May Donor Day on May 10, 2025
“With Mother’s Day celebrated this weekend, we thought it is excellent timing to host a community event for mothers to make milk donations but also to provide information to the community about the Milk Bank and how we can help support newborns and mothers in Arkansas,” said Misty L. Virmani, M.D., executive medical director of the UAMS Milk Bank, associate professor of pediatrics and neonatology and director of breastfeeding medicine. “Through this event, we also hope to educate people about the vital role that breastfeeding plays in an infant’s early development, which also promotes long-term health.”
Evening of Remembrance – Honoring the gift of love from bereaved families
On the evening of October 23 UAMS Milk Bank recognized Pregnancy and Infant Loss and Awareness Month by hosting families whose child has died but chose to donate the life saving gift of mother’s milk so that other children could thrive. A private ceremony was held where bereaved parents and their loved ones were invited to visit the Milk Bank and the My Love Lives On memorial tree. Families chose a place on the tree to place a leaf engraved with their child’s name and date of birth and received their own leaf to take home with them. They also were able to write notes and their birth story and place pictures in a memory book kept in the Milk Bank to honor these precious angels.
