Poster Presentation Purpose for the Program There is a critical shortage of donor human milk (DHM) in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics (APA) recommends that all preterm and compromised infants have their mothers' breast milk, but when it is not available, pasteurized DHM is the next best nutrition. Pasteurized DHM offers healing properties for compromised infants and can prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life‐threatening condition for significantly premature infants. The results are immediate health benefits, better long‐term outcomes, and significantly reduced health care costs. Only DHM provided by a Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) milk bank is safe for newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). DHM depots can provide a valuable service to increase the collection of DHM and raise awareness of the need for milk donation. They provide an easy drop off location where women can bring their breast milk, which spares the donor from having to ship the milk to the milk bank for processing. Proposed Change If every hospital established a DHM depot, the supply of DHM would increase dramatically, which would reduce the shortage of this vital lifesaving nutrition. There are 12 HMBANA milk banks currently operating in the United States. Only 149 DHM depots are available to provide milk to the HMBANA milk banks. It is estimated that 9 million ounces of DHM are needed to meet the needs of NICUs nationwide. Implementation, Outcomes, and Evaluation In May of 2013, Florida Hospital in Orlando opened the Mother's Milk Depot under the guidelines of HMBANA. The depot's doors opened with relatively low overhead, maintained existing staff, and used existing space to house a deep freezer. In 4 months time, the Mother's Milk Depot had collected and shipped nearly 10,000 ounces of DHM to the milk bank of Colorado from 13 donors. This was roughly the same quantity as the amount of processed DHM that the hospital had received over the past 8 months from the milk bank. Implications for Nursing Practice Having a hospital‐based DHM depot allows nurses the opportunity to help raise awareness of the need for DHM, and they can offer their patients an easy drop off location for milk donation. Nurses can be instrumental in reducing the shortage of DHM, saving the lives of infants, and showing their communities that the health of women and children is a top priority.