Diaper Drive - Great Start Parent Coalition Kent

Diaper Drive 2011

2011-03-07T18:23:00.001-08:00

Go to our new website to find out about the 2011 DIAPER DRIVE:

www.diaperdrivekent.org
www.diaperdrivekent.org

WZZM

2010-06-16T11:38:00.001-07:00

WZZM did a story about the Diaper Drive.....

Check it out! http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=122413

Junior League

2010-06-08T19:48:00.001-07:00

The Junior League collected diapers tonight at one of their meetings and collected 701 diapers!!

THANK YOU JUNIOR LEAGUE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

Wal-Mart

2010-06-08T11:42:00.000-07:00

We collected 248 diapers from Wal-Mart! Thanks to all who donated these diapers!!

KEEP THEM COMING!!!!

Thanks TSA and Kentwood Library

2010-05-27T19:49:00.000-07:00

John Knox Food Pantry has received 250 diapers from TSA at the Kent County Airport and 550 diapers that were collected at the Kentwood Library.

PR

2010-05-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

We are getting some help with spreading the word about the Diaper Drive. Not only have we been on WoodTV and the GR Press. Here are some online blogs/websites who have helped spread the word.

http://accessofwestmichigan.org/access-blog/second-annual-diaper-drive/
http://blog.kdl.org/?p=1442
http://grandrapids.momslikeme.com/members/JournalActions.aspx?g=446442&m=11643143&source=carousel_4_txt
http://www.westmichiganmommy.com/2010/05/first-steps-diaper-drive-pay-it-forward.html
http://www.westmiparents.org/profiles/blogs/diaper-drive-bottom-line-we
http://www.calvin.edu/admin/slc/opportunities/
http://www.grkids.com/

Please keep helping us spread the word about the Diaper Drive!!!

Monentary Donations

2010-05-23T10:49:00.000-07:00

We have received $850 from various donors. This will be used to purchase ~5000 diapers!!! Thank you all who have given monetary donations.

Remember we have PayPal set up on our blog and also on our website: http://www.firststepskent.org/about/parent-coalition/newscalendar/diaper-drive/ to make it easy for people to donate.

Ken-O-Sha Center and Wal-Mart

2010-05-23T10:45:00.000-07:00

We have received 355 diapers from Ken-O-Sha Center and 50 diapers from Wal-Mart in Cascade. Keep them coming it!

Thank you!

Diaper Drives at Churches and Organizations

2010-05-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

The following churches are going to help collect diapers:
Bethel Pentecostak Church
Renasiance Church of God In Christ
Brown Hutcherson Ministries
LaGrave
First Community AME Church

The following organizations are going to help collect diapers also:
The Junior League is having thier members bring diapers to their June 7th meeting.
Alpha Kappa Alpha-Theta Chi Omega Chapter is having their members bring diapers to their June meeting,
The Business Committee in GR is also collecting diapers at their weekly meetings.

All 3 Byron Center Elementary Schools are going to collect diapers!!!!

If you know of a church, school or organization who would like to collect diapers please give them our info!!!!

WOODTV - Featured Links

2010-05-18T11:52:00.001-07:00

The Diaper Drive was on WoodTV at noon today. It listed in their "Featured Links" section of their website. Check it out:

Wood TV Featured Links

AND IT BEGINS!!!!!!

2010-05-02T17:44:00.000-07:00

We have received a cash donation from Trudy Bloem.

We have also received a donation from Jill Eldred. Jill has helped cover 2 baby bottoms for a month

Thank you VERY much!!!

DIAPER DRIVE 2010

2010-04-26T11:40:00.000-07:00

The Great Start Parent Coalition Diaper Drive is going to get started again this year. It will start on May 1st and stop on June 30th. Our goal this year is 50,000 diapers!! Please help us meet our goal.

We will have drop boxes located at the following sites starting May 1st:

Wal-Mart - Cascade
Grand Rapids Public Libraries
Kent District Libraries - Cascade, East GR, Kentwood, Bryon Center, Krause Memorial (Rockford), Comstock Park, and Alpine
David D. Hunting YMCA and Visser Family YMCA

This year we have also set up a PayPal account to make it easier for people to give. The monetary donations will be used to purchase diapers.

We have already received $100.00 from the Wal-Mart on Alpine!!!

If you know if an organization, place of business, school and/or church who would be interested in hosting their own diaper drive please let us know.

We will provide them with a box to collect the diapers and posters to hang up. ACCESS food pantries will come out and collect the diapers.
Contact us at 616-632-1007 for more information about how to do this.

Thanks to all of those who got behind our Diaper Drive to make it a success!

2009-09-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

Special acknowledgment to:

Fifth Third Banks
Nordstrom Rack
Amway
Foremost Insurance
Meijer Human Resources Department
De Witt Barrels
Kent District Libraries
United Way
Grand Rapids Public Libraries
YMCA
LaGrave Christian Reformed Church
Gymco
Tutor Time Learning Center
Creative Learning Toys
Lighthouse Full Life Center Church
Hospice of Michigan
House of God Family Life Ministries
Target Stores
Grand Rapids Women’s Junior League
Renaissance COGIC
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
Two Men and a Truck
Transportation Security Admin. at Gerald R. Ford Airport

AND THE TOTAL IS......

2009-09-15T16:43:00.001-07:00

30,421!!!!

The Great Start Parent Coalition and the children of Kent County thank you ALL who have contributed with this diaper drive.

We are definitely going to make this an annual event!

CELEBRATION ON THE GRAND

2009-09-11T18:44:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder, we will still be collecting diapers at Celebration On the Grand Family Day at Ah-Nab-Awen Park. Bring a pack of diapers and come and listen to some awesome children's music and watch a fun movie:

3:00 – 4:00 Come On Over
4:30 – 5:30 Kevin Kammeraad
6:00 – 7:00 Scribble Monster
7:30 – 8:30 Father Goose
9:00 The Feature film Madagascar !! on an outdoor big screen which will be constructed on the stage in the center of ANA Park

www.celebrationonthegrand.org for more info

AND WE HAVE......

2009-09-11T18:38:00.000-07:00

We received the following diapers:
512 from Foremost Insurance
960 from East GR Library
425 from Visser Family YMCA
1300 from Hospice of Michigan

That brings our total to..... 20,076 diapers!!!!!

We have also received $1,000 that we will use to purchase diapers from Target. That should buy approximately 7,000 diapers!!! Which will bring our total to over 25,000 diapers!!!! YEAH, YEAH!!!

MORE DIAPERS

2009-09-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

We received 1,000 more diapers from:
537 from Grandville Library
42 from Wyoming Library
254 from Gaines Township Library
132 from Fifth Third
151 from Airport Security Group
358 from Renaissance COGIC
98 from GR Main Library
1370 from LaGrave CRC

Thank you all so much!! We are now at 16,477 diapers!!

Keep them coming......

KDL Cascade Library

2009-09-08T19:04:00.000-07:00

The KDL Cascade Library has collected 1050 diapers. Thanks Cascade!!! That brings us to 14,000 diapers!!!

FREE CHILDREN'S CONCERT and MOVIE

2009-09-07T18:38:00.001-07:00

Great Start Parent Coalition is sponsoring a Children's Concert at COTG and asking parent's to bring unopened packages of diapers for the Great Start Parent Coalition Diaper Drive

Who: Come On Over, Kevin Kammeraad, Scribble Monster and Father Goose followed by Madagascar 2

When: September 12^th starting at 3 pm

Where: Celebration on the Grand Family Day at Ah-Nab-Awen Park

There will be other FREE activities for families.

Sponsored by: Great Start Parent Coalition, COTG, and Celebration Cinemas

WGVU - Diaper Drive Public service announcement

2009-08-30T17:38:00.000-07:00

Check out the WGVU - Diaper Drive Public service announcement. It will be shown on WGVU now until September 11th.

Great Clips gets us over halfway!

2009-08-29T16:17:00.000-07:00

Great Clips are collecting are collecting from the Waterford Center, Woodpointe Center, and Knapp's Corner. Their donation of 762 diapers puts us over halfway there! 12,941 diapers so far! Yea!!!! Thanks everyone!!!

Renaissance COGIC

2009-08-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

Wow! Renaissance COGIC collected 1,170 diapers. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! That puts our total to 12,179!

John Knox Food Pantry

2009-08-29T16:08:00.000-07:00

Hats off to John Knox Food Pantry who has reported 1,358 diapers over the last few days! They receied 490 from St. Mary Magdaliene, 204 from Kentwood Library, 307 from Gymco, 232 from the Eastbrooke Fifth Third Bank and a miscellaneous 125 diapers on their doorstep!

Representative Dave Hildenbrand

2009-08-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

We also received a monetary donation from Representative Dave Hildenbrand for the diaper drive. Thank you so much!! We will use it to purchase a lot of diapers!!!

YMCA and Airport Security Group

2009-08-19T11:03:00.000-07:00

We received 810 diapers from the David D. Hunting YMCA and 372 diapers from the Airport Security Group. Thanks!!! That brings us to a total of 9376 diapers!!!!

GR Press

2009-08-11T17:33:00.001-07:00

The GR Press did an article about the diaper drive. Check it out....

Diaper Drive article

8,200 diapers collected so far.....

2009-08-11T16:48:00.000-07:00

We have now collected 8,200 diapers!! Gymco collected 225, LaGrave CRC collected 3,282, Plainfield library collected 352 and Cheshire Fifth Third Branch on Plainfield collected 320!!!!

Thank you so much everyone!! We are a third of the way to our goal of 25,000 diapers. PLEASE keep the diapers coming.

Diaper Drive on Shelley Irwin WGVU

2009-07-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

Check out the diaper drive interview on WGVU - Shelley Irwin.

NPR radio interview

La Grave church

2009-07-30T06:26:00.000-07:00

You will never guess this one..... La Grave church is still collecting but has about 3,000 so far, YEAH. Thank you so much La Grave church, keep them coming!!!!!

Byron Center Library and John Knox Presbyterian Church

2009-07-30T06:22:00.000-07:00

The Byron Center Library has collected 550 more and the John Knox Presbyterian Church has collected 225!!! Thanks so much!!

Keep them coming everyone!!!

KDL Kentwood Library Branch

2009-07-27T17:57:00.000-07:00

The KDL Kentwood Library Branch just collected 800 diapers!!! Wow, way to go Kentwood, thanks!!!!

Wyoming Branch KDL

2009-07-26T19:56:00.000-07:00

The Wyoming Branch KDL just collected 330 diapers. Thanks Wyoming!!!

Meijer Human Resources Team

2009-07-20T18:10:00.000-07:00

The Human Resource Team from Meijer helped us sponsor a diaper drive and they collected, 1,445 diapers!!! Thanks so much!!!!

Junior League

2009-07-13T19:07:00.000-07:00

The Junior League collected diapers at a meeting and donated ~650 diapers! Thanks Junior League!!

Diaper Drive on Fox 17 (WXMI)..

2009-07-13T18:53:00.001-07:00

Check out when Fox 17 (WXMI) did a story about the diaper drive.....

Fox 17 (WXMI) Diaper Drive News Story

Parents Helping Parents Keep ‘Em Covered

2009-07-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

Great Start Parent Coalition of Kent County Announces Diaper Drive

Many infants and toddlers in Kent County are forced to go without one of their most basic necessities: diapers. An adequate supply costs about $100 a month—simply out of reach for many families. Diapers are not covered by assistance programs such as W.I.C. or food stamps, and local food pantries rarely have enough diapers on their shelves. One food pantry director shared a story about a family in such desperate need that they asked for adult diapers since no baby diapers were available. They planned to use duct tape to hold them on to their baby.

The Great Start Parent Coalition of Kent County is trying to collect 25,000 diapers this summer. They’ll be given to ACCESS Food Pantries to distribute to families in need.