Milestones
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Founded in 2014 by Brister and Helen Scott, and Bruce and Susan Campbell. Throughout their careers both Susan Campbell, a neonatologist, and Helen Scott, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and registered nurse, saw firsthand how preterm infants benefitted from having human milk compared to babies who were given formula. Their experiences along with research studies conducted by their colleagues that proved human milk decreases the incidence of life-threatening infections fueled their desire to start a milk bank in Tennessee.
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In 2015, Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee became a developing Milk Bank with the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) and was mentored by the Austin Milk Bank.
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On March 23, 2016, Mothers' Milk Bank of Tennessee opened the first Milk Drop Depot in Tennessee at Nashville General Hospital. Collections were sent to the Austin Milk Bank for pasteurization.
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In 2021, became Certified as Member Milk Bank with the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA)
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On November 17, 2021, Mothers' Milk Bank of Tennessee opened its pasteurization facility in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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In 2022, Mothers' Milk Bank of Tennessee approved 324 donors and collected over 180,000 ounces of donor milk.
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Milk Drop Depot Openings
Shults Pediatrics
Knoxville: July 29, 2022
St. Thomas Rutherford Medical Center
Murfreesboro: December 9, 2019
Horizon Medical Center
Dickson: October 29, 2019
Bloom into Parenting, Lisa Paul, IBCLC
Knoxville: September 17, 2019
Centennial Women's and Children's Hospital
Nashville: August 20, 2019
Erlanger Health System
Chattanooga: November 28, 2018
Maury Regional Medical Center
Columbia: May 8, 2018
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center
Smyrna: November 19, 2017
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville: October 31, 2017
Southern Tennessee Regional Healthcare
Pulaski: April 17, 2017
Regional One Health
Memphis: May 10, 2016
Opening of the First
Mothers' Milk Bank Drop-off Depot
Nashville General Hospital at Meharry
Nashville: March 23, 2016
