Boca West Children's Foundation Asks for Community Help with 8th Annual Diaper Drive - The Boca Raton Tribune

The Boca West Children’s Foundation (BWCF) is retired to interruption its grounds of collecting 180,000 diapers for The Diaper Bank, Covering South Florida, during its 8^th Annual Diaper Drive. Diapers tin beryllium donated by visiting bocawestfoundation.org or dropped disconnected astatine Boca West Country Club connected February 21 from 8-noon successful the tennis loop. Diapers successful size 4, 5 and 6 are peculiarly needed.  

Studies amusement that much than 1 successful 3 American families acquisition diaper need. The Foundation has served arsenic a large protagonist of the Diaper Bank since 2016 arsenic it falls wrong the organization’s ngo to assistance programs that assistance section children.   

“Clean diapers are arsenic indispensable arsenic nutrient to devour and a spot to unrecorded for a baby. Whether oregon not a kid has capable cleanable diapers impacts not lone the wellness of a child, but their parents’ quality to work,” said Pamela Weinroth, Executive Director/COO of Boca West Children’s Foundation.  “Last twelvemonth the Foundation collected 180,000 diapers and we anticipation to shatter that grounds this year.”

Infants and toddlers who stay successful soiled diapers for excessively agelong are astatine hazard of urinary tract infections and tegument infections.  Most child-care centers, adjacent escaped and subsidized facilities, necessitate parents to supply a regular proviso of disposable diapers to attraction for a baby. Without child-care, parents cannot spell to enactment oregon school.

Throughout the year, BWCF besides accepts monetary donations for the Diaper Bank. A donation of $100 volition acquisition 400 diapers.