Please spend 30 seconds today to help the Mothers Milk Bank of New England.

A few weeks ago Jen at The Lactivist pointed me to an online competition at a site called IdeaBlob.  The contest allows anyone to post a business or non-profit idea and compete for $10,000, given away each month.

Jen suggested that we try to raise some needed money for the startup of the Mothers Milk Bank of New England.  Despite the large number of hospitals in our region, the nearest milk banks to our area are in North Carolina and Ohio!  My local breastfeeding coalition has been working to establish a milk collection depot in our area. 

The Milk Bank needs money for 1) processing and storage equipment, 2) a "Milk Money" fund to help families whose insurance won't cover processing fees, and 3) marketing materials to get the word out about the new bank. 

So, here's our chance to make a big difference today.  Here's what to do:

• Go to the Milk Bank page on IdeaBlob, and vote for this project!  You have to register first and confirm by email, which doesn't take long.
• Blog or post about this wherever you can to help bring in more votes.

Thank you for your time today!  And cross your fingers...

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Comments

[FireMom]

Passing the info on. (And I voted!)

[Crunchy Domestic Goddess]

voted and will blog about it.

would you mind taking a look at my blog today and passing along the word as well? :) thx!

[Beth]

I'm so excited about this! I voted and sent the info to a ton of people. I hope it works!

[Sinead@BMums]

Sorry it took me so long to blog about this, Tanya, but I've finally got around to it and I voted last week! Wishing you loads of luck for this fantastic project!

[peter caputa]

My wife sent this to me from Jennette Frem at Mothers and Company. I voted.

Thanks for helping the babies! You're doing great work. Let me know how else we can help.