Utah Diaper Bank

We want to ensure that no family has to leave their infant in a soiled diaper for too long nor worse yet have to reuse a previously used diaper. We hope to accomplish this in Utah

We were organized as a 501 C 3 in 2013 and began facilitating diaper drives and soliciting donations to purchase diapers. Each year as we have raised awareness in the community, we have received increasing donations and diapers. We have grown from a modest first year of distributing 13,000 diapers to a point in 2020 of distributing over 800,000 diapers statewide

We have formed partnerships with over twenty other non-profits for distribution. These partnerships allow us to grow the organization with and all-volunteer staff. These partnerships enable us to reach the entire state by piggybacking on the infrastructure of other organizations.

Three years ago, we added a county WIC program to our distribution, allowing us to put diapers in the hands of families in need. We have since added a second county WIC program and will continue to build these relationships

We are an all-volunteer organization that exists in a compassionate community. Our regular volunteers have business backgrounds that supported the establishment of the Utah Diaper Bank and the skills and experience to create a sustainable infrastructure and growth model to support our goals

We estimate that the need in Utah to be between 2-2.5 million diapers annually. We estimate that by the end of 2021 our distribution will rise to over 1 million diapers annually. We will accomplish this in eight years without any government or large donor grants

In seven years, we have built an organization from an annual distribution of 13,000 diapers to its current level of over 800,000. We have done this with an all-volunteer workforce and without any government funding or major grants.

We have done this by raising awareness in the community. Some of the means we have used: media interviews on all the local TV stations, multiple fund-raising partnerships with a radio station, annual diaper need awareness week with declarations by the governor and mayor, billboards, countywide diaper drives.

In addition to raising awareness, we have built a distribution network that encompasses the entire state. We have obtained donated warehouse space. We joined and actively participated in the National Diaper Bank Network.

We believe that we have secured donated space for operations starting early 2021. Having a space that volunteers and partners can come to during regular business hours will allow us to expand our volunteer base and raise awareness to an even greater level

We also plan to begin a regular application process for grants that will allow us to continue to grow both the size and scope of our diaper distribution across the state.