As part of National Diaper Need Awareness Week, St. Louis Battlehawks standouts and proud fathers Kam Kelly and Jake Sutherland have teamed up with St. Louis Area Diaper Bank to help “Fill the Warehouse” with a goal of collecting more than 200,000 diapers.
Teammates on the field, Kelly and Sutherland are competing head-to-head on their social media channels to see who can raise the most funds and diaper donations to provide support for the 2500 babies and children the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank serves each month.
“As parents, this is a cause that’s near and dear to our hearts,” said Kelly. “You go to area stores, for $100 you might walk out with a hundred diapers, but for us to be able to turn that same $100 into 625 diapers, that’s a huge difference so we’re trying to help out any way we can.”
Both Kam Kelly and Jake Sutherland have set up online campaign pages, with donations being accepted through Sunday, September 21st.
“We understand the hardships that some people face when they’re trying to provide for their families,” said Sutherland. “We want to give back as much to the fans as they give to us. The amount of energy and love they pour into us when we come out of the tunnel and during every game, on social media, we want to make sure that fans feel that is reciprocated.”
Kelly and Sutherland were on site Friday afternoon to help stock the shelves and greet those stopping by with donations and diapers.
St. Louis Area Diaper Bank serves the St. Louis metropolitan area, building healthy communities by ending diaper need. The need for diapers has grown as inflation rates are continuing to rise. This year St. Louis Area Diaper Bank is on track to distribute more than 3.5 MILLION diapers.
