Diaper bank in Seymour needs donations, volunteers

Pictured clockwise from left are: Nicole Pelegrino, 23, MSW intern from Southern Connecticut State University; Lisa Lerissette, 21, BSW intern from SCSU; and Kathryn Murray, 22, MSW intern from Quinnipiac University. They are holding diapers collected during a recent drive at the Valley Diaper Bank in Seymour. / Contributed photo


SEYMOUR - Valley Diaper Bank founder Meghan Tarby, Connecticut Partnership for Children executive director, said, "We have begun repackaging diapers and branding them with our agency labels, a practice learned from The Diaper Bank in New Haven."  
Tarby founded the nonprofit Connecticut Partnership for Children in 2009.

Tarby said she and Pelegrino volunteered at The Diaper Bank as part of the United Way of Greater New Haven's 'Days of Caring.'

Seymour nonprofit seeks help to provide holiday meals

Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc., the Valley’s first diaper bank, is running its fourth annual Thanksgiving Food Program.

Last year, this program provided complete Thanksgiving meals to 36 families throughout Connecticut.

This year, CTPFC plans to feed 50-100 families, but we need your help! 
The Partnership received a grant from Stop & Shop for $1,000, as well as several in-kind donations, including Great Expectations Day Care and Learning Center in Southbury, and the Walnut Hill Community Church Valley Campus in Seymour. 
CTPFC has estimated that it will cost approximately $25 to feed a family of four to five people.

We are asking for monetary donations from individuals and businesses, sponsorship of a family (providing non-perishable food items), and that that your group or business hosts a food drive. 

CTPFC Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, so your donation may be tax deductible.

For more information, or to sign up as a donor/sponsor, contact Nicole at nicole@ctpfc.org. or at 203-881-1804.

This is a press release from Meghan Tarby, founder and executive director, CT Partnership for Children.

Zumbathon benefit planned in Oxford

OXFORD - A Zumbathon to raise funds for two Seymour-based non-profit organizations will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 11 at Colonial Tavern, 24 Hawley Road.

The event benefits Connecticut Partnership for Children's Diaper Bank and the Emil Senger Post 10, American Legion.

The veterans will lead a moment of silence to honor those who lost their lives in the terror attacks on 9/11.

Proceeds include $10 entry fee, T-shirt sales, 50/50 raffle, bottled water sales, and donations. 
Come out and support the veterans and the children!

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Susy Medina Ademoski, 203-828-6191 or at susyademoski@gmail.com.

TEAM launches Valley Diaper Bank

 Mothers and children photographed at the Valley Diaper Bank. / Contributed photo

 Through the generosity of a private donor, TEAM, Inc. announces the launch of the Valley Diaper Bank, providing baby diapers and wipes for families in need.

Federal assistance programs do not cover the cost for diapers, not WIC, SNAP/Food Stamps or Medicare.  An infant uses up to 12 diapers per day, a toddler up to 8 per day. But in low-income households, a baby may be in a single diaper all day or longer. 

 Fledgling household budgets lead to difficult choices and potentially devastating alternatives that will impact the health and wellbeing of the child and their family. Parents who can’t afford diapers can’t leave their child at daycare to go to work or school.

TEAM’s Valley Diaper Bank will address this largely unknown and chronically unmet need. The Diaper Bank is being piloted for families in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton, with children under the age of 4. 

To register for the Valley Diaper Bank or for additional information, contact Ayanna Williams, Family Resource Center Manager, at 203-736-5420 x 208.

               

This information is from a press release from TEAM, Inc.