United Way hosts "Giving Babies a Healthy Start: A Congressional Dialogue"

United Way takes regional approach to giving babies a healthy start by collecting over 300,000 diapers for The Diaper Bank. Healthy Baby Diaper Drive co-chairs, Janice Gruendel and Irene Cornish, made the announcement at a celebration on December 14^th and the event kicked off support on a federal level.

The CT Post covered the event.

Monday's United Way event was billed as "Giving Babies a Healthy Start: A Congressional Dialogue," and two of Connecticut's congressional delegates attended offering praise to participants for their creative and collaborative efforts.

"You know how indispensable diapers are. This is a critical effort " By your freeing up the expense for diapers you free up money for rent, for food, for other necessities," said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, who established the Congressional Baby Caucus last July with Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana to focus attention on the challenges faced by infants and toddlers in military families.

U.S. Rep Jim Himes, D-4, said he finds it difficult to deal, not with the mechanics of proposed health-care legislation, but listening to the stories from people in his district who are struggling to live dignified, reasonable lives. Himes said there should be more exploration of joint private sector and government efforts to operate such efficient drives as the Healthy Baby Diaper Drive.

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