25 Days Of Holiday Volunteering — Day 16: Baby Hygiene Kits

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — 'Tis the season for giving back to your community. There are a number of ways that you and your family can help others through the holidays.

Every day through Christmas, Patch will be highlighting a way you can provide compassion and resources to those in need.

Volunteer New York! makes it easy to find ways to help — through donations, supporting nonprofits and even volunteering from home.

Today’s opportunity is Hygiene Kits for Babies for the Sharing Shelf. Among the things that SNAP benefits — or food stamps, as they were previously known — do not cover are hygiene products. Thousands of cash-strapped families are struggling right now to provide food and shelter, and hygiene products, including essentials for newborns and babies, have become a luxury they cannot afford. Volunteers are needed to help address this basic human need, and reduce stress on new parents, by collecting and assembling essential items — such as unscented baby wipes, diaper rash cream and baby shampoo — into hygiene kits to keep newborns and young infants clean and protect them from diaper rash. For more information and instructions, or to express interest, go here.

Check out all the volunteer opportunities around the Hudson Valley by visiting the Holiday Volunteering web page.

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