Saturday, June 15, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., set aside for collection of donated items
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, June 13, 2013 – Conshohocken Fire Company No. 2 will serve as a community collection site this Saturday, June 15, in support of Cradles to Crayons’ month-long “Gear Up for Baby” campaign.
It is one of a number of baby-centric events throughout the region during June designed to spur community collections for most-needed baby items, including diapers, baby hygiene items, wipes, infant socks, baby safety equipment, and other new or gently used baby items needed by infants.
The Fire Company, located at 819 Fayette Street, will acceptdonated items from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“There are nearly 100,000 children, aged 0 to 24 months,living in poverty-stricken situations in the Greater Philadelphia region,” said Michal Smith, executive director of Cradles to Crayons. “The goal of our Gear Up for Baby drive is to be able to provide them the everyday essentials that they need to survive and thrive.”
Foundation for Babies is joining with Cradles to Crayons in the 2013 drive for diapers and other infant and toddler items, a partnership that Smith said her organization was thrilled to embrace. “Foundation for Babies,” she said, “is the standard by which all diaper drives are measured; we welcome them in a mutual effort to help the youngest children in this area.”
Cradles to Crayons mounted the month-long Gear Up for Baby drive throughout the region in recognition of the specialized needs of babies in their first, vulnerable years of life. For a familyliving in this area, it costs more than $10,000 to support a child in her/his first year of life. “With such expensive requirements,” Smith declared, “many of the families we serve are unable to afford to adequately care for their children.