Advanta Corp. announced last night that Naomi Bar-Yam of Newton, MA has been named January’s $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea. Bar-Yam is co-founder of the Boston-based Mother’s Milk Bank of New England, a newly-formed milk bank serving babies, hospitals and families throughout New England.
Bar-Yam garnered the support of the ideablob community for her idea to create a milk bank that would provide screened and pasteurized breast milk to premature and critically ill babies in the New England area. According to Bar-Yam, studies show that premature babies who receive banked milk are far less likely to suffer life-threatening complications and have much faster recovery rates.
“Our milk bank is in the startup stage and ideablob helped us get the word out,” explained Bar-Yam. “The $10,000 prize will enable us to purchase equipment and educate the community about what we do and how we will help premature and sick babies.”
Two Belmont social entrepreneurs have qualified for the February finals to be held later this month. Stay tuned….
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