When Lydia O'Regan started the Halifax Diaper Bank, she thought she'd be helping a few people a week.

She was wrong.

Interest in her grassroots project has exploded. She's now giving diapers to about five families a day, each sending her desperate pleas for help as they struggle to make ends meet.

"I delivered to a lady last week whose child was running around the house naked," O'Regan said. "I've heard of women using pillowcases and towels and just doing the best that they can to get to payday."

O'Regan founded the diaper bank just three months ago. She thought it would be a great way to gather the leftover diapers and open boxes people could not donate to charities.

In that short amount of time, she has helped hundreds of people and given out thousands of diapers.

"They're making d

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