Build your team by doing a diaper drive for young families on the WIC program! Collect items for a month or more.
Timeline: Drives can take place any time of the year. WIC really needs about 1 diaper drive every three months, but, especially near year end.
Where to Donate: Contact Community Action of Skagit County’s Woman, Infants and Children (WIC) and Maternity Services programs, which can take in donations and distribute the diapers to families at the agency and beyond: (360) 416-7595.
Volunteer Type: Civic group, business, team, church group, adult, youth or child.
Community Need Met: Diapers are a major need for many of our families. When costs like rent, food, heating and transportation add up, there is often little left over each month for all the other expenses related to babies and young children. Community Action’s WIC program has approximately 1,350 clients under the age of 3, and almost all of them do not have enough diapers. For most families, cloth diapers are simply not an option, and diapers can be expensive. Disposable diapers really are the only choice for most WIC families. We need ALL sizes from 1-5.
Please note that WIC also needs 1 gallon size Ziploc bags for distributing the diapers.
Contact: WIC Program, (360) 416-7595.
Project Ideas: Make it fun!
- Decorate collection bins with photos and quotes to encourage donations.
- Challenge different business departments or groups to raise the most.
- Offer prizes to the winners!
- Invite employees, family members and clients to contribute to the drive.
- Have a supply packing party! Incorporate pizza and music.
- Take photos and use the drive in your organization’s public relations or through social media to show your commitment to helping kids get a good start in school. Share your photos with Community Action so we can sing your praises!
THANK YOU SOO MUCH IN ADVANCE FOR CONSIDERING HELPING OUR WIC FAMILIES
