Empowering Families with Essentials to Thrive t-shirt
date: label: date made
content: ca 2019
name: label: maker
content: Gildan Activewear
notes: label: Description
content: This t-shirt was worn by Corinne Cannon, founder and executive director of the Greater DC Diaper Bank (GDCDB). Established in 2010, GDCDB provides diapers to social service organizations helping families in need in the greater Washington, DC, region. Through events such as diaper drives, the organization raises awareness about the impact of poverty on children and families. The GDCDB is part of the National Diaper Bank Network, an organization supporting the work of diaper banks across the United States.
label: Description
content: Typically, GDCDB does not serve families directly. In early 2019, it worked in collaboration with World Central Kitchen and other organizations to assist people who were without pay due to the government shutdown. The GDCDB had distribution points at the World Central Kitchen site in Penn Quarter, Washington, DC, and at Dulles Airport where people could get diapers, incontinence products, and more.
label: Description
content: Cannon wore this shirt while doing routine Diaper Bank work and at distribution sites during the philanthropic response to the government shutdown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: place made
content: Haiti
label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Greater DC Diaper Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0051.03
label: accession number
content: 2019.0051
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0051.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: t-shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (laid flat): 73 cm x 91 cm; 28 3/4 in x 35 13/16 in