A Diaper & Wipes Drive, sponsored by the Working Women’s Network and the Asian Network at Yale, will take place from Monday, February 5 through Friday, February 16. The drive will benefit New Reach, an organization headquartered in New Haven that works to inspire independence for those affected by homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing and services. Diapers of all sizes are welcome, although there is a particular need for larger sizes (5 and 6).
Diaper need is a problem facing many families – it has been reported that nearly 1 in 3 families struggle to afford diapers, which can lead to serious health problems for both babies and parents. It has also been reported that low-income families in America spend twice as much as some families that have access to bulk-buying options for diapers, and there is no federal assistance for purchasing diapers (Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/03/10/diaper-divide).
Those wishing to make a monetary donation to New Reach can visit their website at www.newreach.org.
Please contact Stacey Bonet, Co-Chair of the WWN’s Family Network, with any questions at stacey.bonet@yale.edu.
Drop Off Locations:
Central: Sterling Memorial Library Nave, 120 High Street | Law Library, 127 Wall
Street | Divinity Library, L103A | FES, 204 Prospect St. | Evans Hall, 165 Whitney
Ave. | 55 Whitney Avenue, Lobby | ODI, 221 Whitney Ave | EIP, One Church St,
7th floor | Kline Geology Lab
Medical: Genetics, Sterling Hall of Medicine (SHM) I-wing, room 141 | YCCI, 2
Church Street South | Emergency Medicine, 464 Congress, Suite 260, Room
265 | Cardiology, 789 Howard Ave. Dana building, 3rd floor | Medical Education
Office in Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences | Microbial Pathogenesis 295
Congress Avenue, BCMM 354F | Radiology TE 2 (330 Cedar - above Bank of
America)
West Campus: Daycare | West Campus Conference Center