The Mother’s Milk Bank of New England (MMBNE) wants you to take note of the following dates:

• Friday April 24, 2009:  MMBNE is holding a one day conference at Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Mass., "Human Milk Banking: Preventive Medicine in Practice." CMEs, CEUs, CERPs. Information and registration at www.milkbankne.org.
• April 12-13, 2010:  The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) will hold its international conference in Boston, celebrating 100 years of milk banking in North America and 25 years of HMBANA. Further information  at www.HMBANA.org.
• Summer 2009:  In August 2008, MMBNE opened a dispensary and has been dispensing milk from Mothers' Milk Bank of Ohio. We are currently setting up our processing lab and expect to be screening donors and processing milk by summer 2009.