About 80,000 diapers were distributed in Copperas Cove to those who needed them, thanks to a local nonprofit and a manufacturing plant that is shutting down.
Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter distributed the 80,000 diapers to community members Friday, said Brian Hawkins, the shelter’s executive director. The diapers were from a donation from Dontar Personal Care from a plant it was shutting down in Waco, Hawkins said.
Dontar Personal Care has two other plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania that will remain operational, he said.
Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter distributed 74,000 size 1 and 2 kids diapers to 96 individuals who visited their facility on Halstead Avenue in Copperas Cove, and also made deliveries to the YMCA, the CPS office and Rainbow Room in Copperas Cove, Hawkins said.
They distributed 3,000 adult diapers each to Stoney Brook of Copperas Cove and Hill Country Rehab and Nursing Center in Copperas Cove as well, he said.
Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter also distributed surplus food Friday, including 820 pounds of rice, 576 pounds of beans and 540 pounds of oatmeal, Hawkins said.