Actress and singer, Hillary Duff, announced through her Instagram account a piece of heartwarming news. She is donating all readily available products of her company Happy Little Camper to a nonprofit organization.
As a mother of two children (Luca, 8 years old and Banks, 17 months old), Duff finds this issue close to her heart. That is why she saw the need to act now. In the video that she posted, the singer-actress, acknowledged the need for a lot of mothers to provide their children with necessities, including diapers and baby wipes. Aside from donating, Duff said her team is doing their best to provide essentials to families that are highly affected by the pandemic.
The actress' company
Happy Little Camper is a company with which Hillary Duff decided to partner. It was during her pregnancy with her second child when she came across the company that she, later on, decided to be a part.
Products of this company are said to be 100% natural and GMO-free. The diapers which the company manufactures are hypoallergenic, and the baby wipes are advertised as non-toxic.
The beneficiary of the donations
Duff channeled her donations to Baby2Baby and its network organizations. Baby2Baby is a nonprofit organization that provides diapers, clothing, and other necessities to children living in poverty. Specifically, Baby2Baby focuses on children ages 0-12 years.
The network organizations of Baby2Baby include Helping Mamas, Inc, which centers on helping women and children in Atlanta, and Babies Need Bottoms, which is a nonprofit diaper bank in Western North Carolina.
Necessities before and during the pandemic
While diapers have become very handy for some families, others beg to differ. According to the National Diaper Bank Network, 5 million children in the United States live in poor or low-income families, making it difficult for them to buy 8 to 12 diapers per day (the minimum requirement dor a toddler and an infant, respectively).
During the first week of April, when COVID-19 started to become a crisis, a lot of parents have vented online their frustration about the lack of supplies of diapers and baby wipes. Shelves of these products remained empty for a long time after many people panicked in buying stuff like these.
It was also as early as the first week when parents have thought that there are diaper and toilet paper shortages. These were primarily caused by the bulk buying of products other families did.
What some organizations find depressing for other sectors is that unlike the well-off, some people cannot afford to stock up during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
Other organizations are also rolling out help.
Groups like Moms Helping Moms Foundation in New Jersey are also helping out children who need diapers. According to Bridget Cutler, founder of Moms Helping Moms, there is a higher demand for diapers right now. However, they are currently doing their best to make sure they can answer the demands, although their concern is that they lack funding as well. Cutler also appealed to the public to help in this dilemma by not overbuying and donating.
