Arizona is home to the nation's first diaper bank

PHOENIX — Arizona is home to the nation's first diaper bank, with locations in the Valley and Tucson.

In 1994, the diaper bank movement began when Resolve Inc., a consulting firm in Tucson, initiated a holiday diaper collection for a local crisis nursery.

Over the years, the diaper bank collected 300,000 diapers for 30 community agencies by 1999.

The diaper bank operated under the Carondelet Foundation, but became an independent charitable organization in 2000, marking the birth of the nation's first diaper bank.

The diaper bank said on its website that in 2006, Ginger Clayton began chairing the annual baby diaper drive, originally founded by Eileen Rogers in 1999, benefitting Homeward Bound - Phoenix. Homeward Bound - Phoenix helps provide affordable housing in the Phoenix area.

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