Conditions in California have sparked concern that the state could continue to experience record-setting amounts of wildfires causing damage and destruction for those living there. Eighteen million trees died across California in 2018, according to an article on Vox.com. While tree death is common and this number is actually a
Disaster Watch: Will 2019 Turn into Another Record-Setting CA Wildfire Year?
Our State is Home to 2 Million in Need
While Wisconsin’s poverty rate is lower than the national average, according to a recent report by the Coalition on Human Needs and 9 to 5 Wisconsin — it’s still important to realize that more than 2 million people live either in or near poverty in our state. The breakdown includes
We Never Thought We’d Have to Choose Between Food or Diapers
It’s a pretty typical scene: a young child in a family with two working parents. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but of course, things can always change … and change is often abrupt. “My husband had to find a new job and my hours were cut all in the
Give Back Bus Invades Hope Factory
As we settle into our new home at the Hope Factory in Little Chute, we’ve been lucky to host some larger groups of volunteers now that we have space. In February, the Volunteer Fox Cities Give Back Bus dropped by with a busload of 20 employees from Great Northern Corporation
Going Up a Size: Hope Factory Makes More Room for Impact
Most people have moved a time or time in their lives, and you probably remember the sea of boxes you sorted while rediscovering how to organize your new space. Jake’s Diapers is excited to be settled into our new location in Little Chute, a home we refer to now as
Cloth Diapers Key Tool in Helping Families Unlock Poverty Cycle
Locked in generational poverty. That’s how Dawn Hicks of the Focus on Babies Diaper Resource Center of West Plains, Missouri, describes the majority of the families they serve. “Over the years as manufacturing jobs have been lost, we have seen low-paying service jobs become the mainstay for the majority of
Hurricane Maria: How Many People Really Died?
Many reports about Hurricane Maria that hit Puerto Rico in 2017 count about 3,000 lives lost as a result of the disaster. Long-term struggles with poverty, lack of access to electricity and essential resources as a result of storm damage cause people to question that final number. And, some believe
Helping U.S. Families in Need Through Direct Donations
At Jake’s Diapers, we’re all about collaboration. We have a collection of Diaper Drop partners who fuel the work we do, sharing the diapers we collect with babies in need. In 2018, however, we recognized certain populations untouched by a potential partner but still in need. So, we launched an
How Do You Move A Warehouse Full of Diapers? Local Moving Team Volunteers for the Cause.
You’ve likely seen or maybe even hired Two Men & A Truck before, more often a service homeowners use to move to a new place. In January, though, a local moving crew experienced a unique opportunity when Jake’s Diapers made the switch to its new home in Little Chute
Diaper Wars Drive Donations and Awareness
Poverty paints a lot of pictures, some more common than others: children in a third world country, hungry and wearing tattered clothes; homeless men and women, dirty and huddled on a street block in a large city; a person standing near a busy highway, desperately holding onto a sign asking