DIAPERS FOR BABIES
We are part of the National Diaper Bank
Walk the Walk Foundation is part of the National Diaper Bank Network, helping many organizations with their diaper donations.
Our Diapers for Babies Program now supports twelve distribution partners across Anne Arundel County.
What We Do
Over the past year, the Walk the Walk Foundation has been able to help many organizations with diaper donations. We organize the diapers we receive, repackage them into groups of twenty-five, and then give them to local non-profits, food, baby pantries, and shelters, who then distribute the diapers to families who need them. We are excited to be able to help the community in this way.
Walk the Walk Foundation is not a direct service provider but we have several diaper pantry partners to whom we provide diapers on a monthly basis, you can view our pantries, host a diaper drive, or drop off diapers on the button links below:
diaper need facts
1 in 3 families struggle with diaper need.
Most child care centers require parents to provide a day’s supply of disposable diapers
(4-6 to six changes during the day).
Diaper need impacts the physical, mental and economic well-being of children and parents.
5 million babies and toddlers under the age of 3 live in poor and low-income families.
The poorest 20 percent of Americans who buy diapers spend nearly 14 percent of their post
tax income on diapers. (source: Center for Economic and Policy Research, November 23,
2015)
Diapers cannot be obtained with food stamps, and are classified with cigarettes, alcohol and
pet food as disallowed purchases.
Many parents cannot go to work or school if they can’t leave their babies at child care.
Government safety-net programs do not recognize diapers as a basic need.
Infants require up to 12 diapers per day, at a cost of $70 to $80 per month per baby.
