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Ways to Support
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Volunteer
Support our mission by volunteering at events, helping with outreach, education, and advocacy efforts to uplift breastfeeding families in Hawaiʻi.
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Donate Directly
Help us protect, promote, and support breastfeeding families across Hawaiʻi by making a direct financial contribution to Breastfeeding Hawaiʻi.
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Give Aloha
Donate to Breastfeeding Hawaii at any Foodland September 1–30. Use code 78832 and your Maikaʻi card. Foodland will match part of your gift!
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Donate Milk
Breastfeeding Hawaii now has two donor milk shipping sites: Waimānalo Health Center (Oʻahu) and Mother's Milk LLC (Kamuela, Hawaiʻi Island).
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Become a Donation Site
Support breastfeeding moms by becoming a local shipping supply site in your community. Interested? Read more and complete the application to join today!
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Community Sharing Platforms
Share your breast milk directly with local families through trusted community-based platforms. Consider donating through:
Donate to a Milk Bank
Your milk helps medically fragile infants, especially in NICUs. We partner with Mothers’ Milk Bank of San Jose, a nonprofit milk bank that screens, pasteurizes, and distributes milk to hospitals and families with prescriptions.
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Call Mothers’ Milk Bank of San Jose at (877) 375-6645 for a short 5-minute eligibility screening.
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If eligible, you’ll receive a packet of forms and a prepaid lab slip. Visit any Diagnostic Laboratory Services location for the required blood test.
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Once you receive your Donor ID, you can send your milk in two ways:
Home shipping: Have a cooler mailed to your home by the milk bank.
Local pickup: Get a cooler from a supply site near you (see below).
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Kauaʻi: Hua Moon Women’s Health in Kapaʻa
Hawaiʻi Island: Mother's Milk, LLC in Kamuela
Oʻahu: Waimānalo Health Center (ask for the WIC office) or Breastfeeding Hawaiʻi (email for island-wide or military base drop-off
Donate to Research
Support science with small milk donations (as little as 2 oz) to help expand knowledge of milk composition and medication safety.
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Your milk can help researchers:
Study how medications affect nursing infants
Better understand the benefits of breast milk
Explore human milk’s impact on child development
Most research studies only require small samples (2 oz / 60 mL).
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InfantRisk Center
Focuses on medications in breast milk. You can also suggest a medication they should study based on your experience. -
Mommy’s Milk: Human Milk Research Biorepository
Accepts milk samples for a wide range of studies. Visit their website to explore current research projects.
Be a Local Milk Donation Site
Support breastfeeding moms by becoming a local shipping supply site in your community. Interested?
Read more and complete the application to join today!
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Curious about the impact of donor human milk? Take our short quiz, watch a 6-minute video, and explore local coverage:
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Display brochures about human milk donation
Connect potential donors to Mothers’ Milk Bank of San Jose for screening
House 2-3 coolers with shipping supplies
Provide approved donors with coolers and shipping materials
Already a Site?
Please remember to submit your reports quarterly or better yet, right after distributing a cooler (takes less than 5 minutes!).
Mom-to-Mom Milk Sharing
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Safety & Cultural Context
Milk sharing is a cultural tradition in Hawaiʻi. Shared milk may be fresh, refrigerated, or frozen, but it is not pasteurized or lab-tested, so there is a risk of virus or bacteria transmission.
We recommend following informed milk sharing guidelines.
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Why We Don’t Recommend Buying Milk Online
Studies have found risks with purchased milk from unregulated sources:
74% of samples contained harmful bacteria
21% tested positive for cytomegalovirus (CMV)
10% showed traces of cow’s milk or formula
For medically necessary donor milk, ask your pediatrician for a prescription and purchase from a non-profit milk bank like Mothers' Milk Bank of San Jose.
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Community Sharing Platforms
Share your breast milk directly with local families through trusted community-based platforms. Consider donating through:
Human Milk 4 Human Babies – Hawaiʻi
Please include your island and area when posting.