1. DONATE MILK

“Just 50ml of donor milk can feed a baby of under 1kg for 24 hours – and potentially be life-saving!”
– Milk Matters

2. DONATE FUNDS

Make your on-line donation now – how much is up to you. Every cent will help save a baby’s life.

Every drop matters. Every cent matters. Every supporter matters.

Financial donations – of any amount – are just as vital as breastmilk donations in enabling us to continue to provide the life-line of safe, pasteurized donor breastmilk to babies fighting for survival in intensive care units. Your money helps us cover the essential costs involved in running a breastmilk bank and maintaining the internationally accepted best practices for human milk banks. Maintaining these standards is not negotiable – it is what ensures the milk we supply to the tiny recipient babies is safe. Funding also helps us expand and help more babies, meaning more lives are saved.

Can you help? Can you spare a once-off donation or a regular on-going donation?
No donation is too small to make a difference!

Banking Details

Our banking details are below should you wish to make an electronic funds transfer or a deposit at the bank.

Please send a copy of your deposit slip / proof of payment along with your name and contact details so we can not only be able to thank you, but also send you a donations receipt to submit to SARS for tax deduction purposes.

Shop for a Cause – at no cost to you!

Support Milk Matters effortlessly by applying for a MyPlanet card – raise funds without costing you a cent.

About MyVillage and MyPlanet:

Launched as an extension of the MySchool Fundraising Programme, MyVillage and MyPlanet focuses on community upliftment projects , animal welfare and the environment. It allows anyone to raise funds for our organisation without costing them a cent. Apply for a MyPlanet card today. It is free to you. Swipe your MyPlanet card at retailers across the country every time you shop. The store will donate a percentage of your purchase to your selected beneficiary, on your behalf. Get a card here! Add Milk Matters as one of your beneficiaries on an existing card, or link your existing card to your Woolworths card to save swiping two cards.

Benefits of having a MyPlanet Card:
1. Raise funds without it costing you a cent!
2. Receive exclusive discounts from various partners, such as WRewards at Woolworths & special offers from Altech Netstar. You can find the latest special offers for cardholders here.
3. Receive a monthly statement via email showing your transactions and how much you have raised for our organisation.
4. You can use your card at over 2000 different stores. Find the partner stores in your area here.
Every swipe counts!

Apply for Your MyPlanet Card
It’s free! Get the card and get swiping to make a difference. Or call 0860 100 445 to apply. Shop at supporting partners in order to generate funds for your beneficiary.

Contact MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet on:
Website: www.myschool.co.za
E-mail Client Services: cs@myschool.co.za
Telephone: 0860 100 445
Fax: 0866 822 833

3. FUNDRAISING

Milk Matters is very much a community organisation and we rely on the involvement of our community to support us in many ways. Importantly, it need not necessarily cost you anything to support us. Consider the suggestions below and please contact us with any ideas of your own.

Together we can make sure increasing numbers of babies have access to life-saving donor breastmilk.

Every drop matters. Every cent matters. Every supporter matters.

Raise Funds for Milk Matters – every cent helps to save babies just as much as every drop of precious breastmilk does!

• Shop for a Cause – an easy and free way for South African residents to donate to Milk Matters and help increase babies chances of survival. Apply now for your MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card.
• Donations in lieu of gifts – Are you wiling to pay forward your birthday or special occasion gifts so they have a lasting impact on the lives of others? In fact a life-changing, life-saving impact! Ask your guests to make a donation to Milk Matters in lieu of a gift.
• Nominate Milk Matters for your company’s Corporate Social Investment programme or Annual Staff Charitable Donation or send us the details so we can submit an application.
• Host or arrange an event to raise funds – it can range from something small and low-key to a large event or something unusual. It just depends on you, your interests, your energy, your talents, your connections, your ideas! Be creative and have fun raising funds that will save babies.A few suggestions to inspire you:
  – a small, low-key tea / dinner for a few friends, or a big party with all your friends.
  – get more adventurous and have a themed party
  – a progressive dinner
  – a dinner with a high profile / sought after guest speaker
  – a medium to large corporate event
  – a sponsored run / walk/ cycle/ climb / ? – hold it locally or be more adventurous and head for somewhere off the beaten track or somewhere particularly challenging.
  – Organise a trivia evening, a dance-athon, a sponsored pram run, or karaoke evening.
  – Arrange some prizes and hold a raffle.
  – Have a Baby Goods Swop – for a small fee per item you and friends swop baby goods (clothes, equipment, toys, etc.) that you no longer want.
  – Organise a Golf Day, a Fun Run or a Fun Ride.
  – Enter sporting events and ask people to sponsor you.

4. OUR WISHLIST

Are you able to assist us with anything on our wish list?

Currently Milk Matters needs:

• Plastic bottles we supply to our donor mothers
• Office stationary – specifically ink cartridges, paper for printing, laminating pouches
• Printing pamphlets
• Laptop
• Sponsorship of promotional items
• Advertising in the media

Every drop matters. Every cent matters. Every supporter matters.