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FIFTH ANNUAL DIAPER DAY

The Cobb Diaper Day Committee announced
today that it is holding its Fifth Annual Diaper Day to collect diapers for
low-income families through the month of October.  A community-wide collection will take place on
October 28, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. at Glover
Park
on the Marietta Square. All
donated diapers will be given to C.A.M.P., the Center for Family Resources, MUST
Ministries, Reconnecting Families, and the YWCA
of Northwest Georgia for distribution to help ease some of the
burden of the hundreds of families with infants that enter their doors each
month.



The Cobb Diaper Day Committee,
headed by Barbara Hickey, committee chairman and founder of the Etiquette
School of Atlanta, is asking the business community, concerned citizens and
non-profit organizations to collect diapers from employees, members and friends
throughout the month of October. In the last four years, nearly 400,000 diapers
have been donated to assist low-income families. Cobb Diaper Day Committee
volunteers will pick-up the collections or they can be brought to Glover Park
on the Marietta Square on Monday, October 28th at 5 p.m.



Low-income families often have the
daily stress of choosing between food and diapers. Prolonged wearing of a wet
diaper causes diaper rash and a crying baby leads to more stress in the home. In
these tough economic times, low-income families face the facts that:

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  • Food stamps do not include hygiene products such as
    diapers.

  • On average, the cost to purchase diapers is
    approximately $100/month.

  • Day-Care centers require parents to provide their own
    diapers.

  • Local agencies, such as C.A.M.P, the Center for
    Family Resources, MUST Ministries, Reconnecting Families and YCWA of
    Northwest Georgia can only dispense diapers four times a year to their
    clients, due to the lack of resources.


“Raising a family today is
difficult enough without the added burden of wondering where the necessities of
life will come from,” stated Ms. Hickey. “Often times it is the little things
in our lives that make the biggest difference. Together, we can help hundreds
of families in Cobb County by this single act.”



 

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About The Diaper Day
Committee



Founded by a concerned group
of community leaders, the Cobb Diaper Day Committee hopes to raise awareness
that, in tough economic times, securing the most basic of needs---having
diapers to care for infants and children, is a challenge that low-income
families regularly face. To learn more, email Barbara Hickey, committee
chairman, at esatlanta@bellsouth.net
or visit www.cobbdiaperday.com.

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