Diaper bank
{{Short description|Charitable organization that gives out diapers}}
A diaper bank (British English: nappy bank) is a social institution or nonprofit organization formed for the sole purpose of providing diapers to people in poverty who do not have access to diapers. Federally funded public assistance programs do not pay for or contribute to the payment for diapers.{{cite web |url=http://diaperbank.org/FAQ.aspx |title=Frequently Asked Questions |website=diaperbank.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013051908/http://diaperbank.org/FAQ.aspx |archive-date=2008-10-13}} Diaper banks accept donations and diapers to provide for either children or adults suffering from incontinence and distribute diapers to partner agencies for distribution to people in their social programs in need of diapers. In 2011, the National Diaper Bank Network was formed to help distribute diapers across the United States.{{cite news| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204554204577022150972031244| title = Free-Diaper Push Gets National Boost - WSJ| newspaper = Wall Street Journal| date = 7 November 2011| last1 = West| first1 = Melanie Grayce}}
History
An early diaper bank was founded in Pinellas County, Florida in the United States in August 1960.{{cite-news|first=Fran|last=Brush|date=3 February 1962|title=A Very Important 'Bank': Their Project Is Pinned On Diapers|work=St. Petersburg Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgVZAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22Diaper+bank%22&article_id=2987,1162012&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXhfi6_KaKAxVUUEEAHcTSOqUQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Diaper%20bank%22&f=false|page=10-B}} The Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona, which incorrectly claims to be the first diaper bank,{{cite web |url=http://diaperbank.org/history.aspx |title=Our History |website=diaperbank.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509221052/http://diaperbank.org/history.aspx |archive-date=2009-05-09}} {{Cite web |url=http://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/history.html |title=History | NDBN |access-date=2015-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125449/http://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/history.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }} was started in 1994 initially as a donation to the local community by a local consulting company, ReSolve, Inc., under the leadership of Hildy Gottlieb and Dimitri Petropolis.{{cite web |url=http://www.diaperbank.org/NewsStories/NS_Dec0400_DriveNoJoke.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.diaperbank.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624202508/http://www.diaperbank.org/NewsStories/NS_Dec0400_DriveNoJoke.htm |archive-date=24 June 2003 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.diaperbank.org/NewsStories/NS_Dec0795_FirmRenews.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.diaperbank.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030907014135/http://www.diaperbank.org/NewsStories/NS_Dec0795_FirmRenews.htm |archive-date=7 September 2003 |url-status=dead}}