Starfish Family Services, a private, nonprofit agency serving vulnerable children and families in metropolitan Detroit, partnered with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to host “Diapers for Detroit” on Saturday, July 18, 2015. “Diapers for Detroit” was one of many service learning projects that are part of the overhaul ELCA Youth Gathering worldwide initiative to offer youth an opportunity to strengthen their faith and discover their call to serve the world – at home and abroad. Almost 30,000 youth, adult leaders and others participated in the ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit last week and 588,612 diapers diapers were collected and distributed to families in need.
“We are thrilled to have partnered with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to host ‘Diapers for Detroit.’ Our primary goal is to bring in critical resources that we can distribute to our partner agencies, clients, neighbors and communities in need. We also wanted to raise awareness about the desperate need for diapers among many of our local families and engage the community in our mission,” said Ann Kalass, Starfish Chief Executive Officer.
Diapers for Detroit took place on Saturday, July 18, 2015. A total of 588,612 diapers and 297,407 wipes were collected. 215 personal care kits for Starfish youth served through the Starfish Shelter we also collected.
Thirty-five partner organizations from the metro Detroit were distributed diapers
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