Six Wrightsville area churches are joining together Sunday, April 19 to finalize a spring diaper drive to benefit working families with young children. The Local Community Diaper Drive has been collecting large-sized diapers — sizes 3, 4, 5, 6 for children aged 9 months to 2 ½ years — to donate to Tileston Outreach in Wilmington. Its stock of large-sized diapers is very low. Statistics suggest average income families with a baby spend about $100 per month on diapers, and some lower income families must choose between food and diapers.
Parishioners of participating churches including St. Therese Catholic; The Little Chapel on the Boardwalk, Presbyterian; Wrightsville United Methodist Church; Wrightsville Beach Baptist; St. Andrew’s On The Sound, Episcopal; and St. Mark Catholic are asked to bring diaper donations to their respective churches.
On April 19, a St. Therese truck will collect diapers from each of the churches after their Sunday services. The truck will bring the diapers back to St. Therese to be loaded onto a Tileston truck for delivery.
For more information, please contact Dottie Fullerton, St. Therese Parish Community OUTREACH, [email protected]
