A group of local moms have banded together on Facebook to help parents and caregivers look for infant formula during a nationwide shortage.
But with supply unlikely to increase immediately, Dellovo along with four other women — Elizabeth Splain, Kate Joslin, Shana Keane and Susie Vanseth — formed a Facebook group last week called. The group's focus is connecting parents who need formula with people who want to help by donating or by sending alerts when new shipments arrive.
The group's admin team handles formula requests and donations in a giant spreadsheet, said Dellovo. They don't recommend that volunteers purchase formula without first checking for someone's specific needs. “They say it takes a village to raise a baby," she said. “Little did I know my village spans the entire U.S. as I ping friends, family for their zip codes so I can check their local Walmarts to have them ship directly to me."
"If people do have formula to donate, which would be wonderful if they did, the best bet, instead of directly donating it to the [Greater Boston] Food Bank, which is a pretty large organization, would be to reach out to a local food pantry in their area and to donate directly to that pantry," she said.
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