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A volunteer distributes a diaper bag during a rolling baby shower that takes place in the Kenosha YMCA parking lot on Sunday. The free event was sponsored by Familia Dental and Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin. More than 120 families attended the event, which included a free raffle, baby items, and prenatal and postnatal presentations from health professionals.

Families were given a free formula during the Wisconsin-sponsored drive-through baby shower sponsored by Familia Dental and Molina Helathcare on Sunday in the Kenosha YMCA parking lot.

Free diapers at the Sunday drive-thru baby shower in the Kenosha YMCA parking lot.

Volunteers pack diapers during the drive-through baby shower held in the parking lot of Kenosha YMCA, 7101 53rd St., on Sunday. The free event was sponsored by Familia Dental and Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin. More than 120 families attended the event, which offered a free raffle, pre- and postpartum presentations by health professionals.

Amber Fuller, Community Relations Coordinator at Familia Dental, discusses her partnership with Molina Healthcare to offer families a free drive-through baby shower that drove through the YMCA parking lot for the event on Sunday, May 16, 2021.

Terry Flores

Expectant mothers and fathers were treated to share essential baby items and a wealth of information for prenatal, postnatal, and parental resources as they drove through the Kenosha YMCA parking lot on Sunday afternoon.

The event, sponsored by Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin along with Familia Dental, aimed to distribute dozens of items, including free diaper bags, diapers, wipes, prescriptions, drinking cups, pacifiers and hand sanitizers, as well as essential information for families.

Other partners of the event were Jockey, Kenosha Human Development Services, the Racine Kenosha Community Action agency, Keeping Families Covered, the Family Resource Resource of the Prevention Services Network and the YMCA.

Abby Fuller, community relations coordinator at Familia Dental, said there haven’t been many events for families, and especially mothers-to-be, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We wanted to have an event that fills the void … for health care needs and resources only,” she said. “I had a meeting with March for Babies and they talked about women not getting their prenatal care. Some of them do not see their gynecologist before giving birth.

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“That can’t happen. We need to let them go to their doctor and get resources, ”she said. “We made a decision to develop an event that would be COVID safe and even bless them with diapers, car seats, and resources to receive if they aren’t receiving them today.”