The Allied Foundation, Inc. is a for impact, designated 501C3 that was formed in 2015 by a group of concerned pediatric physicians who saw a lack of access to essential resources within their patient population and joined together to actively make a difference in the greater community. Ending diaper need is one way in which we fulfill our mission. Diapers are an essential need no baby should ever have to go without.
Heather Edwards is a mission driven development professional who is passionate about generating philanthropic support to advance the mission of the organizations she serves. Her career in development spans 17 years where she held leadership positions in healthcare at academic medical centers, higher education and social service agencies.
Heather also spent 7 years of her career building brands for national products including Post Kids Cereals-Honeycomb, Avon, US West and Tri-State Cadillac. Heather is happily married to her wonderful husband Kevin and proud mom to Jack, Katie and Linda.
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Tommy introduces his host Heather Edwards, who has 17 years of development experience and is the current Executive Director of the Allied Foundation. During her time working on building brands, heather realized that she wanted to make a change and start a family. Heather wanted to make a difference and decided that the nonprofit sector was the best fit for her to make an impact. She now works for the Allied Foundation. This organization was created by a group of concerned pediatric physicians who wanted to address the lack of access to essential needs for health and well being. They are currently in the process of developing period projects to bring menstrual products to those in need.
Tommy shares his experience purchasing diapers for his own children. For some families, the cost of diapers alone can be nearly 14% of their income. A member of Allied Physicians, Doctor Sher, noticed that many of her patients were developing diaper rashes and bacterial infections due to their family’s inability to afford diapers. The Allied Foundation has been serving Long Island and Queens but 2020 the need has become exacerbated. Last year they assisted 40,000 families, and Heather believes that there are even more in need. They recently distributed 966,000 diapers and are closely approaching 1 million. Heather thanks Flexible Systems, a company that has assisted them in the distributing the diapers
The Allied foundation receives support from the national diaper bank and many more. They also advocate politically for families in need and seek support for causes like End Diaper Need. It is their goal to make things simple for the agencies they support so that they can help as many people as possible. They have worked with contact tracers in order to find families who are in quarantine and in need of diapers so that they can send supplies directly to them. Heather observes that many politicians are simply not aware of the need for this service but after showing them the statistics they are ready to assist. Heather speaks on the need for menstrual products. The Allied Foundation is aiming to work with the Alliance for Period Supplies.
Heather believes that even if they are able to successfully advocate for families and minimize the need, Allied Foundation will continue to assist those who fall through the cracks. Visit https://alliedfoundation.org/ and give today.
