Speaker Friday, June 10, 2022
Many Nashville families are struggling to feed and clothe their newborns and their children. Consider these facts:
1 in 3 families in Nashville struggle to afford diapers.
You can buy candy with food stamps, but diapers are classified with cigarettes and alcohol as disallowed purchases.
Nashville Diaper Connection—https://www.nashvillediaperconnection.org/
Diapers: Diapers also vary in cost, but experts advise that you should budget at least $1000 for diapers and $450 for wipes for the first year alone. That’s approximately $120 a month. Parents who choose to use disposable diapers should also expect to go through as many as 3,500 diapers in their child’s first year alone
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/budgeting-for-baby.asp
The Nashville Diaper Connection strives to ensure that every baby in Davidson County has enough diapers to stay clean, dry and healthy.
Our Speaker this week is Heidi Hayne, Program Manager at Nashville Diaper Connection, Middle Tennessee’s leading and only diaper bank. Heidi was born and raised in New Orleans, LA, and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Religious Studies from Sewanee: the University of the South. Heidi got involved with Nashville Diaper Connection in August of 2020, where she served as an AmeriCorps member with the organization. She was then hired full-time, continuing to help Nashville Diaper Connection carry out its mission of “No Child Wet Behind.”
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Recent and Future Speakers
| 9/6/24 | Brian Moyer — The Innovation Studio – Launching a Technology Company in a Way that Benefits Nashville | |
| 9/13/24 | Lauren LaViola, The Family Center — Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Childhood Trauma | |
| 9/20/24 | Leah M Melber, Ph.D. — Enriching Communities: The Impact of Museums | |
| 9/27/24 | Jeff Roberts, Adm of Elections For Davidson County — Your Questions Answered About Free, Fair and Safe Elections | |
| 10/4/24 | Claudia Huskey, Erin Rogus — Voices for Safer TN Nonpartisan Efforts to Reduce Preventable Firearm Tragedies Across Tennessee | |
| 10/11/24 | Darrell Ailshie — District Governor | |
| 10/18/24 | Justin Ploof — Mull-It Office 365 Tools | |
| 10/25/24 | Dean William Koch, Nashville School of Law — The Constitution | |
| 11/1/24 | Steve Perrigo, VP Sales and Marketing, Allsup — Status of the Social Security Trust Funds |