Women wanting to donate breast milk have a new place to do so in Spokane.

Mike Barsotti, the chief administrator for Sacred Heart’s Children’s Hospital, said the new donor center expands Providence’s partnership with Mothers Milk Bank in California.

"We've been working with them in terms of helping distribute donor human milk to their NICUs, and so this is just another addition in growing our partnership with them," said Jennifer Benito, the chief executive for Mothers Milk Bank.

Barsotti told SPR News that for years, the hospital collected breast milk from the bank to feed to its newborns and premature infants.

Now, he said, it’s made the investment as a convenience for local donors.

"Sometimes for parents to be able to help to share their breast milk resources with other parents, it

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