August 29, 2025

Gold Coast Doulas Holds 10th Annual Charity Diaper Drive

Gold Coast Doulas is holding our 10th annual Diaper Drive from September 1st to October 1st, 2025. Giving back is an important foundation of our business as a Certified B Corporation; clean diapers significantly impact the health of new families, and our charitable giving focus is on supporting low-income women and children.

One in two U.S. families with young children struggles to afford diapers, and no government programs currently provide them. This rate increased from one in three in past years. Food, shelter, and utilities are the only items covered by assistance. Diapers are expensive, and many families make tough choices between paying rent and utilities or buying diapers. Research shows that 48% of parents delay changing diapers, and 32% report re-using diapers to make supplies last longer

The Gold Coast Doulas diaper drive coincides with National Diaper Need Awareness Week, September 15th to September 21^st. Diaper Need Awareness Week is an initiative of the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN), created to make a difference in the lives of the nearly 5.2 million babies in the United States aged three or younger who live in poor or low-income families.

Our annual diaper drive benefits Nestlings Diaper Bank of West Michigan and Great Start Parent Coalition of Kent County. Holland-based Nestlings has distributed over 3 million diapers and helped over 50,000 families since 2011. They distributed nearly 400,000 diapers in 2024. Nestlings works with 31 partner agencies to distribute the diapers to families in need.

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’ve set a big goal of collecting 20,000 diapers to support families in Kent, Ottawa, and Allegan counties.

We accept both opened and unopened boxes and packages of new disposable diapers, gently used cloth diapers and cloth supplies, brand-new cloth diapers, and unopened boxes or packages of wipes.

Partnered Dropoff Locations

In Zeeland
Howard Miller Library 14 S. Church Street

Lake Michigan Credit Union 8630 E. Main St

In Holland
Brann’s 12234 James Street
The Insurance Group 593 Heritage

Holland Pediatric Associates 926 Washington Ave Building C

Harbor Health & Massage 444 Washington Ave

Lake Michigan Credit Union 677 E 8^th St., and 3494 West Shore Dr

In Greater Grand Rapids

Baby Beloved 233 Fulton St E (box is in the hallway of the Masonic Temple)
Rise Wellness Chiropractic PLC 1005 Lake Dr SE

Hopscotch Children’s Store 909 Cherry St SE

Mind Body Baby Collective 2422 Burton St SE

Advent Physical Therapy