A preemie’s foot can be the size of a toy brick. They need high quality donor milk to grow strong.

When fragile, hospitalized newborns need vital nutritious milk, Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) across the country rely on our Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank - the only one of its kind to deliver high-quality milk to these tiny patients. As more vulnerable infants require care, we urgently need to raise $200,000 for our own onsite milk analyzer - this specialized equipment will help us provide optimal nutritional quality of donor milk and more of it.

Donate by June 15 for 2X gift matching* - thanks to Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Eric Hixon - and help us purchase an urgently-needed milk analyzer.

Why hospitalized babies need the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank:

Sometimes new moms need support meeting their babies’ nutritional needs. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including:

• Sometimes new moms need support meeting their babies’ nutritional needs. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including:
• Multiple births (i.e., twins, triplets)
• Stress of preterm birth
• Medical conditions, like cancer
• Inability to put baby to breast to stimulate milk production (e.g., mom has a breast infection or the baby must remain in an incubator)

The milk bank can help provide vital nutrition for their babies and comfort for the families. Your monetary donation can help us maintain the quality of that milk with our own, onsite milk analyzer.

_{*We are grateful to Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Eric Hixon who are matching all gifts up to a total of $200,000 until June 15, 2025.}