At Home Project: Diaper, Wipe, & Period Product Collection for the Milwaukee Diaper Mission
Overview:
A third of families in Milwaukee struggle to afford enough diapers to keep their baby clean, dry, and healthy and 68% of families with children in Milwaukee qualify for low-income status, yet no state or federal government assistance programs (like SNAP and WIC) supplies these families with diapers. Milwaukee Diaper Mission is a nonprofit striving to provide basic essentials through distributing diapers and wipes as well as period products. MDM has provided over 5 million diapers and 2.1 million period products to those in need in the greater Milwaukee area!
To help support MDM's mission, we will be collecting diapers, wipes, and period products through this at home SBK project.
What to expect:
Register to drop off any of the needed items at one of our leadership team's porches. We have porch drop off locations located throughout SE WI! Drop off locations will be in Elm Grove, Franklin, Pewaukee, Waukesha, and Wauwatosa- exact addresses will be provided upon registration.
Requested items are as follows: disposable baby diapers, pull-ups, baby wipes, and period products (pads, tampons, and liners - all period products must be individually wrapped). They need all sizes and styles of diapers but most critical items are larger diapers (size 4-6), baby wipes, pull-ups, and tampons. Have an open package diapers that your little one has outgrown? Bring that too! Any clean/unused diapers are welcome - no need to have them in the original packaging. This collection runs Friday, October 9th until Thursday, October 15th. Registration required in case we need to update you on anything. All are welcome to participate- please share!
Project Leader: Rachl Sweet
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
This onsite project is open to all.
A big thanks to our Project Leader Rachl for leading this project, and thank you for lending a little hand!
Amanda Barnhart
Board President
*While we rely on member donations to keep the good work going, we never want the $40/family/year to be a hurdle to volunteering with us. If you are in need of assistance, we do have a limited number of scholarships available that are 100% confidential, just email and ask!
