We recently crossed 2 million products distributed since Care Collective was started! This is a very exciting landmark, but it was only possible because of you. Aside from our amazing staff over the years, we have a lot of other people to thank.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #EndDiaperNeed #MenstrualHealth
In order to distribute a million diapers this year, we’re gonna need the help of hundreds of donors, volunteers, and undisclosed government experiments. Visit the link in our bio to learn how you can help!
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #EndDiaperNeed #Nonprofit
Save the Date! 🗓️ ✨ PDX Diaper Bank is celebrating our 10 Millionth diaper distributed at our 10th Annual "Dining for Diapers" fundraiser. Join us on June 4th for an enjoyable evening in recognition of this important milestone in our mission to #EndDiaperNeed 🎉 💕
It was a blast having team members from Bell's Brewery join us last week in a double-header repackaging event! There were surprisingly few IPAs in the mix, but they played some good tunes and got to work repackaging diapers.
#Kalamazoo #BellsBrewery #EndDiaperNeed
To celebrate Black History Month, Blue Horizon Realty hosted a mixer where they collected donations for Care Collective! With Blue Horizon's support, we move another step closer toward ending diaper need in our community.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #BlackHistoryMonth #EndDiaperNeed
We’re happy to welcome Kalamazoo Drop-in Child Care Center as a new partner! KDCCC provides free part time child care to help caregivers navigate the urgency of life.
#Kalamazoo #Childcare #EndDiaperNeed #EndPeriodPoverty
We had a great time hanging out with the KC Ready 4s crew as they repackaged a whopping 29,050 products! Their hard work will go on to support 242 babies and 187 menstruators in Kalamazoo.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #EndDiaperNeed #PreK
Without sparing a single dollar, you can still donate hundreds of products to folks in #Kalamazoo. Here's how:
Send us a message saying you'd like to run a product drive! We'll tell you everything you need to know about spreading awareness and collecting products.
#EndDiaperNeed #MenstrualHealth
Period products and diapers aren't fun, but they do allow kids, caregivers, and menstruators to get back to things that are! You can donate your unused products to give caregivers and menstruators one less thing to worry about.
#Lego #MenstrualHealth #EndDiaperNeed #PlayMatters
KVCC students returning for their winter semester may have noticed some new offerings at the KV Circle Center! Through a partnership with Care Collective, KVCC now offers diapers and period products to their students.
#KVCC #KalamazooValleyCommunityCollege #MenstrualHealth #EndDiaperNeed
2025 was a landmark year for us! We have big goals for this year and we're going to need your help hitting all of them! Together we can reach a future where everyone in Kalamazoo has the things they need to thrive.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #EndDiaperNeed #MenstrualHealth
It's a Breakfast Optimist Club double feature! In the same week, we got to hang out with the Breakfast Optimists twice: first when they swung by our warehouse to repackage over 14,000 products and a second time when Sarah joined them for their eponymous breakfast.
#Kalamazoo #EndDiaperNeed
Last week, we celebrated three years of Care Collective the only way we know how: with a volunteer event! Since our founding in 2022, we've welcomed 676 unique volunteers through our doors to repackage over 1.3 million products.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #Volunteer #ThreeYearAnniversary #EndDiaperNeed
Did you know the US government sometimes uses the "Waffle House Index" to measure the severity of natural disasters? We here at Care Collective use the "Cardboard Index." It's a general measure of "badness" based on how much cardboard we have.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #EndDiaperNeed #WaffleHouse
Some of our staff were very fortunate to spend part of last week in Las Vegas attending a conference for diaper and period product banks! Did J lose 20 bucks on a slot machine? For sure, but we all gained valuable knowledge and connections!
#CPBN25 #EndDiaperNeed #EndPeriodPoverty #LasVegas
For the past five years, Sarah has celebrated her birthday at the US Conference on Poverty and Basic Needs. This isn't on purpose; her birthday just happens to fall during it. Happy birthday, Sarah!
#HappyBirthday #CPBN25 #EndDiaperNeed #EndPeriodPoverty
Just this morning, we received over 126,000 diapers from Huggies! Because of the generosity of Huggies, Loaves and Fishes, and @diapernetwork.bsky.social, we've got enough diapers to, hopefully, last us through the year.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #EndDiaperNeed #BasicNeeds
Christine is one of our earliest and most enthusiastic supporters. We've been overjoyed to know Christine as a friend, collaborator, volunteer, and drive organizer, but we recently had the honor of welcoming them to our board of directors!
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #BoardMemberSpotlight #EndDiaperNeed
Many of our board members have been with us since we were founded, but we recently welcomed five new members! Join us in saying hello to Rebecca, Giselle, Ni'esha, Jen, and Christine!
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #BoardMembers #Nonprofit #EndDiaperNeed #EndPeriodPoverty
We're going to move sometime next year. But we need your support to make sure we can really pull that off. To have something we can grow into rather than out of. If you donate monthly, you get to contribute directly to our rent!
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #ExtremeHomeMakeover #EndDiaperNeed
Thank you to everyone who stopped by MCW Circle Drive for our Diaper Drive Event! Thousands of donations were collected to help families keep their babies clean and healthy and to help end #diaperneed in our community.
#enddiaperneed #nationaldiaperneedawareness
Did you know that 1 in 2 U.S. families with young children struggle to afford diapers, according to the NDBN Diaper Check 2024? Join us this week and help raise awareness to #EndDiaperNeed! www.nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/
MCW and Milwaukee Diaper Mission will be holding the 3rd annual Diaper Drive event this Wednesday, September 17!
Drop off your donations at 8701 W. Watertown Plank Rd. (MCW Circle Drive) from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and help us with this need in our community.
#diaperneed #enddiaperneed
☕ Web Chick Update
🔷 New Locations Added! Bottoms Up Diaper Bank continues expanding across Ohio, providing free diapers and wipes to families in need through community partnerships.
#WebChickUpdate #BottomsUpDiaperBank #EndDiaperNeed #CommunitySupport #HelpingFamilies
13 more days until National Diaper Need Awareness Week 2025! 🎉
Join us September 15-21 for a week dedicated to raising awareness about the public health crisis of #DiaperNeed in the U.S. and advocating for meaningful change.
#EndDiaperNeed
Starting next week, we have a new volunteer experience that we plan to offer weekly. You can visit the link in our bio to learn more! Slots are limited, but if you join the waitlist, you'll get first dibs on future offerings!
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #VolunteerOpportunity #EndDiaperNeed
THANK YOU to our partners @diapernetwork.bsky.social & @periodsupplies.bsky.social, plus U by Kotex, for donating 162,336 hygiene products to Hope & Comfort Hygiene Hub! 💙 Together, we’re building healthier, more confident communities.
#EndDiaperNeed #EndPeriodPoverty #BasicNeeds #CommunitySupport
The Stryker Johnston Foundation was kind enough to swing by and repackage 216 one-month period kits! Beyond doing the work that helps us buy diapers, the folks of SJF are also amazing resources and supporters for us.
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #Nonprofit #EndDiaperNeed #MenstrualHealth
We are proud to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the National Diaper Bank Network! Thank you to our more than 300 members and all of our supporters for your dedication to #EndDiaperNeed in the U.S.! #DiaperOn
What do YWCA, Cradle Kalamazoo, and Care Collective all have in common? It's not a trick question: we all work to support caregivers and their children! As a team, they repackaged 23,125 products. It was during a heat wave, too!
#Kalamazoo #Michigan #YWCA #CaregiverSupport #EndDiaperNeed
