Community First branches gather nearly 14,500 diapers and $567 during 5-week drive for Jake’s Diapers From Waupaca, to Green Bay-De Pere, to the Lakeshore and the Fox Cities, the Great Cover Up Diaper Drive struck a chord with Community First member-owners along with others who took notice and chipped in.
Events
Recognizing Individuals Forced Into Hardship on World Refugee Day 2019
Tick, tock. Tick, tock. A minute shaves off the clock. And in that 60 seconds, 20 people around the world abandon everything to escape war, persecution or terror, a statistic from the United Nations. These refugees experience forced hardships because of this need to escape, and World Refugee Day on
Quick: Cover Up! Make Last-Minute Donations Before Father’s Day to Help Our Community
As the gap between Mother’s and Father’s days come to a close, so does our Great Cover Up Drive to benefit our Eastern Wisconsin Diaper Bank program and help families in Brown and Winnebago counties. The success of our campaign reach is widely dependent on a number of vital business
Not All Moms Have it Easy on Mother’s Day
The month of May brings another year of celebrating mothers, and our work providing the basic need of diapers certainly means we encounter a lot of mamas worldwide — many with difficult stories to share. Like this teen mom in Uganda, exiled from her family because of her decision to
You’re Invited! Hope Factory Open House
We grow up so fast. And we’re not just talking about how time flies for parents, watching kids go from diapers to driving in the blink of an eye. At Jake’s Diapers, we are overjoyed at the amazing strides our organization has made since becoming official in 2013 – growing
New Location. New Hope.
Hope is an optimistic state of mind, even if you don’t speak Haitian Creole like our friend Darwens. Through your generosity, this year we’ve MORE THAN DOUBLED the number of people we’ve provided diapers to, including Darwens in Haiti. This is an incredible feat, and we’re ready to celebrate with some really
Drop 2: Siskiyou Fluff Butts
After realizing her friends seemed to be on a downward financial spiral, Elizabeth Freeman checked in with the Los Angeles couple about how things were going. Her friend, Alicia, lived with her fiance and two children – one a new baby. Alicia admitted the family had recently become homeless: having
12 Days of Drops
The holidays are right around the corner! We’re counting down 12 Days of Christmas by celebrating a unique Diaper Drop every day until Christmas. We partner with these organizations throughout the year and we can’t wait to share their incredible stories with you. Stay tuned!
Giving Tuesday India & Daan Utsav
As the seasons shift and we start to bundle our little ones in jackets, switch from sandals to cozy socks and shoes – we also know the holiday season isn’t too far around the corner. The holidays, among many things, are a time for generosity to expand and multiply –
Diaper Need in Wisconsin
Many of us take access to diapers for infants for granted. It’s a given: you have a baby, you’ll need diapers. What we don’t always recognize is for those living in poverty and struggling to make ends meet, diapers are certainly still a need, but not a given. Diapers are