Hi all, hoping you can offer advice. My office is doing a food drive next week, and diapers (sizes 4-6) are accepted so I'd rather donate those than give canned food.
I have a Costco near me and a new membership. What can I get there that would be the best value/not crappy quality? I'm looking to spend $20-30 tops.
Or can I get more bang for my buck elsewhere? I have a Target, Babies R Us, and a Shop Rite supermarket in the area as well.
Hi all, hoping you can offer advice. My office is doing a food drive next week, and diapers (sizes 4-6) are accepted so I'd rather donate those than give canned food.
I have a Costco near me and a new membership. What can I get there that would be the best value/not crappy quality? I'm looking to spend $20-30 tops.
Or can I get more bang for my buck elsewhere? I have a Target, Babies R Us, and a Shop Rite supermarket in the area as well.
Thanks!
Targets generic diapers are buy 2 boxes, get a $20 gc right now. So you can spend about $50 but only be out $30 and have a good amount of diapers.
The Kirkland and Huggies are usually the same price, unless there's a coupon for one. (I just checked the latest booklet and they are not on sale.) They'll be around $38 for a big box without the coupon.
For size 4 & 5 I'd get Target Up & Up. I buy those most of the time. They're usually 5% off on Cartwheel, they go on sale all the time, and there might be a printable coupon for either diapers specifically or off a certain $ of up & up.
I figured diapers will be more useful than canned green beans and stuff like that.
You are 100% right.
(You might know this, but for anyone who doesn't...) WIC/food assistance don't cover personal care items like soap, laundry detergent, or diapers and wipes.
Also, food banks can purchase stuff like canned green beans for pennies per pound. If I bought $50 worth of groceries and donated them vs. giving $50 to a food bank, they are able to get waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more for that $50 than I can. (I run a backpack program that distributes food to kids on free/reduced lunch who need it to get through the weekend, and we work closely with our church's food pantry also.)
I didn't realize that before I started working with it, and while I don't want to discourage anyone from donating food, but a monetary donation goes a long way.
I figured diapers will be more useful than canned green beans and stuff like that.
You are 100% right.
(You might know this, but for anyone who doesn't...) WIC/food assistance don't cover personal care items like soap, laundry detergent, or diapers and wipes.
Also, food banks can purchase stuff like canned green beans for pennies per pound. If I bought $50 worth of groceries and donated them vs. giving $50 to a food bank, they are able to get waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more for that $50 than I can. (I run a backpack program that distributes food to kids on free/reduced lunch who need it to get through the weekend, and we work closely with our church's food pantry also.)
I didn't realize that before I started working with it, and while I don't want to discourage anyone from donating food, but a monetary donation goes a long way.
Thanks for the info. I had heard the same thing so that's why I want to give diapers.
My office does this food drive every year before Thanksgiving. Do you think there's a way I can bring up these concerns with HR and suggest a diaper drive or monetary contributions next time? I don't want to overstep my bounds at work, but on the other hand (like you said) it seems counter-intuitive to buy canned food ourselves when we could otherwise just contribute the money directly to the food pantry.
We also do Toys for Tots in the weeks prior to Christmas. Is it the same deal with that, where a monetary donation would be more beneficial than donating the toys?
I think it'd be worth bringing up, even if it's a "Hey, let's put out an option for monetary donations vs. just canned goods" and explain why. Or, "I read x article about how diapers are such a big need, and so many people do food drives around the holidays. Any interest in collecting diapers this year?"
I do not know about Toys for Tots, sorry I can't help there!
Post by dragonfly08 on Oct 31, 2014 15:24:38 GMT -5
When my youngest was in diapers (it has been a while!), Kirkland brand were our go-to. They were the best price and worked much better on her than Huggies or Pampers. And the wipes were great, too, IMO.
I think it'd be worth bringing up, even if it's a "Hey, let's put out an option for monetary donations vs. just canned goods" and explain why. Or, "I read x article about how diapers are such a big need, and so many people do food drives around the holidays. Any interest in collecting diapers this year?"
I do not know about Toys for Tots, sorry I can't help there!
Thanks!
I will keep my eyes out for an article or a source to pass along.
I like the Costco/Kirkland brand diapers and wipes. We've used Target/Up&Up diapers before too and liked them but I think I like the Costco ones a little better.
(You might know this, but for anyone who doesn't...) WIC/food assistance don't cover personal care items like soap, laundry detergent, or diapers and wipes.
Also, food banks can purchase stuff like canned green beans for pennies per pound. If I bought $50 worth of groceries and donated them vs. giving $50 to a food bank, they are able to get waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more for that $50 than I can. (I run a backpack program that distributes food to kids on free/reduced lunch who need it to get through the weekend, and we work closely with our church's food pantry also.)
I didn't realize that before I started working with it, and while I don't want to discourage anyone from donating food, but a monetary donation goes a long way.
Thanks for the info. I had heard the same thing so that's why I want to give diapers.
My office does this food drive every year before Thanksgiving. Do you think there's a way I can bring up these concerns with HR and suggest a diaper drive or monetary contributions next time? I don't want to overstep my bounds at work, but on the other hand (like you said) it seems counter-intuitive to buy canned food ourselves when we could otherwise just contribute the money directly to the food pantry.
We also do Toys for Tots in the weeks prior to Christmas. Is it the same deal with that, where a monetary donation would be more beneficial than donating the toys?
I don't know how these are administered at your company, but we have a "community outreach team" made up of staff who direct all of our drives. Could be a good proposal to spread the work out.
My mom says Shop Rite has good diaper prices. I never believed her until I was doing my online grocery order a few weeks ago. The brand name diapers on sale are around $.25 apiece which is comparable to Target Up&Up.
mbcdefg, Luvs size 4 are $.22 apiece until tomorrow. The package is $18.99, so you could get 2 packs of 88 for a little over your budget. Or a an 88 pack for $18.99 and a 29 pack for $6.99