Donate Strollers, Car Seats & More At A Holiday Drive This Sunday

You know those car seats and strollers that your kids no longer need but are taking up a ton of space at home?

You can get rid of them this Sunday while helping the Friends of Greenwood Playground at their holiday drive at Cynthia King Dance Studio (1256 Prospect Avenue between Greenwood Avenue and Reeve Place).

This Sunday, December 14, from 9am-12pm, they’ll be collecting new or gently used strollers, infant car seats, pack and plays, bassinets, and co-sleepers for Little Essentials, a nonprofit that provides mothers living in Brooklyn shelters with items they need.

Friends of Greenwood Playground said:

Most importantly, it is against the law for moms to sleep in bed with their babies, so these moms need to have a place for their babies to sleep otherwise they cannot stay in the shelters. The shelters are very much in need of pack n plays, moses baskets, co-sleepers, any place where a baby can sleep other than in a grown up bed. The baby beds need to be portable so we cannot accept cribs. We are accepting gently used and new items.

On another note, by law hospitals will not allow newborn babies to leave without a car seat. Infant car seats are needed so that moms can take their babies home. In situations where moms do not have car seats, the hospitals (by law) have to call child protective services to intervene, possibly setting up a situation where a baby and mother are separated.

Little Essentials tells me they get calls from hospitals (a lot) requesting a car seat to avoid this situation! We are accepting gently used and new infant car seats and strollers.

They also can accept monetary donations, but they ask that you not donate toys or clothing.