4/8/14 - A community diaper drive collection is underway across Livingston County to help local parents in need. April is Month of the Young Child and the Great Start Parent Coalition has partnered with Gleaners Community Food Bank and the Howell Kiwanis Club to host the drive. Great Start officials say that one in three Americans struggle to provide their babies with diapers and that in Livingston County, many families who rely on federal programs to get by find that most of those programs do not cover the cost of diapers. To underscore the need, they point out that last yearâs drive collected over 32,000 diapers which were used up in less than two months. While all types of diapers will be accepted, there is always a greater need for size one and larger because children quickly grow out of the newborn sizes. Diapers may be dropped off at LESA, local libraries and various businesses through the month of April. Click the link below for more information and drop-off locations. (JK)
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