San Diego social media groups help connect parents with baby formula

SAN DIEGO – Dad and mom in San Diego who’ve been desperately trying to find child components are persevering with to face difficulties because the nationwide scarcity continues. 

Simply yesterday, President Joe Biden introduced that greater than 78,000 kilos of components had arrived into the U.S. from Europe, however the supply has but to have helped the widespread challenge.

“No mother and father ought to have that worry of ‘how am I going feed my little one,’” mentioned Michelle Harvey, a San Diego mother who determined she had to assist.

After listening to from determined mother and father on-line and seeing empty retailer cabinets, Harvey obtained straight to organizing, making a Fb group for mothers and dads in want.

“I needed the group to have mainly a donate or share at value, so there’s no profiting. I wish to ensure that persons are not coming into the group to revenue off of those mother and father who’re already struggling.”

Harvey’s Fb group was began lower than every week in the past and already has grown to over 400 members. The group offers folks with an area to share, promote, commerce, or simply provide.

“We’re asking mother and father, or workers of shops, if they’ll take an image of what’s in inventory and do a timestamp a day stamp so we all know when it’s in inventory,” Harvey mentioned.

Whereas some large field shops like Walmart, Goal, and Costco are at the moment out of inventory, the Fb group has discovered a number of particular formulation that some group members say is unimaginable to find.

“It appears to be quite a lot of these mother and father are feeling a bit determined they usually’re not needing formula- this isn’t one thing that they’re needing within the weeks to return, quite a lot of them want it proper now,” Harvey mentioned.

She’s not the one one taking to social media to assist join mother and father to components or breast milk.

Match 4 Mother, a San Diego-based nationwide health group with 1000’s of members, simply introduced the “Mothers With A Mission: Milk Mission 2022.” The initiative offers mother and father in want with areas, assets, and help for these searching for components.