for mothers to be a part…
What a year Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas had in 2017! Over the course of the last 12 months, MMBNT celebrated the fragile and premature infants who benefited from donor human milk and…
Another year has come and gone, and once again babies across North Texas and beyond received life-saving donor human milk from Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. It was another record-breaking year,…
Progress is in full swing at the site of MMBNT’s future home. In late November, we held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off the construction project. A dedicated crew is hard at work every day…
For years, Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas has grown to meet the increased demand for donor human milk. We are bursting at the seams in our home on Magnolia Avenue, with every feasible…
Courtney has held her position as a program assistant at Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas for more than a year, but four months ago she stepped into a new role: mom. Returning to work…
At Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, we value community involvement. Sharing our mission with others means more people understand the importance of donor milk, which can inspire some moms to…
Thousands of ounces of milk flow through Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas every week, so proper handling and organization in the office and lab is a must. Each deposit from each donor is…
Every fall, Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas celebrates its anniversary with a luncheon. The milk bank opened in the fall of 2004, and since then has provided safe, pasteurized donor human…
There is so much happening on any given day at Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. The lab staff is busy processing and pasteurizing milk, the donor coordinators are managing new and existing…
Ashley is a jack of all trades at Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. As one of the newest members of the MMBNT staff, she quickly adjusted to the team mentality of the office and works in…
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…
So many of the fragile infants we serve are right here in our own North Texas community. When we have orders from local hospitals or for outpatients, we send the milk out with our courier to ensure…
For our donors, recipients, volunteers and other members of our milk bank family, the mission and services of Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas are common knowledge. However, there are many…
It takes a village to maintain a successful organization, and at Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, that village often involves members of the community. As the Program Assistant for Community…
In the pasteurization lab at Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, accuracy and attention to detail are essential to processing donor human milk. One main step in the process is nutritional…
Moms have a variety of reasons for choosing to become milk donors. Oftentimes, a mom produces more milk than her own baby needs and decides to help others with her oversupply. However, there are many…
Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas experienced another great year of helping babies in need in 2016. Once again, the number of ounces dispensed increased from the previous year, meaning infants…