Pregnancy Help is celebrating Waste Free Parenting Week

Pregnancy Help is celebrating Waste Free Parenting Week by holding Clothing and Nappy drives in seven centres across New Zealand (Auckland, Taupo, Taranaki, Central Hawkes Bay, Greater Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin).

Summary:

What is a Clothing and Nappy Drive?

A Clothing and Nappy Drive is a campaign where Pregnancy Help collects donations of baby clothing (up to Size 1’s), baby bedding, nappies and maternity clothing and bras, so that they can be provided to families.

What is Waste Free Parenting Week?

Waste Free Parenting Week is a week where sustainable parenting is celebrated. It takes place during the week of 2nd – 6th May and is run by Kate Meads (Waste Free Parenting with the Nappy Lady)

“When Pregnancy Help provides families with a helping hand of practical support, in addition to meeting a need for a safe bed to sleep a baby in or some baby clothing or bedding, we are also very much about supporting sustainable parenting” says Diane Thornton, Pregnancy Help National President “What better way for people to be able celebrate Waste Free Parenting Week than to donate items that their baby has outgrown, for other families to use”.

Background:

Pregnancy Help has been providing information, advice and practical support to families in New Zealand for the past 40 years.

In the past 16 years alone the organisation has provided families with 643,591 items of baby and children’s clothing, 109,875 reusable nappies, 72,490 items of baby bedding, and 12,529 maternity garments.

“All of these items represent gifts of caring as the only way that Pregnancy Help is able to provide this level of practical support is for the community support us by donating items and knitting items such as woollen singlets” says Diane “Pregnancy Help is part of a chain of people helping one another”.

Donations of baby clothing (up to Size 1’s), baby bedding, nappies and maternity clothing and bras are hugely appreciated at Pregnancy Help Branches in:

Auckland: 33 Wyndham St, Central Auckland. Phone: 09 373 2599

Taupo: 32 Northwood Rd. Phone: 07 377 6071

Taranaki: 4 Romeo St, Stratford. Phone: 06 765 5042

Central Hawkes Bay: Waipukurau Plunket Care Seat Rental Rooms. Phone: 06 856 6877

Greater Wellington: 139B Main Rd, Tawa. Phone: 04 232 5740

Canterbury: 349 Woodham Rd, Wainoni. Phone: 03 385 0556

Dunedin: South City Mall, South Dunedin. Phone: 03 455 5892

“Over the colder months families need a helping hand more than ever and it is vital to what we are able to do for our Branches to build up their stocks of practical support in the lead in to Winter” says Diane “With your help we can give the gift of caring and we can help to make parenting a little easier”.

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