Over 200 ounces delivered to MILEY!!!

I'm so happy to let everyone know that we delivered over 200 ounces of milk to Miley on Tuesday (8/16) night! Julie, Miley's mom, is so grateful for everyone's contributions and Miley is growing more and more everyday!

Our next delivery will be Tuesday, 8/23. Keep pumping mama's!!!

Tomorrow (Sat) is the first milk dropoff date!

Tomorrow will be the first scheduled milk donation dropoff at the Creekview Park main pavillion in Hampden Twp from 10-11am. If you have some extra bags of stored frozen milk, they would be greatly appreciated by Miley and her family!

Here's hoping for a strong turnout!

Alternative options....

From some of the conversations that I've had in spreading this information, I've received differing opinions regarding milk sharing (due to concerns and risks) and since I respect all intelligent opinions, I want to also provide another option for anyone who may not totally support milk sharing or any non-nursing supporters. There is a "Milk for Miley" foundation set up for that will accept donations, below is the info that I received from Julie, her mother:

Milk For Miley Foundation:

Make ck's payable to "Milk for Miley Foundation"

Milk for Miley Foundation c/o Citizens Bank

501 Third Street

Tyrone, PA 16686

First Donation/Dropoff DETAILS...yeah!

I'm setting up the first milk donation/dropoff for Saturday, 8/13/11. The location will be the pavillion at Creekview Park in Hampden Twp. Time: 10am-11am

Please provide the "pumped date" and the "use by" date on each of the breastmilk bags that is donated.

Help spread the word!!!

7/25/11- Spoke with Miley's mom

I've had the opportunity to speak with Miley's mom, Julie, now via phone and email. She's very grateful for everything everyone is doing to help Miley. Here is a quick blurb from our email communications:

Each and every mom that donates even one OZ of milk is giving my daughter a fighting chance and I will always be grateful and thankful for the gift of life that you are giving my daughter!

This makes me know that the time and effort being put towards this effort is ALL WORTH IT.

More to come on the details of the first donation/dropoff....currently reaching out to Wegman's and ABC21 news.

7/23/11- Introduction

Hello and THANK YOU so much for taking the time to view this blog. My name is Trisha and I'm a proud mommy of a 7m.o. baby boy. Last evening 7/22, during a conversation with my mother over the phone, she informed me of Miley's story and her need for breastmilk to thrive. I'm a breastfeeding mother, so naturally, I wanted to understand it more to see if I could help and I found the article in the local town newspaper (which is close to the area where I grew up).

It was hard for me to get through the whole article without getting choked up and I knew right away that I needed to do something. I couldn't walk away from this article without trying to help as much as I possibly could. Being a mom, as we all know, the love for our children is so stong; we would do anything for them. I could not imagine being in this mother's shoes where the only thing that her baby needs to live and thrive, Mother Nature will not allow her to provide...that breaks my heart.

Here's the link to the newspaper article (you may have to cut and paste it into your browser):

http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/552027/Finding-milk-for-Miley.html?nav=738

My mind started working right away about how I could help this family. I can pump and freeze bags which would help out, but one person doing this is not enough I thought. So, I wanted to reach out to the local breastfeeding community and see how much help I could find because we ALL can make a HUGE difference in this family's life!

I am reaching out to the local LLL as well as some of the other local businesses to try and get the word out about this. I am going to plan bi-weekly donation drop off points (hopefully, on the East and West Shore) and my mother will be doing the courier work for this effort as she is here weekly to watch my son.

If you are a breastfeeding mother reading this blog, then you are one of a small percent of people who has what is necessary to make a difference for this little precious being and her family. Please consider donating any amount of frozen breastmilk- we can make a difference together on this.

**Please bookmark this blog and check it regularly for dates/times/locations of breastmilk donation spots. Please also feel free to leave me a comment with your email address and I can send regular emails with the donation information in it also.