LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Welcoming a baby to the family is a life-altering experience. Between the diapers, the wipes, the clothes, the crib, and the car seat, it doesn't come cheap.
Inside a Spring Valley business park, the mission statement for the nonprofit Baby's Bounty is literally written on the wall: a good start for every baby.
A wall full of baby photos is a reminder of just whom the charity has helped for the last 17 years: babies! About 30,000 Nevada families use Baby's Bounty's diaper banks each year.
"We rely on about 150 volunteers who come and help us run these diaper banks, and it's critical to our programming," explains Baby's Bounty CEO Kelly Maxwell.
One of those volunteers is Maxine Rodriguez, a recent nursing school graduate who has volunteered for the last two years.