Did you know: Government support programs such as WIC do not provide families with diapers? Yet 60% of WIC recipients wear diapers. Talking about missing access to a basic need! Infants require up to 12 diapers per day, toddlers about 8. Most childcare centers, even free and subsidized facilities require
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Jake’s Littles: Family-Friendly Workspace and Volunteer Opportunities
Our commitment to helping families around the world correlates with our family-friendly environment at our Hope Factory in Little Chute and organization in general. As Jake’s Diapers grows, we’ve been happy to add team members and volunteers that support our cause while raising their own littles — and exposing those
Cotton Babies Partners with Jake’s Diapers for Hurricane Relief Drive
(St. Louis, MO – NE Wisconsin) Cotton Babies of St. Louis, Missouri has donated three pallets worth of cloth diapers to Jake’s Diapers for its Hurricane Dorian relief effort. Cotton Babies is the leading supplier of cloth diapers in the world. The pallets contain a combination of approximately 3,500 cloth
Beyond Babies: How Jake’s Serves Special Needs Families
Diapers are an obvious need for babies, the word probably making you think first of handheld humans before anyone else. But, for some, diapers are a need beyond those “tiny” years of life. Some people with special needs continue to wear pull-ups or other assistance into their teen years and
Cloth Diapers to the Rescue! Kanga Care’s Inspiration to Launch and Help Jake’s
For many families around the world, cloth diapers fill an important need in caring for their babies. Not only are cloth an economical choice, but they also come in handy for health and other reasons. This is the heart of the birth story for The Rumparooz cloth diaper brand by
Crisis in the Bahamas: Hurricane Dorian Relief
Hurricane Dorian has taken a big toll on the Bahamas: 70,000 people without homes. 43 people dead. Thousands missing. Property losses estimated to be as high as $7 billion. With entire towns and islands wiped out, and infrastructure broken, there is a desperate need for diapers and period products. We
Malnourished Infant Granted Hope and Healing at Ethiopia Orphanage
A tiny life that fits inside your arms, a sweet baby girl. It should have been a joyful moment. Yet, this life was in trouble. The child, Sitota, was struggling to survive with severe malnourishment swiftly taking away her strength to go on. “We truly believed she would not have
Get Ahead and Help Out this National Preparedness Month
As we enter National Preparedness Month this September, we remember people impacted by natural disasters in areas we’ve served. People like Alicia, who fled her home in North Carolina with two special needs children and while expecting her third to avoid destruction from Hurricane Florence or those living in Puerto
Excited to Run Out of Diapers? One Mom New to Cloth Diapers Says So
There’s a middle space between poverty, low income and affording a quality lifestyle – and many moms in Essex County of New Jersey are here. “In Essex County the max allowed income for SNAP for a family of 3 is $3,204,” said Janien of ModestlyCover Diaper Bank of Essex County.
Volunteers Help ‘Knock Down Barriers’ for Those We Serve
Our work at Jake’s Diapers is largely aimed towards making a dent in the global poverty crisis, and diapers are a perfect starting point. Why? Because it’s a not so obvious basic need. In another sense – the inability to afford diapers (diaper need) lives alongside the inability to afford
