Volunteer Liz Helgren, left, places free diapers into a bag for Marian Vergara on Wednesday at the Twice as Nice Mother & Child Mobile Diaper Pantry at the Warren-Newport Public Library. Volunteer Jackie Leavenworth said 1,250 children are registered in the diaper program. The organization holds four distributions a month at three different locations. Participants are required to present identification and a birth certificate for the child. For more information, www.twiceasnicemc.org.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Families in need received free diapers during an event Wednesday at the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee.
The Twice as Nice Mother & Child Mobile Diaper Pantry provided free disposable diapers during the two-hour event. Volunteer Jackie Leavenworth said 1,250 children are registered in the program, and about 270 families receive diapers on distribution days.
The organization holds four distributions a month at three different locations. Participants are required to present identification and a birth corticate for the child.
Diana Alanzo of Park City receives diapers from a volunteer Wednesday while visiting the Twice as Nice Mother and Child Mobile Diaper Pantry with her daughter, Natalie, age 3 months, at the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com