City Collecting Diapers for Needy

Powder Springs is collecting diapers for the needy as part of the Cobb Diaper Day Committee’s third annual Diaper Day. 

At Monday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Pat Vaughn explained how many families can’t afford diapers, and food stamps don’t cover hygiene items. Diapers cost families an average of about $100 a month, she added. 

Before Oct. 23, citizens can drop the items off at .

“Anybody can help and bring a pack of diapers,” the mayor said. “It’s greatly appreciated.”

Daycares require parents to provide diapers, the city’s website says. CAMP, the Center for Family Resources, Must Ministries, and other local charitable organizations can only dispense the items four times a year because of limited resources.

A community-wide diaper collection is scheduled for Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at Glover Park in the Marietta Square, according to the Cobb Diaper Day website. The event has raised more than 120,000 diapers over two years.

"Raising a family today is difficult enough without the added burden of wondering where the necessities of life will come from," Barbara Hickey, head of the Diaper Day Committee, says on the website. "Often times it is the little things in our lives that make the biggest difference. Together, we can help hundreds of families in Cobb County by this single act."

Also on Monday:

The council postponed voting on a with Utility Service Partners out of Canonsburg, PA until the Oct. 17 meeting. “We were expecting a letter on this (from Utility Service Partners), but the letter did not arrive in time for the City Council meeting,” Vaughn said.

Doris Dawkins-Richardson and Johnnie Purify were appointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Purify is the citizen to try to get the 30127 ZIP code to reflect all those living inside the city limits. Hiram’s 30141 stretches into the city.

This week was proclaimed Public Safety Week. Vaughn asked citizens to thank public safety officials for their work if they see them around town.

The mayor gave a reminder about on Saturday. The Fourth of July fireworks that because of rain are that night.

The mayor and council members thanked Hiram High student Brent Crawford for fixing the town square fountain. A ceremony in honor of Crawford’s work. They also thanked the American Legion for on Saturday.

Councilwoman Cheryl Sarvis reminded citizens that there is on the fee on Oct. 20.