Got (Donor) Milk? PA’s Most Vulnerable Infants Soon Will.

SB 500 (Owen’s Law) clears both chambers of the Pennsylvania legislature and is on its way to Governor Shapiro’s desk.

DCS TeamNovember 16, 2023Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, Donor Milk, SB 500, Owen's Law, Protect Sick Babies

Three Days in the Capitol, Three Big Wins for Our Clients

We spent three back-to-back days in the PA Capitol with three different clients — and all three came home with a big win.

DCS TeamOctober 25, 2023Advocacy, Grassroots Advocacy, Lobbyist, Government Relations, Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, Ballot PA, Students, PCNP

A Health Secretary, a Senator, and a Representative Walk Into a Milk Bank…

Marking World Breastfeeding Month with an unforgettable tour of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank.

DCS TeamAugust 25, 2023Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, Donor Milk, Protect Sick Babies

Our Year In Review

As we look back on the past year, the yardstick we use to gauge our success is our clients’ success. And we helped our clients have one heck of a successful year

DCS TeamDecember 12, 2022Pennsylvania, Advocacy, Communications, Messaging, PR, Public Relations, Pittsburgh, Ballot PA, Black Women's Policy Center, Chuck Noll Foundation, Draw the Lines PA, Family Care Act, Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, PCNP, PA Needs Teachers

Donor Milk Bill Gathering Momentum

On June 7, SB 1202, also known as Owen’s Law, was voted unanimously out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee!

Charlie LotzJune 14, 2022Donor Milk, Milk Bank, Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, Owen's Law, Senator Michele Brooks, Public Policy, Advocacy, digital advocacy

How the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank is Fighting to #ProtectSickBabies: An Interview With Founder Denise O' Connor

This month we sat down with longtime friend and client Denise O’Connor, founder and executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank, to discuss human donor milk and the #ProtectSickBabies campaign.

DCS NewsDCS TeamMarch 28, 2022Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, Digital Advocacy Day, digi

Protect Sick Babies: Lawmakers Announce Legislation at Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank

At the end of October, the DCS team held a press conference with Representatives Wendi Thomas and Austin Davis, along with House Majority Whip Donna Oberlander, to formally introduce HB2017

DCS TeamNovember 19, 2021Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, Protect Sick Babies, Donna Oberlander, Denise O'Connor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wendi Thomas, Austin Davis, Donor Milk

This Year, Halloween Week Got “Erie”: The DCS Team at KeyCon 2021

Working to make advocacy and public policy less…spooky.

DCS TeamNovember 19, 2021Erie, Nonprofit, Nonprofit Conference, Keycon, Pennsylvania, Advocacy, Public Policy, Training, Pennsylvania Prison Society, KeyCon, Amachi Pittsburgh, Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, NCEE, The Pittsburgh Promise, The Nonprofit Partnership

Spreading Holiday Cheer: An Afternoon with Mid-Atlantic Mother’s Milk Bank

Every client Denny Civic Solutions works with embodies the spirit of giving. And for us working with our caring clients makes every day a holiday. Mid-Atlantic Mother’s Milk Bank (formerly Three Rivers) is one of those clients.