knowing that other moms have to decide between food and diapers and different things like that I just can't imagine I'm so blessed that I'm not in that situation and I just want to help as many moms and as many families in general that's Mariah riddlesprigger a member of the Milwaukee diaper missions board of directors and longtime partner of buck Superstar Giannis and tentac kmo see I got qu two years ago riddles sprigger began volunteering at the diaper mission to make a difference in her community thanks in part to her contributions the Milwaukee diaper Mission has distributed more than 1.2 million diapers to families in need across the county that's where it started for me is I didn't know how to help and now that I know I'm able to help more people and I want to give people who have that passion to help a way to give back as well founded by executive director Megan Johnson in 2020 the Milwaukee diaper Mission partners with social service agencies to get diapers into the hands of families who need them most one in two families in the United States struggle to afford enough diapers to keep their baby clean dry and healthy Giannis and Mariah have shared our mission with the world which is something small nonprofits can only dream of jannis and Mariah who have two sons of their own and are expecting their first baby girl shortly help pack bags of diapers at the nonprofit's Franklin Warehouse while meeting some of the families they'd impact now Mariah tell him to get in there so he can unload it to me diaper insecurity strikes an emotional cord with Tumo whose humble beginnings Inspire him to give back today there's a lot of families out there that uh I didn't need my family was one of them back in the day seeing my mom every single day asking the neighbors going to the church um going to the organization that we had in our U little Community to kind of ask for help um it was hard and uh growing up I I understand all the sacrifice that people have to make in order for them to raise their kids to learn about how you can help during National diaper need awareness week visit our website wtmj.com at the Milwaukee diaper Mission Dylan Hunter Carter WTMJ news