Get Your Diaper On: 2020 'Cover Every Little Bottom' Drive Begins

NATICK, MA — If you think changing a diaper stinks, you should see how much they cost. Keeping a supply of diapers can cost anywhere between $75 and $100 per month per child, an amount that's out of reach for thousands of families in the MetroWest area.

To ease that burden, the Natick-based nonprofit A Place To Turn is putting out a call for diapers for its annual "Cover Every Little Bottom" campaign. The nonprofit is accepting donations, but is encouraging local institutions — schools, churches, social groups — to hold diaper collection drives.

During the 2019 diaper drive, the nonprofit collected over 90,000 diapers, helping about 1,100 local families. That's up from about 80,000 diapers collected in 2017.

The 2020 diaper drive runs through the end of February. Diapers can be dropped off at A Place To Turn, 99 Hartford St., between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays; and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. Groups interested in hosting a diaper drive can contact the Diaper Project at 508-872-7125 or thediaperproject@yahoo.com.