A third of Minnesota babies and toddlers don’t have enough clean diapers to live a healthy and sanitary childhood. During the month of October, Eden Prairie Schools Community Education and the Early Childhood Advisory Council have created a diaper drive to collect diapers partnering with the Diaper Bank of Minnesota/Help Us Grow. This drive has a goal of collecting 50,000 diapers. All diapers will be donated to PROP (People Reaching Out to People) for local families in need.

Community members can donate items to any of the following locations:

Eden Prairie Schools Education Center, 8040 Mitchell Rd.
Eden Prairie Schools Lower Campus, 8100 School Rd.
City of Eden Prairie Community Center, 16700 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Dr
Southlake Pediatrics, 800 Prairie Center Dr #120
Kinderberry Hill, 10160 Hennepin Town Rd
Kindercare, 12760 Anderson Lakes Pkwy
Kindercare, 8825 Aztec Dr
Especially For Children, 6223 Dell Rd

They are accepting donations of all of the following items:

●  New packages of diapers

●  Opened packages of diapers

●  New packages of wipes

Donations are accepted from October 1st-31st.