Support the Diaper Bank
"Infants use about 240 diapers per month. A year’s supply of diapers costs $936. That means a single mother mother working full time at the minimum wage can expect to spend 6 percent of her annual pay on Pampers alone. Meanwhile, the two biggest programs that assist low-income mothers, SNAP (food stamps) and WIC, don’t cover diapers or baby wipes.
That might be why, in a study of 877 pregnant and parenting women published in Pediatrics in 2013, a team of researchers found that needing diapers and not being able to buy them was a leading cause of mental health problems among new moms." (Source: The Atlantic)
That might be why, in a study of 877 pregnant and parenting women published in Pediatrics in 2013, a team of researchers found that needing diapers and not being able to buy them was a leading cause of mental health problems among new moms." (Source: The Atlantic)
The Critical Support CCO Provides
Each month, CCO provides supplemental packages of diapers and wipes to families in Ventura County. Since the diaper bank's launch in 2018, we've provided more than 160,000 diapers (plus wipes) throughout the county — more than 100,000 of those since March 2020 as result of the surge in need due to COVID. On average, we currently support more than 100 children a month.
We provide support to individual families as well as various organizations such as: Safe Passage Youth Foundation, Adelante Comunidad Conejo, Amigo Baby, First Five, Ventura County Public Health, CVUSD, Friends of Fieldworkers and Gold Coast Health, to name a few. Your support makes it possible.
We provide support to individual families as well as various organizations such as: Safe Passage Youth Foundation, Adelante Comunidad Conejo, Amigo Baby, First Five, Ventura County Public Health, CVUSD, Friends of Fieldworkers and Gold Coast Health, to name a few. Your support makes it possible.
DonationsIf you would like to make a monetary donation for us to refill our diaper bank inventory as needed, or to help us continue to secure resources for those in need, we appreciate your generosity. We also have an Amazon wish list from which you can order diapers that will be shipped directly to us.
If you like to drop off a donation of diapers or wipes to support our community diaper bank, please contact us to arrange. |
Host a Diaper DriveConejo Community Outreach is dedicated to improving the lives of local families in our community by helping to connect local generosity with local need. If your school, business or club would like to host a diaper drive to keep our diaper bank stocked, please email us at board@conejocommunityoutreach.com.
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