Donate Diapers to Help Needy Families

The Cobb Diaper Day Committee, headed by Mableton’s Barbara Hickey, will hold its Third Annual Diaper Day on Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. in Glover Park on the Marietta Square. The community-wide collection of diapers will be given to Austell’s Community Aid Mission Partnership, the Center for Family Resources, MUST Ministries, Reconnecting Families, and the YWCA of Northwest Georgia.

Businesses, concerned citizens and organizations are asked to collect diapers from employees, members and friends throughout the month of October.

More than 120,000 diapers were donated to needy families in the last two years of this effort.

"Raising a family today is difficult enough without the added burden of wondering where the necessities of life will come from," stated Hickey. "Often times, it is the little things in our lives that make the biggest difference. Together, we can help hundreds of families in Cobb County by this single act."

Sometimes those in need must choose between food and diapers.

As the unemployment rate increases and families find themselves in more financially challenging situations, they must face the facts that:

• Food stamps do not include hygiene products such as diapers.

• The average cost of diapers is approximately $100/month.

• Daycare centers require parents to provide their own diapers.

• Local agencies, such as Christian Aid Mission Partnership (C.A.M.P.), the Center for Family Resources, MUST Ministries, Reconnecting Families and YCWA of Northwest Georgia can only dispense diapers four times a year to their clients, due to the lack of resources.

Donations will be accepted in South Cobb at at 447 Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton. Check the Cobb Diaper Day Facebook page for a complete listing of diaper donation drop-off locations.