HomeAid Essentials Drive 2023

The Essentials Drive is HomeAid’s annual community-wide drive to collect “essentials” such as diapers and baby wipes for families with infants and toddlers experiencing or at risk for homelessness. This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the Essentials Drive, which is held annually in honor of Mother’s Day.

[Music] Hi I'm Mandy crater with homemade Atlanta and our mission is to build new Lives for families and individuals Experiencing or at risk of homelessness We do that through Construction Education and Community engagement and One of our big Community engagement Initiatives is to collect diapers and Wipes for some of the non-profits that We've built for in the past Unfortunately about 5 000 people on any Given night are experiencing Homelessness throughout Metro Atlanta And about half of those people are women And children there are families that Have to choose between food shelter and Buying diapers for their infant and that Really should never have to be the case So what we do to help is we get the Whole Community involved and we have Several drop-off sites throughout Metro Atlanta that you can collect diapers and Wipes and drop them in these locations And then we'll deliver them to all the Non-profits that serve all of these People that are in need we've been Hosting our annual Essentials drive for 22 years now and in that time have Collected nearly 2 million essential Baby items for for moms and babies that Are in need we can use your help so There are several ways to get involved You can host a drive at either your

Community group or within your company Or you can donate items at a regular Drop-off location you can also go to our Registries at Amazon or Target with First name homemade and last name Atlanta and purchase items that will go Directly to those in need thank you so Much for all that you've done over the Years and continue to do to help us Build a future without homelessness [Music]