WILMINGTON — At the beginning of March, the community is encouraged to participate in a drive to help collect baby care items for an area nonprofit.
Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens will host the annual Diaper Drive, benefitting the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, from March 1 through 31.
Diapers, packaged baby wipes, adult incontinence products, formula and other
hygiene items are needed to donate to area families, children and adults.
The Diaper Drive accepts opened and unopened packs of diapers and pull-ups for children and adults. Baby wipes, panty liners, diaper cream and formula are also accepted, but must be brand new and unopened.
A high-priority for 2024 are baby wipes and pull-up diapers, while tab or diaper-style adult products are not accepted at this time.
“With costs rising for everything, we hope that people will remember that diapers are not a right but a privilege, to which not everyone has access,” museum director Christine Lamberton said in a press release. “We encourage people to give what they can so some of our local neighbors will be able to breathe a little easier knowing their loved ones will be taken care of.”
Last year’s diaper drive brought in 4,320 children’s diapers, 1,668 adult incontinence products, 4,488 wipes, 600 feminine hygiene products, eight containers of formula, four packs of leggings, two packs of underwear, four tubes of rash cream and $285 in monetary donations.
Everyone who donates also will be entered into a raffle to win a gift basket of products donated by Trader Joe’s.
Donations can be dropped off at the Burgwin-Wright House visitor center Monday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. It is located at 224 Market Street, at the corner of Third and Market Street in downtown Wilmington.
More information can be found at ncdiaperbank.org.
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