Help Andrea get diapers for families in need

Every baby deserves a clean diaper. You can help.

Millions couldn’t afford diapers before the pandemic. Now, diaper banks can’t keep up.

Diaper facts

• Diapers are not covered by federal public assistance programs like SNAP (aka food stamps) or WIC (Women Infants Children).
• Diapers are expensive: a month’s supply can cost a family $80-$100.
• Most commercial childcare centers and babysitters require families to provide diapers, so a shortfall can make a difference in a parent’s ability to earn an income.
• Diaper need can have significant health implications. Keeping babies and toddlers in diapers too long — or washing and reusing disposable ones — can lead to painful rashes, urinary tract infections and emergency room trips. 
• A study published by the Journal of Pediatrics (2013) linked diaper need to higher incidents of maternal depression. Lacking enough diapers for their baby made mothers feel like a “bad mother.”
• While cloth diapering options are available to well-resourced families, low income families often live in transition lacking access to private laundry facilities. Public laundromats prohibit laundering cloth diapers.
• Non-profits and diaper banks provide a lifeline. Their partnerships with personal care manufacturers allow them to procure and distribute diapers at scale.

Help meet the growing need.

Help a Mother Out® (HAMO) works to improve baby and family well being by increasing access to diapers for families in need. They distribute diapers through a network of social service partners including public health departments, family resource centers, voluntary home visiting programs and facilitated parent support groups. They also provide legislative advocacy for the inclusion of diapers in social safety net programs.

When you give, good things happen…

• $50 delivers two cases of diapers (350+) to a vulnerable family.
• $150 provides a month’s supply of diapers (1250+) for six newborn babies.
• $250 provides diapers (2,000+) to a parent support group for one month.
• $500 stocks a family resource center’s baby closet with diapers (4,000+).
• $1,000 supplies a month of diapers (8,000+) for a family home visiting program.
• $1,500 delivers two pallets of diapers (12,000+) to public health programs.

Will you join me?

For every $1 you give to HAMO, $0.91 of it goes straight to diaper distribution - that’s powerful. Whether you give $5 or $5,000, your monetary gift will change lives.