Real impact is possible when we work together.
With our partners, volunteers, supporters, caregivers, recipients, and you, we can create a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Our Distribution Partners
Care Collective distributes diapers and period products through a network of partner organizations throughout Kalamazoo. Our distribution partners ensure families can consistently access products in the spaces they already frequent, where they feel safe and welcome.
Our Community Partners
We couldn’t do this work without the people and organizations who believe in our mission and support our work. Without your dedicated support and belief in us, there would be no Care Collective.
Talking is Teaching, an initiative from the Kalamazoo Great Start Collaborative, provides high-quality early literacy materials in the diaper package families receive. With accessible strategies for everyday moments, caregivers have the power to impact a growing baby’s brain. So remember, “Diaper time is talk time!”
The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) provides the basic necessities required to build the strong foundations all children, families, and individuals need to thrive and reach their full potential. They work in partnership with a network of diaper banks, allied programs, donors, sponsors, and elected officials to end diaper need and period poverty in the United States.
The Alliance for Period Supplies (APS) advocates for change in policies surrounding menstrual care and equity while maintaining a national network of period supply banks. This network creates a unified vision of work toward ending period poverty by continuing the conversation on a national level between menstruators, nonprofit and government leaders, and suppliers.
