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Article: MOTHER DONATES BREAST MILK THE MILK WENT TO A MILK BANK THAT SUPPLIES PROGRAMS LIKE THAT OF A STATE HOSPITAL THAT USES IT FOR PREMATURE BABIES.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2008
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Byline: Associated Press
MARSHFIELD -- Lenita Kluge used to store her extra breast milk in the freezer, but as it piled up she reluctantly began throwing it out.
Then the 29-year-old Greenwood mother found out she could donate her stock to the Mothers' Milk Bank of Ohio, which passes it on to hospitals and families in need.
"I helped out our daughter and then helped other children," Kluge said.
Thirty-four gallons of her milk went to the milk bank in Columbus, Ohio, for pasteurization. Some of it may have made its way back to central Wisconsin, where a pilot program to use donated breast milk has gotten under way.
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