Did you know: Government support programs such as WIC do not provide families with diapers? Yet 60% of WIC recipients wear diapers. Talking about missing access to a basic need! Infants require up to 12 diapers per day, toddlers about 8. Most childcare centers, even free and subsidized facilities require
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We’re SEW Into Our Volunteers
As we progress through Diaper Need Awareness Week, it’s important to recognize the heroes who spend hours sewing, packing, and readying supplies for families here at Jake’s Diapers. The volunteers in our sewing circles have clocked more than 800 hours this year, repairing items that would otherwise be wasted and
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
Diaper Need Awareness Week is Monday!
As we enter the National Diaper Bank Network’s Diaper Need Awareness Week (September 24-30, 2018), we wanted to pop in with little refresher for you. Jake’s Diapers started in January 2011, when the founder participated in a mission trip to Peru and visited an orphanage that was re-using disposable diapers