Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes

09/05/2025

09/03/2025

🎙️ Dr. Miena Hall was interviewed by Steve Alexander on WGN Radio about Lactation MD opening as a milk dispensary and depot for Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. 💛

The segment airs today, 9/3, at 12:45 pm — be sure to tune in!
🔗 https://wgnradio.com/the-business-of-food-with-steve-alexander/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMlPelleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFIakU1RFUxMVFYN2diR0RPAR7rdTcbZbkSIqEYB7JogYjL4SkteOIVXpikKF7vCPUxWxLd5kyMJdPQjqKc-A_aem_EL9qYBWKbdNz6RYaSu8MpQ

09/03/2025

🌟 It’s Workplace Lactation Week! 🌟
Every parent deserves the time, space, and support to feed their baby with dignity, at work and beyond. 💼🤱 Together, let’s continue breaking down barriers and building workplaces where lactation is welcomed, protected, and celebrated.

Share to a Mom who is a pumping/nursing superstar! Congratulate her hard work! 🤱💙💛💙

08/29/2025

💛💙💛 The Restoration Project, founded by Kimberly Seals Allers and supported by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), ensures that babies who lose their mothers to pregnancy-related deaths still receive life’s first essential food: human milk.

This Black Breastfeeding Week, we’re proud to highlight a powerful model of restorative justice—one that nourishes our babies while helping to heal our communities! 💛💙💛

08/28/2025

08/28/2025

This Breastfeeding Awareness Month, we’re celebrating a major win for nursing families in Illinois! Governor Pritzker has signed SB 212 into law, granting paid lactation breaks for working moms.

At Milk Bank WGL, we’re proud to support this milestone that helps moms feed their babies and donors help others thrive.

Read more about how SB 212 strengthens workplace protections for nursing moms and babies in our latest blog post: https://www.milkbankwgl.org/news/illinois-sb-212-new-workplace-protections-for-nursing-moms-and-babies/

08/26/2025

🎉💧 6 MILLION OUNCES! 💧🎉

This week, Mothers’ Milk Bank of Western Great Lakes reached an incredible milestone, 6 million ounces of safe, pasteurized donor human milk received!

Every single ounce represents the love of donor families and the lives of fragile babies in NICUs across Illinois and Wisconsin. 💜

To our amazing donors, partners, couriers, and community, thank you for making this possible!!!!!
Together, we’re nourishing tiny futures! 🌟👶

08/25/2025

🌟 Black Breastfeeding Week is here! 🌟
We’re honored to celebrate and uplift Black breastfeeding families alongside our community. Join us at three incredible events:

🤱 Family First Englewood: August 29th with Family Focus Englewood
👶 Latch & Stroll: August 30 with Chicago South Side Birth Center Initiative
🤱 11th Annual Lift Up Every Baby: September 6 with the African American Breastfeeding Network

Together, we celebrate, support, and advocate for equity in breastfeeding and infant health. 💜

08/25/2025

JOIN US LIVE this THURSDAY! Black Breastfeeding Week

08/25/2025

💜 Out in the community! This week, our team joined Family Focus Belmont Cragin resource fair to connect with families and share about the impact of donor milk.

✨ Katera, our Community Engagement Specialist, and Kim, our Clinical RN Coordinator, were on site answering questions and spreading the word about how milk donation supports fragile babies in the NICU and beyond.

We are grateful for every opportunity to partner with local organizations and meet families where they are. Together, we’re building healthier beginnings for little ones! 👶

08/23/2025

🎖️💜 This week, we celebrate Military Lactation Celebration, August 22–24! Honoring the strength, resilience, and dedication of military families who serve both their country and their babies through breastfeeding and milk donation.

At Milk Bank WGL, we are proud to stand alongside military parents who make an incredible impact in the NICU and beyond. Thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and your commitment to nourishing the next generation. 💪

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