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November 28 is National Giving Day
November 28 is National Giving Day, a day to reach out to friends and relatives and invite them to support important community organizations like Baby Steps Baby Pantry. We want to invite more people to sign up for a recurring donation, no matter what size, to help meet the growing demand for help. Click…
Read MoreNational Diaper Need Awareness Week
National Diaper Need Awareness Week is September 18-24. The New York State Assembly has also passed a Resolution to memorialize this week as Diaper Need Awareness Week in New York State. National Diaper Need Awareness Week provides individuals, organizations, communities, and elected officials the opportunity to engage in *real talk* and *simple actions.* By working…
Read MoreJunior League of Orange County Conducts A Fundraiser for Baby Steps Baby Pantry
The Junior League of Orange County understands many families are experiencing diaper insecurity locally. Junior League volunteers organized a diaper drive and came through with diapers and a major cash donation for Baby Steps Baby Pantry. Thank You Junior League. Holding the big Junior League check, Rasheena Wilson from the Junior League, Baby Steps Diana…
Read MoreBaby Steps Diaper Pantry participates in New York State Diaper Bank Coalition Advocacy Day at the State Capitol
Baby Steps is a member of the New York State Diaper Bank Coalition, which advocates for support to end diaper need in the Empire State. During the New York State Legislative Session, Baby Steps Fundraising Committee Members Laura Donovan and Eddie Monroy joined with other Coalition Diaper Bank volunteers for an advocacy day at the…
Read MoreThe Baby Steps Baby Pantry Diaper Giveaway
Baby Steps Baby Pantry is helping families get the supplies they need. Diapers are one of the most expensive items that caregivers need to purchase for growing kids. These essentials are not only expensive, but they’re also a frequently recurring purchase that can seriously add up over time. Furthermore, both the pandemic and recent inflation…
Read MoreLiving Diaper to Diaper, from the New York Times
Living Paycheck to Paycheck, Living Diaper to Diaper’ Diaper need causes more anxiety than food or housing insecurity for some mothers. By Jessica Grose NY Times March 17, 2021 If your child is not potty trained, how many diapers do you have on hand right now? That’s a question I certainly wouldn’t have been able…
Read MoreAdditional Help during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Such good news to share in a time of what seems to be the world turned upside down. You know we provide a hand up, a full weeks supply of diapers and product each month, so that families struggling to provide enough dry diapers for their babies make it to the end of the month.…
Read MoreBaby Steps Networks at Street Festivals in Newburgh and Cornwall
Baby Steps Baby Pantry volunteers staffed our booth at Newburgh Illuminated in Newburgh NY, and at Riverfest in Cornwall, right on the banks of the Hudson. At Newburgh we were set up right in front of Washington’s Headquarters on Liberty Street, with lots of volunteers including Kerry, Laura, Diana and Carol. At Riverfest in Cornwall,…
Read MoreBaby Steps Adds Text to Give for Mobile Giving
What can we not do from our phones, which often aren’t used for making phone calls any more! They are very portable computers in every sense and check your data sometime and you might be shocked by how many text messages you send and receive in a month. Given this, and that text works even…
Read MoreBaby Steps Baby Pantry Designated a 501 (3)(c) Not for Profit
The Internal Revenue Service has designated Baby Steps Baby Pantry INC a 501 (c)(3) organization. Additionally the New York State Secretary Of State has accepted and approve articles of incorporation for Baby Steps Baby Pantry. Organizations that qualify as public charities under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) are eligible for federal exemption from payment of corporate income tax,…
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