{"id":429972,"date":"2026-10-16T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T23:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429972\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T23:26:08","slug":"diaper-drive-to-benefit-local-families-news-sports-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429972\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaper drive to benefit local families | News, Sports, Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donate-750x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with Healthy Start Southwest Florida, which operates the Southwest Florida Diaper Bank, Lee County has launched a drive to collect diapers to promote health and provide economic stability for families.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Lee County Commission approved a resolution recognizing National Diaper Need Awareness Week \u2014 recognized this year as Sept. 14-20 \u2014 but wanted to do more to help.<\/p>\n<p>From now through Friday, Oct. 23, designated Lee County Public Libraries and Parks &amp; Recreation facilities are accepting donated diapers and related supplies for distribution to Lee County families.<\/p>\n<p>The most needed items are: diapers, newborn through size 6; toddler pull-ups; diaper wipes; diaper cream; and child training pants.<\/p>\n<p>The designated facilities are:<\/p>\n<p>Library locations<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Bonita Springs Public Library, 10560 Reynolds St., Bonita Springs<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   East County Regional Library, 881 Gunnery Road N., Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Fort Myers Regional Library, 2450 First St., Fort Myers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Lakes Regional Library, 15290 Bass Road, Fort Myers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Northwest Regional Library, 519 Chiquita Blvd. N., Cape Coral<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Pine Island Public Library, 10701 Russell Road, Bokeelia<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   South County Regional Library, 21100 Three Oaks Parkway, Estero<\/p>\n<p>Parks facilities and recreation centers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Estero Recreation Center, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd., Estero<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   North Fort Myers Recreation Center, 2000 N. Recreation Park Way, North Fort Myers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Veterans Park Recreation Center, 55 Homestead Road S., Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Wa-Ke-Hatchee Recreation Center, 16760 Bass Road, Fort Myers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Boca Grande Community Center, 131 1st St., Boca Grande<\/p>\n<p>Healthy Start locations<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Main office, 1921 Jefferson Ave., Fort Myers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Warehouse, 12270 Itec Park Drive, Suite 200, Fort Myers<\/p>\n<p>Specially designated collection boxes will be in place at the locations.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Healthy Start Southwest Florida, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/healthystartbaby.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">healthystartbaby.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                        &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; In partnership with Healthy Start Southwest Florida, which operates the Southwest Florida Diaper Bank,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,168882,15911],"class_list":["post-429972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-diaper-drive-to-benefit-local-families","tag-lehigh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429972","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=429972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}