Help Central Jersey Diaper Bank Win $25,000 Grant

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Have you ever heard of Central Jersey Diaper Bank? They are a non-profit based in New Brunswick that provide poor and low-income women and families in Middlesex County with diapers, formula and other baby needs.

They have been selected by State Farm to potentially win a $25,000 grant, but they need your help to win. The voting is from now until Aug. 24, and each person can vote 10 times a day.

"We are hoping to get a boost as we are in the middle of the pack," said John Yen, VP of resource development at Central Jersey Diaper Bank. "We are the ONLY diaper bank in the contest and one of four from New Jersey so we need some Jersey pride!"

Vote here: https://www.neighborhoodassist...

Central Jersey Diaper Bank gets diapers through grant funding and through diaper drives at houses of worship, businesses, schools, libraries, and corporations like Johnson & Johnson and Silver Line Windows. Families come to the diaper bank's offices on Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick to pick the diapers up.

"Our organization has been working with low-income Middlesex County residents since 2000, and the Diaper Bank began in 2010. This year we distributed almost 124,000 diapers to over 800 families in Central New Jersey, and we also provide clothes, car seats and other basic needs," said Deborah Cherniss of the Anshe Emeth Community Development Organization. The Central Jersey Diaper bank is a project of the AECDC.

It is physically based within the Jewish Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick. It is not affiliated with the temple, although some board members are also temple members.

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