Emily Wheaton:\u00a0<\/strong>Mamas Helping Mamas, I mean, I know Mamas is in the title, but it really is for families. It could be a single mom or single parent or whatever the case may be. It doesn\u2019t have to just be a mom, and is mainly for babies and children of all ages. I really would like to target helping mothers as well. So I guess we\u2019re looking for any items related to babies, children, mothers starting out. Whether you\u2019re a new parent, or you have multiple children, and you\u2019re having a really hard time coming up with the funds to buy a new car seat or buy a stroller. Clothes are expensive, especially kids, they go through clothes so quickly, they\u2019re growing out of sizes. I have three kids myself, and I know how fast they grow. So I feel like providing this opportunity, people can use it as a resource.<\/p>\nEW:\u00a0<\/strong>I know this past year has been really hard on a lot of people, especially financially. It\u2019s been a roller coaster. I know, just in our case, my husband\u2019s been laid off. He\u2019s working now, but he was laid off for most of the year, he\u2019s in the trades. I know a lot of people either lost their jobs, or they were on unemployment. So I feel like there\u2019s really a need to help others, especially at this time. I know even before [the pandemic] there\u2019s still so many families living in poverty, who could use help.<\/p>\nEW:\u00a0<\/strong>Another reason why this is something that\u2019s so important to me, is because I started out as a teen mom. I\u2019m not saying that anyone who struggles was a teen mom, I know there\u2019s lots of people who aren\u2019t, but I can empathize with these people who are struggling because I was in the same boat, maybe not to certain extents of some people. But, we all go through our struggles. I had my first son who just turned seven, right after Christmas. I had him when I was 19 years old, and my husband was 18. So we were really young, and didn\u2019t know what we were getting ourselves into. It was a hard time, he just graduated high school. We didn\u2019t have any post-secondary education, we had no idea what we were doing, we didn\u2019t have our own place. It was really hard, and if it weren\u2019t for the support of our families, I don\u2019t know how we would have made it. I know a lot of people don\u2019t have close family members, or people who can help them to the extent that our families were able to help us.<\/p>\nWheaton is actively looking for families in need, as her basement is overflowing with donations.<\/p>\n
Folks with supplies or folks who need them are welcome to send a Facebook message to \u201cMamas Helping Mamas\u201d to arrange drop-off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n