DIAPERS DONATED: 7,774,216
PERIOD SUPPLIES DONATED: 847,381
Lend a Hand!
MANY WAYS TO HELP OUT
Keeping Families Covered offers a variety of ways for you to help local individuals and families in need. By donating goods, time or money, those we serve benefit and donors do as well.
Donate Goods
WE OFFER HOME PICKUP SERVICE!
BOOK ONLINE BELOW.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE NO LONGER ACCEPT OR DISTRIBUTE USED CLOTHING,
SHOES, BABY EQUIPMENT, OR FURNITURE OF ANY KIND.
Schedule A
Home Pick-Up
Home pick-up service is available
on Tuesdays from 10:00am to 2:30pm
(within 25 miles of Waukegan) for a
$20.00 donation payable via credit card through our online scheduling app.
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WE NO LONGER ACCEPT OR DISTRIBUTE USED CLOTHING, SHOES, OR BABY EQUIPMENT OF ANY KIND.
You can schedule a home pickup for baby diapers, toddler pull-ups, youth pull-ons, adult diapers, unopened infant formula, and period products (pads, liners, tampons).
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We use HouseCall Pro to schedule our
home pick-ups.
Please click on the button below
to be directed to the online scheduling feature!
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After-Hours
Donations
Available 24/7
Located outside of our offices at:
DIAPERS & PERIOD PRODUCTS ONLY
3250-B N. Oak Grove Ave.
Waukegan, IL 60087
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DIAPERS ONLY
4138 W. Orleans St.
McHenry, IL 60050
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Click on the donation checklist button below to view acceptable items.
Please save any infant formula for
in-person donations.
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Make A Monetary Donation
Monetary donations go directly towards purchasing diapers and period supplies for our distribution programs. We have donated millions of diapers and hundreds of thousands of period products to families. We currently purchase 90% of the diapers and period supplies we give away, so we rely on financial support to sustain our programs. Monetary donations make it possible for us to continue providing specific sizes and quantities of diapers/period products that we can’t always count on from drives alone. We need ongoing support through donations of diapers, period products and dollars in order to serve the community.
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Did you know that your dollars go farther when you donate to us? We can buy diapers at less than half of retail cost thanks to preferred purchasing programs through our membership with the National Diaper Bank Network. The same is true for period products through our membership with the Alliance for Period Supplies. That means that we can buy a higher volume of diapers and period supplies at a lower cost----and your monetary gift is essentially doubled!
Donations do more than just put diapers and period products on a shelf in our warehouse. They make a real and lasting impact in the lives of thousands of families every month by keeping them clean, dry and healthy.
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Keeping Families Covered is recognized as a nonprofit charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and all contributions, including financial, are tax deductible under section 170 of the code.
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Stay Connected
Stay connected and keep up to date on all things Keeping Families Covered:
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Check out our Events page to stay in the loop about diaper drives, fundraisers, volunteer opportunities and other events
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Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter
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Take a look at our News page featuring various articles and news stories highlighting our work to help families in crisis get back on their feet.
Host a Diaper or Period Supply Drive
Want to make a difference and help families in your community? Consider organizing or hosting a diaper or period supply drive! We’ll provide a toolkit, donation boxes and marketing materials – then we'll pick up the donations you collect. All you have to do is find a location, promote the event and collect the goods. It’s that easy!
Give Diapers to a Child in Need
As a member of the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN), our diaper bank and mobile diaper pantry distributes FREE disposable diapers. We give away over 150,000 diapers each month to more than 2,500 children. Through purchases,
donations, and community diaper drives, we get diapers into the hands of families that need them.
Your support will provide this basic need to a child so they will be clean, dry and healthy.
1 MONTH SUPPLY
OF DIAPERS ($100)
3 MONTH SUPPLY
OF DIAPERS ($250)
6 MONTH SUPPLY
OF DIAPERS ($500)
12 MONTH SUPPLY OF
DIAPERS ($1,000)
Become a Community Partner
Keeping Families Covered distributes items through established agencies that work directly with families in need. Those partnerships ensure that diapers and other essentials get into the hands of those who need them, our programs compliment other services (home visits, case management, health screenings, self-sufficiency programs, job training) and providing families with basic needs will help to connect them with other assistance programs in the community.
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Partners request items on behalf of the clients they serve and we fill the requests. Case workers and/or agency representatives pick up their orders at our office and then handle the distribution to the families.
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We are very intentional with how we grow and who we partner with to distribute our items. Our partners include home visiting programs, shelters, food pantries, townships, churches, schools, healthcare clinics, senior service agencies, foster family programs and community-based organizations. An agency/organization must have a partnership agreement with us in order to request assistance for their clients. Our partnership agreement is collaborative and requires each agency/organization to support the mission, and programs, of Keeping Families Covered, throughout each calendar year.
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If your organization is interested in becoming a partner, please contact our office at 224-637-1644 or email us at info@keepingfamiliescovered.org.
Donate a Little Time & Volunteer
Keeping Families Covered is always in need of volunteers to support our efforts to help individuals and families in the community.
Adults and children (ages 6 and up) are welcome! We can host small businesses, corporations, churches, schools, sports teams, service groups, and community organizations. We offer in-person and at-home opportunities at both of our offices (Lake County and McHenry County).
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We use Golden to manage our volunteer opportunities. Please note that you will need to create an account on Golden to use our portal, view the opportunities we have available, and sign up online. Click on the "Sign Up to Volunteer" button below to get started!
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Registration via the portal is required for anyone that wants to volunteer with us. Due to increased demand, we do not accept email or phone requests for volunteer opportunities.
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