Kern County families in need received essential baby supplies during the seventh annual 23ABC Community Baby Shower, despite rainy weather that didn’t deter volunteers and donors from showing up to support their neighbors.
The event collected 500 diapers, 275 packages of baby wipes, more than 1,000 baby clothes and 15 donations of baby formula throughout the day. 23ABC also presented the Mission at Kern County and Pregnancy Center with $1,500.
“Baby stuff’s really expensive… I didn’t know until I went to buy diapers and it was like $40 for a box,” said Charlie Anspa, a student volunteer who was surprised by the cost of baby essentials…