Meathead Movers on ‘Diaper Duty’ in Arroyo Grande
Jarrod Zinn
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – A donation drive is taking place this week for child care supplies in San Luis Obispo county.
This is a partnership between Meathead Movers and a non-profit.
Due to sweeping budget cuts coming from the Trump administration, critical community services such as Pregnancy and Parenting Support (PPS) of SLO county are being impacted.
The non-profit organization has been providing care and resources to pregnant mothers and their families in slo county for more than four decades.
“Pregnancy and Parenting Support of SLO county, we are the baby bank for the county,” says Lydia Gong, operations manager at Pregnancy and Parenting Support SLO county. “At 91% of our client appointments, we provide diapers.”
In the wake of President Trump’s federal cuts, they’re experiencing a tangible shortage of diapers and other critical childcare supplies.
“Unfortunately, we lost $75,000 in federal funding this year, it’s currently frozen,” says Gong.
In partnership with Meathead Movers, they’re running a donation drive this week on the Central Coast, in an effort to combat the shortage and continue their vital services.
“They’re actually our next door neighbors,” says Trevor Nevell, territory sales manager for Meathead Movers. “They saw that we had done their Fill The Trucks for the L.A. fires and thought that we would be a great company to partner with and we’re neighbors.”
This is another item on Meathead Movers’ growing list of charitable donations, and the effort has the potential of growing beyond SLO county.
“All of our branches from Temecula, all the way up to Fresno, they always work on doing community drive events and giving back,” says Nevell. “So they might pick a different charity or organization that does this similar kind of thing.”
Residents of north SLO county may have seen them Monday at the Paso Robles Walmart, and today they were set up at first at the Arroyo Grande Walmart on West Branch Street.
Just after lunch, Walmart asked them to move, and nearby California Fresh Market welcomed them, saying quote, “We support our community.”
“In 2024, we provided over 1800 packages of diapers to over 560 families here on the Central Coast,” says Gong. “We are constantly adding new families that we serve. So we’re definitely going to see an increase in that amount this year.”
On Wednesday they will be at the Target on Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo from 9am till 5pm.
If you can’t make it to any of the locations this week, you can also drop off donations at Meathead Movers’ SLO headquarters until July 10th.
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