Number of Participants: 29
Hours Donated: 3
Value of Time Served: $735
Event Type: Children & Youth
Sport: Girls Volleyball
School: Skaneateles Senior High School
Date: October 15, 2019
Location:
Skaneateles
NY, USA
About:
This is the second consecutive year in which the JV and Varsity Volleyball teams volunteered their time at the CNY Diaper Bank. This year we had 29 student athletes volunteer their time as well as three coaches. We wrapped diapers for over an hour. This work is extremely important. The CNY Diaper Bank collects donated diaper boxes, opens up the packages, and then has to wrap up packs of 25 diapers in a variety of different sizes ranging from newborn to size 6. These diaper packs are then distributed to families across Central New York that have a difficult time buying/affording diapers. During the time that the volleyball team was there, we wrapped nearly 20,000 diapers up into packs of 25. According to the CNY Diaper Bank founder, Michela Hugo, the diapers the girls wrapped was enough to provide diapers to all of the CNY families in need for an entire week. While the girls were certainly proud of themselves for being able to provide for a week, they came to the realization as to how big of an undertaking the whole thing is and how much is needed to be able to provide for a month or a year.
At Skaneateles High School, we believe in making a difference beyond what we do on the field/court. We are hoping that we can encourage more teams to work with the CNY Diaper Bank and other organizations that are in need for volunteers.