October recognizes World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, 2019, an important time for awareness around issues that impact individuals globally. This year the theme is Suicide Prevention. Every 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide – and this year there’s a call to take action and prevent these deaths. Extreme
Disaster Relief & Recovery
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
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
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
Still Rebuilding: 2 Years Post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, Residents Await Roof Repairs, Other Aid
News reports scatter with ongoing disrepair after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico two years ago. Tarps, for example, still cover many houses as what should have been a temporary roofing solution, but continue to provide shelter for residents. A program called All Hands and Hearts is actively working on “mucking
Community Remembers Carr Fire, With a Dozen Extra Little Ones in Tow
It probably comes as no surprise that we love babies here at Jake’s Diapers, and so a recent news report about the birth of 12 babies within a single fire department this year caught our attention. Nine families in Redding, California, welcomed little ones over the last year – three
It Takes a Village: Long Term Disaster Recovery a Collective Effort
When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, many have criticized the disaster response by the government to support the territory in getting back on its feet. “I think that the fact that we are not a state has essentially given the platform for the Administration to give a different
Hurricane Florence Sends Family Packing, Jake’s Diapers Loan Program Helps the Transition
“We were all stuck, just stuck.” Shortly before Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina September 2018, Alicia Lowe had packed her family and whatever essential belongings they could decide in a matter of hours, to travel to stay with her parents in Tennessee. Alicia and her husband have two children with
Disaster Watch: Will 2019 Turn into Another Record-Setting CA Wildfire Year?
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
Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts in 2018
The people of Puerto Rico spent a lot of time waiting in 2018. After Hurricane Maria struck in fall 2017, many areas already struggling with poverty were even further devastated — and restoration efforts for electricity, running water and other recovery would be a long time coming. For example, Jake’s
