Orlando, Fla \u2014 The Early Learning Coalition of Orange County (ELCOC) is now collecting\u00a0diapers for Orange County families. This year\u2019s goal is 40,000\u00a0diapers. All donated\u00a0diapers will be delivered to the Central Florida\u00a0Diaper\u00a0Bank.<\/p>\n
The 2026\u00a0Diaper\u00a0Drive\u00a0kicks off Monday, January 12, 2026, with eight weeks of online giving\u00a0and\u00a0collection efforts culminating in our in-person community drop-off celebration on Saturday, March 7, 2026.<\/p>\n
How You Can Help:<\/p>\n
With your support, we can meet-and\u00a0surpass-our 2026 goal to collect 40,000\u00a0diapers!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here are two simple ways to get involved:<\/p>\n
1. Donate\u00a0Diapers via Amazon. Visit our\u00a0Amazon Wish List<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0have\u00a0diapers shipped directly to the ELCOC offices. A box of\u00a0diapers can cost as little as $10-and\u00a0every contribution counts!<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Diaper\u00a0Drive-Thru Event: Saturday, March 7, 2026. Community members are invited to buy boxes of\u00a0diapers\u00a0and\u00a0bring them to our in-person community drop-off celebration on Saturday, March 7.\u00a0Stay tuned for location details!<\/p>\n Every baby deserves the comfort of a clean\u00a0diaper,\u00a0and\u00a0no parent should have to worry about going\u00a0without.\u00a0Diapers are not optional-they\u2019re essential for a baby\u2019s health, comfort,\u00a0and\u00a0development, yet thousands of families in Central Florida struggle to afford them.\u00a0Programs such as WIC\u00a0help families meet their food\u00a0and\u00a0nutrition needs, but they don\u2019t cover essentials like\u00a0diapers.<\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando, Fla \u2014 The Early Learning Coalition of Orange County (ELCOC) is now collecting\u00a0diapers for Orange County families.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19970,139,141,140,19973,19972,19971],"class_list":["post-145109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-9-family-connection","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-tv27-community-connection","tag-tv27community","tag-wftv-9-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}