GALESBURG â In 2004, Loving Bottoms founder LeeAnn Porter was living in Kentucky. She says she was coming out of an abusive relationship, and was going through a divorce. As a single mom with three children â the youngest only 6 months old â she found herself under immense financial strain.
While her landlord helped her receive assistance through WIC and other programs, things remained a challenge. Porter said food was not a huge difficulty, and she was able to cook, but other things like laundry soap, dish soap and diapers were a problem. When she asked the people at the pantries about these things, they looked at her like they did not know why she needed them.
Five years, many locations and so many families helped by Loving Bottoms diaper bank. Founder LeeAnn Porter talks her real life lessons that started it all and this Wednesday's 1 millionth diaper event. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE: PART1: PART2: PART3: PART4: