Basics4Babies
Emergency Pantry for Infants
Our emergency pantry for infants provides formula, baby food and diapers for children ages birth through three in Palm Beach County whose families face financial hardship. Since our inception, HMHB has recognized a tremendous need for infant essentials that many of our families simply cannot afford. As a result, we opened Basics4Babies - an emergency pantry, which for 30 years focused on providing free diapers, wipes and basic baby needs to families residing in Palm Beach County who demonstrate need.
In 2017, our pantry expanded to include formula and baby food, adding a focused effort on infant hunger, ensuring that the tiniest residents of our county – those from birth to 12 months – have access to proper nutrition during the most critical stages of development. The pantry is designed to support families in times of emergency need, therefore restrictions apply. All items are made available as a result of community donations and local funders who give generously, therefore product is limited and may vary. The need is often greater than our capacity to fill the shelves.
In the summer of 2021, Basics4Babies went mobile! Made possible by a grant from the Lost Tree Foundation, the Mobile Pantry travels around northern Palm Beach County communities and distributes infant essentials directly to local families - eliminating transportation barriers that prohibit them from receiving our services.
Basics4Babies supports families in our community with items based on emergency need. All items are available as a result of community donations & grant funding, therefore product is limited and may vary.
Pantry Guidelines and Locations:
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Individuals may receive no more than one pack of diapers, one container of formula and one baby food pack per child per 30 days.
-Women who are pregnant may receive newborn diapers once during their 3rd trimester. Proof of pregnancy will be verbal and documented on intake form.
-Diapers are available for children ages 0-3.
-Formula is available for children ages 0-12 months.
-Food packs are available for children ages 4-12 months.
-Special needs children older than age 3 will be served with proper documentation on file (IEP, etc.).
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Individuals must provide the following at the FIRST pantry visit to be added to our data system:
-Photo ID (Must be a resident of Palm Beach County)
-Caregiver name and employment status
-Child/children name, age and date of birth
-Proof of child: birth certificate, discharge paperwork from the hospital, passport, crib card, or other documentation verifying child’s date of birth; Social Security cards are NOT an acceptable form for proof of child
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The Basics4Babies Mobile Pantry operates on Mondays and Wednesdays, rotating between sites in West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Lake Park, Royal Palm and Jupiter - with the exception of the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas Day.
1st Monday of the Month
Birthline/Lifeline Pregnancy Care Clinic
9:30am - 12:30pm
3115 45th St.
West Palm Beach FL 334071st Wednesday of the Month
Life Span of Palm Beach County
9:30am - 12:30pm
1400 N Congress Ave
Riviera Beach, FL 334042nd Monday of the Month
El Sol
9:30am - 12:30pm
106 Military Trail
Jupiter, FL 334582nd Wednesday of the Month
BRIDGES of Lake Park
9:30am - 12:30pm
1411 10th Street
Lake Park, FL 334033rd Monday of the Month
The Salvation Army of PBC
9:30am - 12:30pm
2100 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 334093rd Wednesday of the Month
Esperanza Center
9:30am - 12:30pm
3600 Broadway Ave.
West Palm Beach, FL 334074th Monday of the Month
Palm Beach County Library
9:30am -12:30pm
3650 Summit Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 334064th Wednesday of the Month
Hurst Chapel
9:30am - 12:30pm
1617 Silver Beach Rd.
Riviera Beach, FL 33404 -
HMHB Greenacres Office
4601 Lake Worth Road
Greenacres, FL 33463
Open on Tuesdays and Thursdays only from 9:00am-2:00pm
*Please look for the mobile pantry in the parking lotHMHB Belle Glade Office
1079 South Main Street
Belle Glade, FL 33430
Open on Tuesdays only from 9:00am-3:00pm
Thank You to the Basics4Babies Funders!
Major funding for Basics4Babies provided by: BallenIsles Charities Foundation, The Diaper Bank™ Covering South Florida, Emergency Food and Shelter Program, First Presbyterian Church of North Palm Beach, Honda Classic Cares, Humana Healthy Horizons in Florida, Ibis Charities Foundation, The Joan Schechtman Foundation, The Mirasol Foundation, Morse Hill Foundation, Palm Beach Flagler Rotary Foundation, Stoops Family Foundation, Town of Palm Beach United Way, Walmart Neighborhood Stores #1398, #3011 and #5882, and Wycliffe Charities Foundation.
As proud partners of the National Diaper Bank Network, we join them each year in recognizing National Diaper Need Awareness Week. Thank you to the City of Greenacres for declaring a proclamation acknowledging the importance of ending diaper need.
Interested in hosting a pantry drive or donating baby items?
We accept the following:
Formula - any brand, any size or type of container, new/unopened, not expired
Baby food - preferably stage 2 fruits and vegetables, any brand, new/unopened, not expired
Diapers - any brand, any size
New or gently used baby clothing sizes 0-12 months (only)
New or gently used baby blankets
Items can be dropped off on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 9am-2pm at our mobile pantry bus located in the parking lot of 4601 Lake Worth Road, Greenacres. If other arrangements are needed, please contact us.
You can also shop our Amazon Wish List to have items directly shipped to the pantry for distribution. Call or email us to learn more about how you and your place of business can collect pantry items to donate to HMHB!
For more information about this program or to make a donation to our Basics4Babies pantry, call 561-665-4500, email pantry@hmhbpbc.org, or use our contact page to reach us.
