Providing a Cloth Option to How the Cloth Collection How You Can Help the IDB Famlies in Need Program Works Cloth Diaper Collection Effort

The IDB relies on the community to donate new The Idaho Diaper Bank Cloth Diaper Donate Cloth Diapers and used cloth diapers, sew cloth diapers from new/used/needing minor repairs Collection Program is a program designed to up-cycled cotton materials, and raise dollars for give low income families access to cloth the IDB to make cloth diaper and sewing supply Donate old t-shirts and cotton material diapers at no cost to them. The IDB continues purchases. The IDB is in charge of collecting, to sew into diapers to be a proponent of offering as many choices sorting, repairing, and professionally cleaning Host a cloth diaper/t-shirt collection drive as possible to families to help them meet their and sanitizing cloth diaper donations in prepara- most basic needs. While cloth diapers are not tion to be distributed. Make a monetary donation practical for many families, we do know that We distribute the cloth diapering kits to partici- for some families, cloth diapers – used exclu- Volunteer to help pating IDB partner recipient agencies located Volunteer to help sew or repair cloth sively, or in combination with disposables, can throughout the state, including churches, food diaper donations be a viable, cost effective option. pantries, early child education centers, and family justice centers, for example. Cloth diapers have come a long way in the last couple of decades, and most modern Individuals in need of diapers are referred to our list of partners where they can apply to receive cloth diapers function very similarly to dispos- a Cloth Diapering Kit free of charge with able diapers. However, up-front costs for cloth enough changes to meet their child’s basic diapers are a big barrier for families as these needs. The IDB does not distribute diapers costs can easily be $200-500 or more, making directly to individuals. it difficult for low-income families to invest in them. Yet, once a family has the initial supply, As a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, all donations to cloth diapers can save money over the long the Idaho Diaper Bank are tax deductable! term. Monetary donations may be mailed to: While the IDB has always accepted donations of cloth diapers, this IDB Cloth Diaper Collec- Idaho Diaper Bank Not all families are easily able to cloth diaper tion is a brand new, comphrehensive program PO Box #914, Boise ID 83701 Email: [email protected] their babies, including those without easy to proactively collect, stock and prepare cloth access to a washing machine. The IDB Cloth diapers to be distributed, as well as provide You can specify your donation directed to Diaper Collection Program is simply another educational information to families interested in the General Purposes of the IDB or to the Cloth Collection Program. choice for families to access as they strive to learning more about cloth diapering options. We anticipate beginning our distribution of cloth meet the basic needs of their families. This Contact us to schedule in-kind donations or diapering kits by July 1st, 2016 pick-ups of disposable or cloth diapers, or to program does not, in any way, affect the volunteer. IDB’S ongoing commitment to provide Online donations can be made at disposable diapers to families in need. www.idahodiaperbank.org