Our History
The founding site for Baby Basics is in Ridgewood, NJ and is now run independently of the
other Baby Basics programs.
All existing programs have been established under the
guideslines, mission statement and criteria formulated from this
original organization. Baby Basics, New Jersey currently has 4
distribution sites. They currently serve 100 babies and have about
46 volunteers from three communities. As well as distributing
diapers and formula, they hold monthly parent education classes for
a half hour prior to distribution. Their Executive Director is
a paid staff member of the Red Cross.
Sister programs are in Hyde Park, MA, Collier County, FL,
Wilmington, VT, Winter Park, FL, Menlo Park, CA, and New York, NY. Other sites
currently working to become established are in Apex, NC, Troy, MI, Milwaukee,
WI, Hagerstown, MD, Tampa, FL and Briarcliff, NY. For more information on these
other locations or to find out more about starting a Baby Basics program,
please contact:
babybasicsndc@hotmail.com.
They
follow the criteria and mission statement of Baby Basics, Inc
in South Boston and have separate operating boards. The
Executive Director is Jean Ann Lynch for all programs.
Babies are the most precious gift bestowed upon humankind. As you look into the
face of every child, you see the miraculous gift of life... so precious and so
full of potential. Baby Basics strives to help families meet their basic needs
- clothing their babies in diapers.
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