Turnout huge for community-wide baby shower


New and expectant parents line up for free community baby shower

By Joel Feick

(09/26/09) -- A free baby shower attracted families from all over Mid-Michigan on Saturday hoping to provide a healthy start for their little ones.

Perhaps it's a sign of the times.  Mothers and a few fathers packed in to the Great Lakes Technology Center in an effort to get free diapers and other supplies. An organizer says it shows how great the need is in our area.

"GM is uprooting and leaving a lot of people unemployed that weren't unemployed a year ago," said Helen Maxwell of Great Start Collaborative.   Read more at: http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7034657