Struggling families’ diaper need is growing as pandemic grinds on
Last year, the Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank distributed 820,000 diapers. Since the coronavirus took hold in March and people began losing jobs, 1.4 million have been given out,
Pat Kennedy, who runs the Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank in Kensington, said that low-income people who already have a hard time affording diapers have a bigger problem during the pandemic. The diaper bank provides diapers to agencies in the area who distribute the disposables to those in need.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer
