NEW YORK — (NEW YORK) -- Mothers across the U.S. are banding together to respond to the baby formula shortage emergency and execute short-term solutions in local communities while corporations and the federal government scramble to address the crisis on a national level.
Find My Formula, Tri Cities WA Facebook group
The Facebook group helps parents and caregivers like her in southeastern Washington ask for formula, share information on formula stock at local stores and facilitate formula donations for each other. “We’ve fed hundreds of babies just by gifted formula to us. There's no other option,” Miller said. “Pediatricians can't supply the need. There's just no formula to go around so we're just depending on moms to donate formula to us to feed each other's babies. It's a crazy world we live in where Facebook feeds our babies.”
“I've delivered formula to mansions and those moms can purchase it but they can't because it's just not available. And the moms that are suffering the hardest are the moms on WIC,” she added, referencing the federal benefits program for low-income Americans. “It's just a crisis that you never knew existed in America.”Marcela Young has also been dedicating her time to ease the formula crisis.
“The way the map works is you add a point anywhere in your country. You don't have to put your actual address,” Young explained, adding that anyone who adds a new point will also receive a welcome email afterward.“People do reach out and say, ‘Hey, I have this pin that I'm looking at near my area. They need formula. I see formula at my store, I would like to ship it to them or I'd like to take it to their house or wherever to meet up,’” Young said.
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