The Junior League of Columbus is proud to participate in a statewide campaign to raise awareness of the challenges that face 1.8 million people in Georgia that live in poverty. Participants wear 1 black dress/outfit for 5 working days to highlight how limited resources impacts the ability to afford work-­‐appropriate clothing needed for economic growth & to understand how limited resources can affect daily life. The beneficiary of the Junior League of Columbus’s Little Black Dress Initiative is our yearlong diaper drive.  Members have collected more than 100,000 diapers to distribute to local agencies who desperately need them. In the past, we our partner agencies have included Damascus Way, Open Door, Russell County Crisis Center, and Hope Harbour.

One in three mothers in the U.S. and nearly one in five in Canada report cutting back on basic essentials like food, utilities, or child care in order to afford enough diapers for their children, a situation known as diaper need.*  Through our yearlong diaper drive, we aim to alleviate this hardship by providing local families with the diapers they need to keep their children healthy and thriving.

If you’d like to help alleviate diaper need in our community, you can donate through our Support link here!

* Source: Huggies Every Little Bottom Study