Help End Diaper Need in Windsor
Get Involved
Ending Diaper Need is a community effort. Choose how you want to support!
Pledge to Donate Diaper Boxes
Help us #EndDiaperNeed by commiting to donate diapers.
The most needed sizes are newborn to age 3.
Send Us Diapers Through Amazon
Use our Amazon wishlist to send diapers right to the Centre.Donate Funds
Donate now to help meet the practical needs of families in crisis.
Total Diaper Boxes Collected for Diaper Need
407
Received
Diapers collected are given to different organizations and The Mission.
What is Diaper Need?
400+ families receive diapers at Ready, Set, Go! each month.
What’s
Happening?
Windsor is an economically vibrant community, yet 1:8 residents live below the poverty line.
The need for diapers at Ready, Set, Go! has increased by 80%, and we are struggling to keep up with the demand.
Who is
Impacted?
Diaper need is a reality for hundreds of Windsor families, including:
- Single parent families.
- Minimum wage employees.
- Those waiting for affordable housing.
- Those with disabilities.
- Those having to choose between rent, electricity, and food.
- New Canadians.
How to
Help
It takes a Village to ensure there’s enough for everyone and no one is left behind.
Donate diapers, host a diaper drive, or donate funds. Your generous support will help make sure we’re prepared to meet the demand for diapers, wipes, and formula in 2024.
This is what diaper need feels like.
You can help end it.
How to Host a
Diaper Drive
- Sign up to host a diaper drive and choose your timeline. We recommend fundraising over 2 to 3 weeks.
- Decide where to host your diaper drive. Connect with your peers, family, co-workers, or others to collect diapers.
- Use our resources to promote your diaper drive. Do you need social media posts, images, speaking points, a letter of support for your organization? We’ve got you! If you need something custom, email programdeveloper@readysetgowindsor.org.
- Collect diaper boxes. 1, 10, 100…every box counts!
- Deliver your donation to any of these locations:
Sample Diaper Drives:
- Places of work or offices.
- Social or sports clubs.
- Small groups.
- Neighbourhoods and community organizations.
- Places of worship.
- Social media.
Want to sign up but don’t know where to start? Let’s brainstorm!
Diaper Drop-off Locations
Glengarry Non Profit Housing
680 Alymer Ave
Windsor, ON N9A 1V1
Tuesday and Thursday between 9:30 and 11:30 am.
Drouillard Place
1102 Drouillard Road,
Windsor, ON
N8Y 2R1
Accepting drop-offs Monday to Friday and our hours are 8:30-4 pm (Closed for lunch 12-1pm)
Please don’t leave drop-offs outside the door. We will collect for ourselves and others in the diaper bank.
Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative
502 Wyandotte West
Windsor, ON
N9A 4X1
We can take drop offs Monday through Friday from 9 am to 3 pm.
Windsor Youth Centre
1247 Wyandotte St East
Windsor, ON
N9A 3K6
We can accept donations between 1:30 pm and 9:00 pm Monday to Friday.
We would be using donations for our clients (we run a parenting program called Generation WYC every Tuesday).
Frequently Asked Questions
The most commonly needed sizes are newborn to age 3.
Our diaper distribution program is designed to assist low-resourced families by providing a supplemental package of diapers each month until a child is potty trained or age 4.
Families who need diapers can come to the Centre and complete an intake appointment to get registered for our program.
Absolutely!
If you’re shopping on Amazon, use our wishlist and have your diapers sent straight to our office.
If you’re shopping online elsewhere, enter the Centre’s address for delivery.
Please note we are open Monday to Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm when purchasing diapers for delivery.
Alternatively, you can request that we pick up your diapers on one of our diaper donation pick up days.
At Ready, Set, Go! we believe in creating a community where it becomes possible for a person to continue with a pregnancy and not just survive, but thrive. Parenting is hard enough. Parents shouldn’t have to worry that their babies will go without the most basic of needs.
Diapers are a crucial resource for families with babies and young children. Distributing diapers to low-resourced families helps reduce economic burden, reduces stress, and promotes infant and child well-being. The immediate needs of low-resourced families are being met through this program, while connecting these same families with other beneficial programs offered through the Centre.
We appreciate the desire to donate reusable cloth diapers. However, some people do not have reliable laundry services or capacity to launder reusable diapers. We are encouraging donations of disposable diapers.
Donate to End Diaper Need
Diaper need has increased 80% in Windsor. The cost of housing, inflation and other crises make it difficult for families to provide essential resources like food, rent, and diapers. Your donation helps ensure everyone has enough and that no one is left behind in 2024.
400+ families receive diapers at Ready, Set, Go! each month.
When practical needs are met, hope-filled futures can begin.
Your donation provides:
- Diapers
- Wipes
- Formula
- Bus Tickets
- Women’s Sanitary Products
Ways to Donate
Cheque
Send cheques to 647 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor, ON.
E-Transfer
Send e-transfers to donate@readysetgowindsor.ca. In the message box, include your name and email address to receive a tax receipt.
When practical needs are met, hope-filled futures can begin.
Thank You
Diapers are a crucial resource for families with babies and young children. For those experiencing food insecurity or poverty, sometimes the choice is diapers or food.
Distributing diapers to low-resourced families helps reduce economic burden, reduces stress, and promotes infant and child well-being.
Because you give, the immediate needs of low-resourced families are met through supportive, respectful, and compassionate care.
Thank you for donating.
