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Andrea Stalder, 29, center, takes a break from donating milk to play with her baby Adelheid, 15 weeks old, held by Maria Valle, Donor Coordinator for Mothers' Milk Bank, as Pauline Sakamoto, executive director of Mothers' Milk Bank places milk in an ice chest. "Mother's don't realize they can feed their infant and donate too, " said Sakamoto. Due to a shortage in donated breast milk, for the first time, a donation drive was held at Sutter Medical Plaza in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, December 10, 2012, to register mothers to become breast milk donors for preemies in neonatal intensive care units and others. The donation drive is organized by the Breastfeeding Coalition of Greater Sacramento, and the breast milk will be donated to the Mothers' Milk Bank of California, a San Jose-based nonprofit organization that provides breast milk to 73 hospitals in 13 states. -
Eight-month old Emitt Bente of Sacramento grabs a brochure while his mother Natalya Bente donated breast milk in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, December 10, 2012. -
Natalya Bente, 34, of Sacramento donates milk with her son Emitt Bente, 8 months, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, December 10, 2012. Due to a shortage of donated breast milk for preemies in neonatal intensive care units and others, the donation drive is organized by the Breastfeeding Coalition of Greater Sacramento, and the breast milk will be donated to the Mothers' Milk Bank of California, a San Jose-based nonprofit organization that provides breast milk to 73 hospitals in 13 states. -
Annie Barnes, 36, center, of Sacramento, donated 600 ounces of her milk. Pauline Sakamoto, right, Executive Director of Mothers' Milk Bank, and Maria Valle, donor coordinator of Mothers' Milk Bank, left, help place the milk into an ice chest. "I'm happy to empty my freezer and put in food instead of milk, " joked Barnes on Monday, December 10, 2012. Due to a shortage in donated breast milk, for the first time, a donation drive was held at Sutter Medical Plaza in Sacramento, Calif. to register mothers to become breast milk donors for preemies in neonatal intensive care units and others. -
Laura Byrd, of Sacramento fills out paperwork to donate milk while holding her son one-year-old, Lucas Telfer, on Monday, December 10, 2012 in Sacramento, California. The donation drive is organized by the Breastfeeding Coalition of Greater Sacramento, and will be donated to the Mothers' Milk Bank of California, a San Jose-based nonprofit organization that provides breast milk to 73 hospitals in 13 states.
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