Diaper Drive

Join eKiwanis of Greater Chicago and the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines for our Community-Wide Diaper Drive! The Diaper Drive will benefit Breakfast with Baby, a program of the Des Plaines Salvation Army. Through this two-week-long, community-wide event, the clubs seek to make a difference for the one in three local mothers facing diaper need. With drop-off locations around the Des Plaines and Park Ridge area, community members may donate baby items or make financial donations.

Donated items will be distributed to families demonstrating financial need who have a child under one year of age or a mother who is at least seven months pregnant. On the second Saturday of each month, the Salvation Army in Des Plaines provides spiritual and material support through the Breakfast with Baby program. Both Kiwanis Clubs have a longstanding partnership with Breakfast with Baby.

“A lack of diapers increases the risk of disease, including diaper rash, staph infections, and hepatitis. It also increases the possibility of child abuse such as Shaken Baby Syndrome as the babies cry more when wearing dirty diapers,” explained Cheryl Hagedorn, Director of the Breakfast with Baby program. “Support from the community helps to minimize these risks.”

To donate baby items, stop by one of the below drop-off locations during business hours between Saturday, May, 23rd – Thursday, June 4th:

• Des Plaines Public Library 1501 Ellinwood St, Des Plaines, IL
• Trinity Lutheran Church 675 W. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, IL
• Des Plaines History Center 781 Pearson St, Des Plaines, IL
• Prairie Lakes Community Center 515 E Thacker St, Des Plaines, IL
• MBD Martial Arts 1508 Miner St, Des Plaines, IL
• The Bowlers ER (Inside Bowlero) 824 E. Rand Road, Mount Prospect, IL
• Golf Center Des Plaines 353 N. River Rd, Des Plaines IL
• ACE Pickleball 727 W. Golf Road, Des Plaines, IL
• Kids Play Hive 1529 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL
• Des Plaines Park District Admin and Leisure Center 2222 Birch Street, Des Plaines IL
• Sonesta Hotel Rosemont 10233 W. Higgins Road, Rosemont, IL

Big thank you to the Northbrook Two Men and a Truck for donating the donation boxes at each of our drop-off locations!

Baby Items Needed:

All items must be new with the exception of clothes.
*= Most needed items

Want to donate items, but won’t be able to drop them off?

Purchase items through our Diaper Drive Registry on Amazon here.

Monetary Donations

Your donation can help us change lives

• $15 – Baby Basics Pack: 32 pack of diapers and box of baby wipes
• $25 buys a box of diapers
• $50 purchases a car seat
• $75 helps purchase a stroller
• $100 will purchase 5 boxes of diapers
• $150 will purchase 4 umbrella strollers
• $250 buys diapers for a family for a year

Checks can be made out to the Des Plaines Salvation Army with the memo “Breakfast with Baby”. Checks can be mailed or dropped off at 609 West Dempster, Des Plaines, IL, 60018.

Thank you for your generosity!