Marin City nonprofit holds 30,000-diaper giveaway - Marin Independent Journal

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• Volunteer Daeshawn Burr of Performing Stars carries boxes of diapers during a diaper distribution event at Bayside MLK Academy in Marin City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. The Oakland nonprofit Help a Mother Out donated 30,000 diapers, which Performing Stars gave out to 100 families from southern Marin. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

• Alba Lopez of Marin City fills out paperwork as she carries her 1-year-old daughter Bettsy before receiving diapers during Performing Stars' diaper distribution at Bayside MLK Academy in Marin City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

• Volunteer Daeshawn Burr of Performing Stars carries boxes of diapers during a diaper distribution event at Bayside MLK Academy in Marin City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. The Oakland nonprofit Help a Mother Out donated 30,000 diapers, which Performing Stars gave out to 100 families from southern Marin. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

• Felecia Gaston, CEO of Performing Stars of Marin, readies bags of baby wipes to give away during her nonprofit's diaper distribution at Bayside MLK Academy in Marin City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

• Cases of diapers sit ready for distribution during Performing Stars of Marin's diaper distribution at Bayside MLK Academy in Marin City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. The Oakland nonprofit Help a Mother Out donated 30,000 diapers, which Performing Stars gave out to 100 families from Marin City Tiburon, and Mill Valley. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Marin City’s Performing Stars expanded its partnership with a nonprofit diaper bank in Oakland to provide relief to 100 families struggling in the pandemic.

Performing Stars founder Felecia Gaston reached out to Help a Mother Out, a nonprofit that provides families in need with diapers, to secure 30,000 diapers and wipes for families at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy on Tuesday.

Gaston said people in the community have asked for help paying for baby necessities, which average about $25 per box.

“A child goes through so many diapers a month,” she said. “You’re averaging $100 to $150 a month, maybe more because the younger they are the more go through diapers. So I’m proud that we were able to provide a resource for families to help relieve stress and anxiety for them.”

The nonprofit distributed about 21,000 diapers to 60 families in Southern Marin in July.

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November 12, 2020 at 07:32AM
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Marin City nonprofit holds 30,000-diaper giveaway - Marin Independent Journal

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