The average household is short 19 diapers per month. One in three U.S. families struggles to provide enough diapers to keep a baby or toddler clean, dry, and healthy. So, the Junior League of Fort Worth is doing something good to help. The ladies are collecting diapers in support of National Diaper Need Awareness Week. The effort started last weekend with 42,000 diapers collected and distributed to 33 agencies in Tarrant County, so far. The league says that’s the largest number of requesting agencies to date.
The JLFW Diaper Bank works in partnership with Tarrant Area Food Bank to help Fort Worth nonprofit agencies meet a current need and address poverty with compassion. As a member of the National Diaper Bank Network, JLFW Diaper Bank obtains diapers through direct wholesale purchases and community diaper donations, to close the diaper need gap in the community.
In a news release, the Junior League says Tarrant County is the 15th largest county in the United States, with a population of over 2 million people, an estimated 11% of which fall below the poverty line. JLFW Diaper Bank aims to target those with diaper needs of all sizes, with an acute focus on families with children under the age of 5 that are below the poverty line.
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