RSVP Calendar: Diaper Need Awareness Week

The National Diaper Bank Network and founding partner Huggies announced a study, Diaper Need and Its Impact on U.S. Families, revealing that one-in-three U.S. families (36%) continue to be in diaper need, or struggle to provide enough diapers to keep a baby or toddler clean, dry and healthy.

The release of the study coincides with the kickoff of Diaper Need Awareness Week (Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2017), a signature initiative of the National Diaper Bank Network, which aims to generate attention, discussion, and action to help those in diaper need.

New research includes:

65% of families are unaware that diaper banks offer diaper assistance in their respective community, even though the number of diaper banks has grown to more than 300 from 40 in recent years.
Of families in diaper need, 3 in 5 parents (57%) miss work or school due to a lack of sufficient diapers required by childcare, day care or early education programs to care for a baby or toddler. As a result, parents experiencing diaper need missed an average of four days of work or school in the past month.

Diaper banks help address diaper need by collecting, storing and distributing diapers to families experiencing financial hardship. Local diaper bank programs obtain diapers through local drives, in-kind donations, and purchases of diapers with donated funds.

How can you help?

Support the National Diaper Bank Network and its member diaper bank programs by making a monetary contribution at nationaldiaperbank.org.
Visit a local diaper bank or even host a diaper drive with your neighborhood, school or local organization.
Huggies enables its rewards members to donate their Huggies Rewards Points to the National Diaper Bank Network by visiting Huggies.com/rewards.

The National Diaper Bank Network has diaper banks in 47 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Here is the list of diaper banks in Texas:
• ArkLaTex Blessing Center, Inc. Texarkana, TX

• Austin Diaper Bank Austin, TX

• Baby Booties Diaper Bank McKinney, TX

• Babycakes and Brunch Houston, TX

• BCFS Health and Human Services Laredo, TX

• Bluebonnet Trails ECI Diaper Bank Round Rock, TX

• Cloth for Everybum El Paso, TX

• Community Link Saginaw, TX

• Fort Bend Diaper Bank Richmond, TX

• Galveston Diaper Bank Galveston, TX

• God’s Lovely Butterflies Maternity Home Houston, TX