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Diaper Bank of NC pleading for help amid national diaper shortage
"We need support from the community. We need folks that value basic hygiene needs for the community to support our work"
Addressing Taboo Topics: Period Poverty in North Carolina
In light of Period Poverty Awareness Week, in this edition of Addressing Taboo Topics, we take a look at how one nonprofit is speaking out about the growing need for period products in the community and the detrimental effects not being able to afford these essential goods has on an individual.
Too Many Moms Can't Afford Diapers for Their Kids. On Mother's Day, We Must Remember Their Need
In 1907, Anna Jarvis held a memorial service for her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, a peace activist who created Mothers’ Day Work Clubs in the 1850s to promote children’s health. The elder Jarvis’s commitment to hygienic childcare was borne of tragedy, as she lost nine children to epidemics spread through unsanitary conditions common during the 19th century.
Diapers by the Dozen
Michelle Old ‘00 answered a call for social justice by getting an essential product to parents in need.
Isolated and alone: Nonprofits see explosion of need for adult incontinence products
Without the necessary items, older adults can end up embarrassed and worried about how they smell or what might happen if a restroom isn't nearby.
Woman to Watch: Michelle Old
Prior to 2013, Michelle Old always thought she would continue policy writing to stop violence against women. She didn’t think a cold warehouse full of diapers...
Diaper Bank of North Carolina in need of donations
The Diaper Bank of North Carolina's services are in high demand and local organizations like the Jewish Community Center of Durham are hard at work collecting diapers for the organization.
Diaper Bank focuses on families in need
Packed into a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Durham are two million disposable diapers that individuals and diaper companies have donated to the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, a Durham nonprofit that has distributed over one million diapers to agencies serving low-income families since it began operating in June 2013.
Diaper Bank helps with more than diapers
During its first year, someone robbed the Diaper Bank of North Carolina. The thief made off with 16,000 diapers, and Diaper Bank Executive Director Michelle Old put out a call for donations to help the young nonprofit bounce back from the sizable loss.
Groups collaborate to ensure babies keep their bottoms dry
Some big news about two great organizations that gather diapers for local families in need ... The Durham-based Diaper Bank of North Carolina, a statewide group, is partnering with The Diaper Train, Wake County’s only existing diaper program.
