Help Wisconsin babies stay clean, dry, and healthy

Yet another community is searching for ways to do more: The Oneida Emergency Food Pantry cited a significant increase in visitors to pantry as cause for requesting more product via its partnership with Jake’s. 

The Oneida Emergency Food Pantry has partnered with Jake’s Network of Hope to help stock the pantry with items such as books, toys, wipes, diapers and adult incontinence products. The Oneida Emergency Food Pantry serves all ages; in August, Jake’s distributed enough diapers to serve more than 600 babies through the Oneida pantry.

“We try to stay stocked with the most variety of product sizes and some sizes go faster than others,” said Marlon Skenandore, of the pantry. “We will have clients that come in but we are out of those specific size products. It's disheartening to them so you know it's making a difference.” 

The Oneida Emergency Food Pantry is a unique service to the Oneida Nation. The Pantry opened its doors January 2017 to service Community members in need of emergency food help. 

The pantry’s mission is to provide the Oneida Community access to nutritious food when in need, increase self-sufficiency and collaborate to strengthen the Oneida community integrated food system, and with this mission the program has seen tremendous growth since opening, serving close to 1,000 families since opening. 

“The impact we have on people's lives is unbelievable,” Marlon said.” We try to stay stocked with a variety of product sizes and some sizes go faster than others. We will have clients that come in but we are out of those specific size products. It's disheartening to them so you know it's making a difference.” 

Jake’s is proud to be partnered with The Oneida Emergency Food Pantry to help individuals live clean, healthy and active lives and to help individuals feel a sense of dignity. 

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As Jake’s continues to grow, we want to shed light on the diversity of the impact we make. Our partners include 501c3, school-based and faith-based groups that serve a diverse set of community needs, from foster care to afterschool programs, family needs and domestic abuse shelters, refugee work, poverty support, cancer patient programs and more. 

These collaborations mean partners can re-allocate time and money to instead focusing on their programs, while meeting human needs in the community. 

Today we are highlighting our partnership with Lakeshore Foster Families,  a Manitowoc County based, all-volunteer 501c3 that supports “foster and kinship children and the families who care for them by raising awareness and providing resources and support,” according to its website. In 2021, the program served 55 foster families and 170 children in foster homes.

Among the items foster families require are often, of course, diapers as well as feminine hygiene products. Lakeshore Foster Families and Friends receive diapers, pullups, wipes, and feminine hygiene products from Jake's. 

“Without this service, we would only help supply these items one time to new placements,” said Board President Molly Stolp. “This has had a huge impact on our families. In 2021, through this program, we were able to supply 706 packages of diapers, pullups, or feminine hygiene products. We are grateful.”

Foster families echoed the help our partnership provides. Here’s just a few words from foster families in the program: 

"We foster two children and this has helped offset monthly expenses. It makes fostering less burdensome financially.”

"It is one less thing that I have to worry about buying every month and every little bit helps.’

"Being able to give our foster kids the same love and support as our biological children.”

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• Like Jake's Network of Hope on Facebook
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