Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Stuff the Bus Diaper Drive: September 11th-20th

Come help “Stuff the Bus”! This week, our ministry partner, Bundles has a goal to raise awareness for diaper need within our local community and to collect 125,000 diapers! Last year, they received proclamations from Governor Bentley and Mayor Bell declaring September 28th-October 4th as Alabama and Birmingham Diaper Need Awareness Week. During their 2015 10-day drive, they were able to collect more than 117,000 diapers.

“A lot of people don't realize that government assistance programs, WIC, food stamps, they do not cover diapers. So if a family has the option of buying food for their baby or diapers, they're going to do the food. And we feel just like this is something we can for sure, as a community, come together, tackle and help these babies and families,” said Lindsay Gray, board member of BOH Diaper Bank.

The big yellow school bus that will hold the diapers is sitting just off Highway 280 near the Target. It's hard to miss: it's the one with the guy on top in the tent. Skip Bondur will not come down from on top of the bus until the drive ends on Sunday, Sept. 20. He and organizers hope people see him and remember to stop and get those diapers for those who desperately need it.

“The goal is really kids. And sometimes they don't have choices--they just have needs,” Bondur said. “And so we just want to be able to meet the needs of the kids in our community that need help.”

BOH Diaper Bank is collecting diapers from newborn size up to size 6. You can drop them off at the bus or you can bring them by the CSM Ministry Center, where Bundles Of Hope is housed. We all love babies, and helping BOHDP share HOPE one bundle of diapers at a time!