New Orleans nonprofit collecting diapers, other items for women in need (2025)

MONTH, ONE NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT IS PARTNERING WITH A LOCAL NONPROFIT TO HELP WOMEN IN NEED. NOW, THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH, OPERATION RESTORATION IS COLLECTING DIAPERS AND FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND OTHER TOILETRIES. FOR DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED, WE’RE BEING JOINED BY DANA GARNER AND JESSICA ROBINSON. LADIES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. GOOD MORNING. SO THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP YOU ALL ARE DOING. TELL ME ABOUT THE DRIVE. WHAT DO YOU ALL NEED? HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED? SO WE HAVE PARTNERED UP TO JUST GIVE AND COLLECT DIAPERS, TOILETRIES, ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP WOMEN OR CHILDREN TO GIVE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND TO HELP Y’ALL. YES. SO OPERATION RESTORATION IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2016. WE SUPPORT WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO’VE BEEN IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. SO THESE ITEMS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF LADIES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THESE ITEMS OR THEY JUST CAN’T AFFORD IT. SO WE’RE COLLECTING THESE ITEMS NOW DURING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, AND MOVING FORWARD, WE’LL CONTINUE TO COLLECT THEM SO THAT WE CAN OFFER THESE PRODUCTS FOR FREE TO THE LADIES THAT COME IN AND NEED THEM. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MADE IT REALLY EASY. AM I RIGHT? THERE ARE THREE LOCATIONS WHERE FOLKS CAN DROP THEM OFF THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. JUST SO FOLKS AT HOME KNOW WHERE WHERE ARE THOSE SPOTS? OF COURSE, AT THE RESTAURANT, JUST DENISE, 3162 DAUPHINE STREET. AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CLOSET WHERE WE COLLECT FEMALE CLOTHING AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS. THEY CAN DROP THE ITEMS OFF THERE OR AT OUR SWEET AND BITTEN TOWER. 2260. AWESOME. AND SO TELL ME, JUSTINE’S WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS. YOU ALL ARE A RESTAURANT, BUT ALSO TRYING TO DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY. WHY DID YOU ALL WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTNERSHIP? WELL, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION FOR YEARS, SO WE’RE LIKE FRIENDS AT THIS POINT. AND SO OF COURSE, I HAVE A PASSION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AND ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP US IN ANY TYPE OF NEED, YOU KNOW, I’M DOWN FOR IT. THAT’S IMPORTANT. AND SOMETHING ELSE WE MENTIONED, THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCENTIVE IF THEY DROP SOMETHING OFF AT JUSTINE’S. RIGHT. WE LOVE THAT. YES. SO IF YOU COME TO JUSTINE’S AND YOU GIVE THE HOSTESS YOUR DONATION, YOU WILL GET A FREE SIGNATURE COCKTAIL TICKET. AND EVEN IF YOU GO TO THE OTHER LOCATION, THEY WILL GIVE YOU THAT TICKET AS WELL. YOU GIVE IT TO YOUR SERVER AND YOU PICK YOUR COCKTAIL. LISTEN, EVERYBODY LOVES A FREE COCKTAIL AND HELPING OUT AT THE SAME TIME. YOU MENTIONED, DANA ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THE WORK OF OPERATION RESTORATION IS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL MEAN TO THOSE WOMEN IN NEED WHO, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED DIAPERS, TOILETRIES, THOSE SIMPLE THINGS. BUT THIS MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE LOOKING FOR A FRESH START OR JUST NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. IT MEANS A WHOLE LOT THAT YOU CAN GO INTO AN ACTUAL SPOT AND COLLECT THESE ITEMS COMPLETELY FREE, AND TAKE THEM HOME AND USE THEM, VERSUS HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU’RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THEM. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW EVERYTHING IS EXTREMELY HIGH AND THESE LADIES JUST CAN’T AFFORD THEM. AND I IMAGINE THIS IS WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO COME IN WITH A BIG CART FULL. I MEAN, YOU ALL WILL TAKE ANYTHING. YEAH, ANYTHING. ANYTHING THAT’S IN YOUR HEART TO GIVE. WE APPRECIATE IT. AMAZING. WELL, WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THIS DRIVE. AND WE DO WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION ONE MORE TIME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE DIAPERS, TOILETRIES, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH, JUST STOP BY JUSTINE’S ON DAUPHIN STREET. OPERATION RESTORATION ON POYDRAS OR THE CLOSET ON SOUTH CLAIBORNE AVENUE. WE HAVE ALSO PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION ON WDSU.COM. AGAIN, LADIES, THANK Y