PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lindsay McGuire
Assistant Director of Advancement – Branding & Outreach, The Milk Bank
Lmcguire@themilkbank.org
317-536-1670
Cedar County Health Department Opens Milk Depot in Partnership with The Milk Bank
The community-based milk donation site is The Milk Bank’s 20th donation site in Missouri
EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. September 29, 2025 – Cedar County Health Department has partnered with The Milk Bank to open a Milk Depot, where approved milk donors can drop off donations of frozen breast milk. The Milk Depot is now open to the public at the Cedar County Health Department, located at 1317 S. Hwy 32, Suite B, El Dorado Springs, Missouri. 
This is The Milk Bank’s 20th Milk Depot in Missouri, and the first to open in Cedar County. “As an organization focused on supporting the overall health of Cedar County residents, we are proud to expand our services to include a Milk Depot in partnership with The Milk Bank,” said Victoria Barker, Director of Cedar County Health Department. “Now, approved donors who have excess breast milk can quickly and easily donate that milk at our Milk Depot and help save the lives of infants in Missouri.”
Approved milk donors of The Milk Bank can drop-off donations of excess frozen breast milk at the Cedar County Health Department Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Donated milk is transported to The Milk Bank – a nonprofit milk bank improving health outcomes for premature and ill infants – where it is processed, analyzed, pasteurized, and distributed to NICUs across the state.
“As we’ve seen the need for pasteurized donor human milk rise at an unprecedented rate, we couldn’t be more grateful for this new partnership with Cedar County Health Department,” said Freedom Kolb, CEO of The Milk Bank. “This new Milk Depot will ensure we’re able to supply lifesaving nourishment to infants across Missouri who are born too small, too sick, or too soon. We are grateful for their help in establishing a convenient, community-based milk donation site in Cedar County.”
Demand for lifesaving donor human milk has risen sharply—up 21.6% this year alone. To keep up with the need for donor milk, The Milk Bank must screen more than 150 milk donors every month. Every ounce of milk donated can provide up to three feedings for premature or medically fragile infants. Those interested in becoming a milk donor can pre-screened or ask questions on eligibility by contacting The Milk Bank at (317) 536-1670 or visiting themilkbank.org/donate-milk.
About The Milk Bank:
The Milk Bank is a non-profit tissue bank dispensing more than 600,000 ounces of pasteurized donor human milk to hospitals and families throughout the region every year. Since its inception in 2005, The Milk Bank has provided more than 15.6 million feedings of safe human milk to those who are often born too small, too sick, or too soon. The Milk Bank improves health outcomes for premature and ill infants, fosters better health for children, and decreases health care expenditures. The Milk Bank follows the strictest safety standards informed by the CDC and FDA and is a proud member of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). Visit https://www.themilkbank.org/ to learn more.
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Review our press kit and for additional media inquiries, contact Lindsay McGuire, Assistant Director of Advancement – Branding & Outreach, at lmcguire@themilkbank.org or 317-536-1670 ext. 114.
To learn more about how The Milk Bank can serve infants in your community or to support The Milk Bank, visit themilkbank.org.
