Stuff it!

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Today’s the day. Go buy some diapers, drop them off at the big yellow WestSide Baby bus parked next to the Farmers’ Market, 10 am-2 pm. Here’s who they help. They hope to have 60,000 diapers before the day’s done; help ’em meet, then beat, that goal. Still not sure you can take the time to help? The official WestSide Baby press release for today’s event makes a good case; click ahead to read it.

It’s time to “Stuff the Bus!” WestSide Baby’s 7th Annual Diaper Drive is Sunday, July 29, 10 am – 2 pm at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market. Get ready for our biggest diaper collection day ever!

The big yellow school bus will be at the West Seattle Farmers Market — empty, ready and waiting for thousands and thousands of disposable diapers. These diapers are then distributed, free of charge, to children in need in the communities served by WestSide Baby.

Last year over 44,000 diapers were donated. This year, Nancy Woodland, Executive Director of WestSide Baby, challenges the community to “Stuff the Bus” with 60,000 diapers. “Stuff the Bus is our single largest diaper drive of the year,” says Nancy Woodland, Executive Director of WestSide Baby. “If our community responds by donating 60,000 diapers, it provides approximately one third of the diapers necessary to serve children in need right here in Seattle.” Over the past 7 years, individuals, families, clubs, church programs and other organizations in the West Seattle community and in Greater Seattle have collected diapers for the one-day WestSide Baby diaper rally. The results help out all year long.

Why diapers? Because a child that sits in the same diaper all day is vulnerable to diaper rash, infections, even abuse. Think about it: a wet, poopy baby cries long and hard until getting changed. Why not cloth diapers? Most daycare centers require the use of disposable diaper for children, and most clinical settings, like crisis shelters, use disposable diapers for a combination of ease and sanitation. If parents can’t afford the diapers that a day care center requires, they may not be able to take the very job that may help the family move out of crisis or poverty. Washing cloth diapers can be a burden on low-income families who have to travel to the laundromat after work, often with children in tow.

Once again – 10 am-2 pm today, at the Farmers’ Market. You can buy diapers almost anywhere — drug stores, grocery stores, Target. PCC has some good “green” disposables.

1 Reply to "Stuff it!"

  • Mark July 30, 2007 (3:58 pm)

    woohoo, 60,000 more diapers to the landfill. Stuff It! Unfortunately it is a bad situation – i think we should support families so they can get their kidz into daycare, unfortunately daycare facilities don’t have laundry facilities and so they have to use these horrible throw-aways. Hmmm, choosing kids or the environment, that’s a tough one, eh?

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