Children Helping Children
“It’s never too early to teach our kids to lend a helping hand,” says Lynda, a new volunteer this year with the Metro-Boston Diaper Drive. In that spirit, in lieu of birthday gifts, she asked invitees to her young child’s birthday party to bring diapers to donate to the Diaper Drive. You can see from the picture that their friends and family really came through!
These diapers will be added to the 7,265 diapers that have already arrived at the WIC office. That number will rise dramatically once the Drive ends this coming Sunday and our volunteers collect all the boxes and deliver them to WIC. There is still plenty of time to donate through our registries if you can’t get to a collection box. Just click on the donate page on the homepage.
Last Updated: October 3, 2018 by Kimberly Jalet Leave a Comment
One in Three Families Struggles to Buy Diapers, According to Recent Study
Did you know that you can help a baby who lives in or near your community by contributing to the Metro-Boston Diaper Drive? According to a 2017 study, one in three families experience “diaper need,” meaning they have difficulty affording enough diapers to keep their “baby or toddler consistently clean, dry, and healthy” (see more at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1-in-3-families-trouble-affording-diapers-survey/). Diaper need can expose children to health risks such as diaper rash and urinary tract infections and can lead to children being difficult to soothe. No child should have to sit in soiled diapers for extended periods simply because their caretakers can’t buy enough diapers.
At the Metro-Boston Diaper Drive, we have tried to make donating as easy as possible with 31 collection points in 8 towns and online registries. Please contribute any way you can. Opened packages of diapers are welcome.