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Diaper Bank In the News: Articles    


2011

Basic Need a High-Priority Issue for Many
      From the Arizona Daily Star, December 25, 2011

Rachele Peterson and other volunteers with the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona suggest you celebrate the season with something white and fluffy that doesn't need to be blown or shoveled... >Read More
                 

2010

Huggies to Donate 201,500 Diapers to Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
      For Immediate Release

As part of "Every Little Bottom," a national campaign  that kicks off today (June 14), Huggies® is donating 201,500 diapers to the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona.  >Read More

Building a Nonprofit From the Inside Out
      Article by Joanne Fritz, About.com

Hildy Gottlieb had, in her words, an epiphany after her company, Help 4 Nonprofits, began a diaper drive as a community service several years ago. > Read More

2009

Dancing for diapers brings bucks
      From the Arizona Daily Star, May 21, 2009

Tucson's version of Dancing With the Stars turned out to be a boon for bare bottoms. >Read More


2008

Give the gift of giving this holiday season
      Our view: Contributions to local, helping organizations seed new hope
     From the Arizona Daily Star, December 3, 2008

As the holiday season unfolds, our thoughts naturally turn to giving. Instead of or in addition to buying a bauble for someone you love this year, consider making a gift to a helping organization in their name.
>Read More
 
From One Mother To Another
       From Inside Arizona Business, August 18, 2008

Tucson based nonprofit organization, From One Mother to Another, is holding a fund raising event on September 13th, 2008 at the Leo Rich Theater at 7pm. > Read More

Cash for diapers, cha-cha-cha
       From the Arizona Daily Star/Foothills, May 22, 2008

The Dancing With our Stars fundraiser at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort raised about $20,000 for the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank. > Read More


Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank to host 2nd Annual Dancing With Our Stars
       From the Foothills News, April 24, 2008

Looking for a repeat performance, the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank (SACDB) is having their 2nd Annual "Dancing With Our Stars." The event, to be held on May 16 at Loews Ventana Canyon...> Read More


JFSA diaper drive increases goal for 2008
       From the Arizona Jewish Post, February 22, 2008

For the third year, the Jewish Community Relations Council and Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona are sponsoring a diaper drive...> Read More
 
 
Students get pampered after diaper drive
       From the Tucson Citizen, January 1, 2008

After collecting thousands of diapers, students in Elizabeth Rodriguez-Quihuis' fourth-grade class at Davis Bilingual Learning Center are headed to "High School Musical On Tour'' on Wednesday. > Read More
 

2007
 
Aidan Sings! John Corbett Band in Concert
       From the Tucson Weekly (City Week), December 13, 2007
 
You'd probably recognize John Corbett from his role in Sex and the City or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but the actor is also a musician. > Read More 
 
John Corbett due Dec. 16 for benefit at Maverick
       From the Arizona Daily Star (AZ NightBuzz), November 29, 2007
 
Hollywood hottie and novice country singer John Corbett returns to The Maverick – King of Clubs for a concert Dec. 16 benefiting the Tucson Diaper Bank and Junior Achievement. > Read More  
 
Mama's Diaper Drive
       From the Tucson Weekly, August 30, 2007 

During September, Mama's Famous Pizza and Heros is holding a diaper drive for the Reachout Pregnancy Center and the Community Diaper Bank.
> Read More  
 
Moving up: The changing face of Tucson's business
       From the Arizona Daily Star, July 16, 2007

Diaper Bank gets interim director.
> Read More
 
Dancing for Diapers
       From the Tucson Weekly (City Week), May 17, 2007

Do you like watching Dancing With the Stars? Does the thought of local bigshots potentially embarrassing themselves appeal to you? Do you support helping babies and others in need? > Read More
 
 
Jewish community giving a boost to the diaper bank
       From the Arizona Daily Star, February 27, 2007

Members of Tucson's Jewish community have joined together to coordinate a diaper drive that will ease the burden on the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank.
> Read More
 

2006
 
Hells Angels drive nets 14,000 diapers for needy
       Reprinted from the Tucson Citizen, December 14, 2006
 
Tucson members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club collected 14,000 diapers - twice the number anticipated - during a one-day diaper drive Dec. 1 at Berky's Bar, 5769 E. Speedway Blvd. > Read More
     
Infants aren't the only ones in need
       From the Arizona Daily Star, December 3, 2006
 
Lynda Hanna hopes for a white Christmas. This native Tucsonan isn't praying for snow; she's dreaming of diapers. > Read More
 
 
Diaper bank 'nearly empty,' issues appeal
       From the Tucson Citizen, August 25, 2006
 
The Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank needs diapers for disabled people, the elderly and babies.
 

2005
 
 
Diaper bank founders find success in letting go
     Opinion by Richard Ducote
       From the Arizona Daily Star, September 11, 2005
 
Business owners often say the sure sign of success is leaving the firm in the hands of others and moving on. > Read More
 
Lending a Helping Hand
     Thousands of Tucsonans--many of them children--find themselves in need
       From the Tucson Weekly, September 1, 2005
 
Food, clothing and shelter might be three basic necessities of life, but what if poverty mandates that one must choose between them? That daunting task often confronts tens of thousands of poor households in Tucson, forcing them to make very difficult decisions. > Read More


2000
 
 
Family-man Marx returns to stage for benefit
    By Cathalena E. Burch
       From the Arizona Daily Star, Friday, 15 December 2000
 

For the past three years, Richard Marx the singer has been hiding in the shadow of Richard Marx the

songwriter/producer. Which brings Richard Marx the doting father off the road and out of the shadows so he can sit at the head of the dinner table every night with his three young sons and his wife, Cynthia Rhodes. And Richard Marx the man wouldn't have it any other way.> Read More

 

Business owners Hildy Gottlieb and Dimitri Petropolis received an unexpected reaction when they sought help publicizing their diaper drive in 1994. "That very first year we actually got radio stations that took time out of their busy day to call us and laugh at us. They said, 'This is the stupidest thing I ever heard of,'" Gottlieb said. > Read More

 

Breakfast is served.The 7th Annual December Diaper Drive Kickoff 2000 begins 8-11 a.m. Saturday with the help of local radio personalities.> Read More  ► Diaper Bank seeks help to meet goal     From the Arizona Daily Star, Saturday, 26 August 2000  The Diaper Bank could hit bottom. It needs money and diapers. One million diapers is the goal of the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank's 7th Annual December Diaper Drive 2000. A lot of diapers? Sure. But it's only halfway to Tucson's annual need of 2 million baby and adult diapers..> Read More ► Diapers for needy babies take wing     From the Arizona Daily Star, Sunday, 23 January 2000  When you collect hundreds of thousands of diapers, you've got to put them somewhere, and yesterday, volunteers for the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank gathered to hurl 100,000 of them over a balcony at ReSolve Inc., 4433 E. Broadway, onto trucks to be taken to storage. > Read More  1999 ► (But it's a) Dry Heat: Good Deeds Indeed          From the Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, December 9, 1999  The students at Immaculate Heart Academy do indeed have good hearts. Kids from the private K-12 Catholic school started out the school year by collecting more than 2,000 pairs of socks for Pio Decimo Center. Then they moved on to the 1999 December Diaper Drive. .> Read More 

 
► Diaper drive no joke now: Charitable act exemplifies impact small firm can have     By Tiffany Kjos       From the Arizona Daily Star, 4 December 2000
 

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