Diaper Need Awareness Week: Metro Atlanta nonprofit calling on community to help fill diaper gap
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - September 23 to 29 is Diaper Need Awareness Week and a metro Atlanta baby supply bank is on a mission to ensure that no baby goes without clean diapers. For ten years, Helping Mamas has been a beacon of hope for parents across Georgia, distributing millions of essential items. But demand is growing, with nearly half of American families facing diaper needs. “A lot of families don’t have those resources and I think we forget sometimes is that not everyone has the same support systems in place, the same economic opportunities in place,” said Jamie Lackey, CEO and founder of Helping Mamas.
“They didn’t have baby showers, they didn’t have those things and so what we try to do is be that for these families to make sure it’s something they’re not losing sleep over at night. ” This year, the organization has set an ambitious goal: to raise $50,000 and distribute 300,000 diapers to parents who need them most. “Because of the world and COVID and inflation what we’ve seen is a rise in diaper needs so organizations like us have become more important and more necessary,” Lackey said. “It’s not just diapers, I mean its car seats, it’s clothing, it’s bottles. I mean it’s everything that’s rising and it’s all things children need and all things children can’t access without the help of baby supply banks.
” Diaper donations are being accepted now through Saturday at the Helping Mamas warehouse in Norcross. On Saturday, Helping Mamas is also holding a Community Diaper Donation Drop Off Day. They’re calling on the community to help fill enough diapers to supply over 150 partner organizations and ease the burden on struggling families. Drop-offs can be made at the following locations from 9 a. m.
to 12 p. m. : Helping Mamas Warehouse 4487 Park Drive, Suite A1 Norcross, GA 30093 Pace Academy Front Parking Lot, 966 West Paces Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30327 Together with Families 2790 Sandy Plains Road, Unit 101 Marietta, GA 30066 The first diaper distribution will take place on Oct. 5 at Fulton County Libraries’ Hapeville branch, located on 525 King Arnold Street. Families will get a chance to pick up diapers directly.
“At the end of the day we all want what’s best for our kids, we all want what’s best for our families and that really drives a lot of folks to give back,” Lackey said. To learn more about Helping Mamas and ways you can get involved, visit their website.