Gold Coast Doulas is celebrating its one year anniversary on Saturday, October 1st with a diaper drive.
It's happening at Nestlings Diaper Bank located at 650 Riley Street, Ste. L in Holland. The event is free and goes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children are welcome. There will be food, refreshments, a photo booth, kids’ activities and giveaways. There will be diaper wrapping activities from 10 to 11 a.m.
The diaper drive coincides with National Diaper Awareness Needs week, Sept. 26 – Oct. 2. Diaper Need Awareness Week is an initiative of the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN), created to make a difference in the lives of the nearly 5.3 million babies in the U.S. aged three or younger who live in poor or low-income families. You can learn more at www.nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org.
Diaper sizes four, five and six are the most needed sizes. Nestlings also accepts baby wipes, cloth diapers and open packages of diapers.
Diaper donations are welcome at the time of the event and throughout the month of September at Smedley Dental and the Howard Miller Library in Zeeland; Untangled Salon, Brann’s, EcoBuns and The Insurance Group in Holland; Hudsonville Congregational United Church of Christ, and Gold Coast Doulas LLC, SimplyBorn Midwifery services, Renew Mama Studio, Midwifery Matters Community Center and Hop Scotch children’s store in the Grand Rapids area. Dropoff days and hours vary by location
Gold Coast Doulas is the area’s first doula agency offering birth doula support, overnight and daytime postpartum doula support, bed rest support, HypnoBirthing classes, placenta encapsulation and babycare classes. They serve Greater Grand Rapids and the lakeshore communities.
Visit goldcoastdoulas.com for more information.