Rachel Kubczak (left), director of UWM’s Student Parent Success Program, and Allie Dorshorst, basic needs coordinator in the Dean of Students office, stand in front of racks of diapers at the Milwaukee Diaper Mission headquarters in Franklin. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Donated diapers fill shelves at the Milwaukee Diaper Mission headquarters in Franklin. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Allie Dorshorst loads a bin with diapers for the UWM Food Pantry. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Kubczak and Dorshorst stand next to their car filled with diapers with Meagan Johnson, executive director and co-founder of the Milwaukee Diaper Mission. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
“We think it is really important to support parents who are attending college,” said Meagan Johnson, co-founder of the Milwaukee Diaper Mission. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Allie Dorshorst and Rachel Kubczak load a bin with diapers for the UWM Food Pantry. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Meagan Johnson discusses her organization's process with Rachel Kubczak. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Meagan Johnson shows Allie Dorshorst and Rachel Kubczak one of the prepping rooms as volunteers Julie Scheibe and Pam Becker fill orders. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Meagan Johnson stands in the warehouse of the Milwaukee Diaper Mission, which has distributed well over half a million disposable diapers since beginning in 2020. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
A new partnership with the Milwaukee Diaper Mission will help the UWM Food Pantry provide help to the 1,300 students at the university who are parents.
The effort fills a need for students struggling to make ends meet while attending school.
“We were overwhelmed with how many students were requesting diapers,” said Rachel Kubczak, director of the university’s Student Parent Success Program.
Since opening in September 2020, the Milwaukee Diaper Mission has distributed more than 563,000 disposable diapers and 178,000 period products.
“We think it is really important to support parents who are attending college,” said Meagan Johnson, executive director and co-founder of the organization.
