Breast milk is poured into jars to be frozen and then shipped to babies across the Pacific Northwest.Samantha Swindler

Since the formula shortage began last month, Northwest Mothers Milk Bank in Tigard has seen a three-fold increase in donors interested in giving their extra breast milk to babies in need.

The nonprofit serves at-risk infants, mostly by supplying milk to neonatal intensive care units in about 75 hospitals across four states. It’s on track to screen more than a thousand milk donors in 2022.

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