Mothers donating liquid gold to bank (Journal Gazette)

When Melinda and Steve Connelly lost their infant son in August, they tried like many parents in their position to make sense of the loss.

Melinda Connelly said that the Fort Wayne couple’s Christian faith helped them cope and, in part, led to a decision to donate unused breast milk. The hope was that it could provide nourishment to other premature babies.

Connelly, 37, learned of Indiana Mothers’ Milk Bank Inc., a non-profit that opened the same month her 51-day-old son Jadon died. She donated more than 200 2-ounce bottles – one of more than 100 donors screened and approved by the Indianapolis-based milk bank.

“This was just one way … that he (Jadon) was able to make a contribution even in such a short span that he was here,” Connelly said.



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