Neighborhood Villages, MFS Foundation, and Baby2Baby Distribute Over 80,000 Diapers and Essential Goods to Community Partners for Families in Need
According to the National Diaper Bank Network, diaper prices have risen by 48% since 2020
BOSTON, MA (October 10, 2025) - This week, amid rising prices nationwide, Neighborhood Villages, Baby2Baby, and the foundation of MFS Investment Management collaborated to distribute over 80,000 diapers and other essential goods, including wipes, formula, coats, laundry detergent, and school supplies in Boston, Brockton, Worcester, and Western Massachusetts communities. This effort will provide much-needed help to 4,000 children and families served by 25 partnering organizations.
These items were distributed to community partners, including child care programs, Coordinated Family and Community Engagement offices, early intervention programs, WIC programs, and other organizations that support families and young children.
Throughout the year, Neighborhood Villages partners with early childhood education programs serving vulnerable children and families to help them access the health services, wraparound supports, and material goods they need to thrive.
“Right now, soaring costs are forcing families into impossible choices between rent, food, child care, and even diapers,” said Sarah Muncey, co-founder of Neighborhood Villages. “Lack of access to this basic necessity has far-reaching impacts — from a child’s health to the ability of children to go to school, and for parents to work. We’ve partnered with Baby2Baby and MFS to help meet this need in communities across Massachusetts because no family or child should go without these essential items.”
“It’s amazing to have this resource because diapers are so expensive,” said Margaret Carreiro, assistant director at Bay Cove Human Services Early Intervention. “We used to have to tell families we didn’t have any diapers for them. With a lot of families losing funding, losing jobs, and living in shelters, we have a much higher need for families with diapers.”
"Partnerships like this help us free up grant funding so we can apply it elsewhere,” said Irina Shumway, incoming director of the Medford Family Network. "An event like this frees up the money that we would be spending on purchasing these things for our families so we can help them in other ways.”
Right now, nearly half of US families with children under three struggle to afford diapers. In Massachusetts, meeting the need would take 63 million diapers a year. Since 2020, the cost of diapers has increased by 48%. For a family with one child in diapers, that’s almost $1,000 a year. Given that many families have multiple small children at once, that can amount to up to 14% of annual income for low-income parents. Pediatricians say too few diapers can lead to health issues and keep parents out of work or school because most child-care centers require a steady supply.
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