Baby Basics of Collier County supports hard working parents who are struggling to make ends meet and need diapers for their babies. Baby Basics of Collier County currently serves about 300 babies at eight distribution sites. Throughout the past six years, it has distributed over one million diapers to families in the area. Read more about the Founder, Jean Ann Lynch.

The Walking and Biking Challenge is Almost Here!

One of the areas most popular family events returns to the North Collier Regional Park next month, and getting it to run smoothly takes a lot of advance planning.

“We basically started to plan for this year the day after we finished last year’s race,” said Dick Lynch who, with Tom Mann (both pictured to the left), has been organizing the Baby Basics Biking and Riding Challenge since it began three years ago.

This year’s Biking and Walking Challenge is on February 11, and includes bike rides and walks within the park, as well as 25, 50 and 100 km rides outside the park.  The proceeds from the event support Baby Basics of Collier County, which supplies diapers to some 300 of the area’s working poor.

“Tom Mann generally takes care of the events inside… Read More



Baby Basics Article from NDN

Baby Basics founder JeanAnn Lynch was recently featured in an article by Jean Amodea exclusive to NDN about all the good Baby Basics does for struggling working families here in SWFL.  Please click here to read the article on NaplesNews.com



Sign up for the Second Annual Biking and Walking Challenge!

The annual Biking and Walking Challenge is right around the corner!

Join us with this year’s Premier Sponsor, The Johnson Meland Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney as well as honorary chairperson, Collier County Commissioner Jim Coletta on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at North Collier Regional Park on Livingston Road in Naples.

Now is the time to get all your friends, family and co-workers together to form a team.  Click here to download the team registration form.

This fundraising event will help to buy diapers for the 300 at risk low income babies in our community. The event includes 100, 50 and 25 kilometer bike rides outside the park as well as a 10 mile route inside the park.

Non-cyclists can walk between 1.5 and 6 miles along the park’s trails. Riding events begin… Read More



Baby Basics Opens Seventh Distribution Site

Ann Schein knows that babies with clean diapers are healthier and happier and as the newest site manager for Baby Basics, she’s doing her part to make that happen for a lot more Collier County children.

Baby Basics of Collier County provides free diapers for infants of the working poor. This month, the Naples United Church of Christ became the seventh distribution point for the organization.  Schein, a member of the NUCC congregation, previously had been an assistant manager at the Baby Basics YMCA site.

“We’ve got two babies that we’re servicing here at the church now, but we expect that we’ll be providing diapers for as many as 50 families before long,” said Schein.  “We’ll draw from the area near the church, as well as from other sites which may be at or… Read More

 

"I have been a Baby Basics volunteer/site manager for the past 7 years.  I love it because we can give encouragement and help to ensure happy babies through friendship to moms and dads.  We give all of our families a gracious hand-up while they are trying to do their very best."
Trish Kelly, board member

"Just as we were about to have our last child, life seemed to be going great.  Then my husband's company closed and we lost our house.  Baby Basics was there for me with more than just diapers.  We were a family used to giving help - not asking for it.  Thank you for helping make our life a little easier."
A Program Participant

"As a Baby Basics volunteer, I feel that I play a small part in helping parents who are working hard to bring up happy, healthy babies. Not having to buy expensive diapers allows parents to provide food and other necessities to ensure happy, healthy families.  Meeting with these families and witnessing their gratitude is a special perk of being a volunteer."
Selma Flieder, volunteer

"I was thrilled to have served as Honorary Chairman of the Baby Basics Biking and Walking Challenge event presented by MorganStanleySmithBarney at North Collier Regional Park on February 12, 2010. As a law enforcement officer and a parent, I strongly believe in the good work being done in our community by Baby Basics of Collier County."
Sheriff Kevin J. Rambosk

"Baby Basics is a very special nonprofit that provides diapers and caring for low income families. Diapers are a basic necessity and are very expensive. This organization relieves these families of some of their financial burdens. By volunteering, I have the opportunity to meet these families and their children, providing one-on-one contact and observing how appreciative they are."
Sue Reynen, board member

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