From donation to distribution
Your donation’s journey
At home, you collect your surplus milk in bottles provided by Héma-Québec, then freeze it. | |
Based on where you live, Héma-Québec will pick the bottles up at your home or will ask you to bring them to a drop-off point. | |
Héma-Québec then pools your donation with that of other donors to produce one batch of milk. | |
The milk is pasteurized to eliminate bacteria and viruses. | |
Héma-Québec checks that the pasteurized milk meets strict safety standards. It is then frozen and preserved for a maximum of one year. | |
The milk is distributed to hospitals, where it is given to premature babies who cannot be breastfed by their mother. |