A happy baby is a dry baby!
May 9, 2013
We are committed to helping kids get the best start in life. Through the generosity of donors, we can also now say that we are helping kids get a dry start in life.
People donated over 2,000 diapers to The Beat 94.5 morning radio host Nira’s Diaper Drive and donated close to $1,000 to United Way.
The diapers were donated to United Way supported-YWCA for their early learning and child care centres. The YWCA Metro Vancouver operates four child care centres in Metro Vancouver including YWCA Crabtree Corner Early Learning and Care Centre that helps at-risk mothers and their children in the Downtown Eastside.
1 in 7 BC children lives in poverty, most right here in the Lower Mainland.
How can you help? Give a gift that helps prevent child poverty.
Kathryn had it all – a university degree, a great job as an instructor at BCIT, a beautiful son and daughter, and a husband.
One day, police were called to her home because of a domestic incident. When Kathryn met with a Victim Services worker on the scene, Kathryn was told that she was in an abusive relationship. “I remember thinking this isn’t me. How can this be me? Look around,” she recalls.
Thanks to United Way donors, Kathryn got help through social services agencies in the Delta area. “They helped me with counselling and childcare and my kids attended a program for children who witness abuse,” Kathryn says.
“We often think people in need are just the people on the streets or immigrants, but they can be your neighbour living on a nice street. Anyone of us is at risk at any time. It really could be you; it was me.”
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