The power of social media is expressed every day in new and exciting ways, but a story from Vermont, USA has now shown how it has the power to save lives.

A frantic mother contacted Angela England of mothers’ blogging forum Type-A-Mom.net to describe how her four-month-old daughter needed donor breast milk to help her fight a rare disorder of her chromosomes.

Within 24 hours of the first post going out on Twitter, nearly 75 mothers,

fathers and concerned citizens had donated enough “coffee and pizza money” to

buy the milk Jaeli needed, and which her mother wouldn’t have otherwise been able to afford.

“Moms did more in 15 hours than hospital could do in four months”, Angela tweeted, after announcing that the fund had quickly reached $800

Type-A Mom.net editor Angela England was overwhelmed by the response she received when she blogged and tweeted about baby Jaeli’s predicament, which saved the baby from starvation and resulted in a swarm of donations and calls to action.

“An entire community of online “advocates” have embraced a baby they’ve never met. Social media rules again — and this time the benefits are obvious and tangible. Especially for Baby Jaeli,” Angela wrote.