Methodist Fremont Health joins mother’s milk program

Methodist Fremont Health is the newest collection site for the Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa milk collection program.
Milk from approved donors will be collected at Methodist Fremont Health, gathered by the Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa and dispensed to locations across the United States. The program launched earlier this month.
In 2020, 86 percent of the milk donated to the Iowa milk bank was dispensed to 52 hospitals in 13 states.
Methodist Women’s Hospital and Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital also serve as milk depot collection locations. Methodist Fremont Health will become just the fourth collection site in Nebraska. Other depots are located in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
“We are very pleased to be part of this important initiative and to help meet the essential nutritional needs of babies throughout the country,” said Tracy Moore, lactation consultant and OB nurse navigator at MFH. “We know we have many moms in our community and area who will be interested in participating, and we can’t wait to help make a difference in the lives of other families.”