Ep 8: Serving family needs through Covid-19 with Jamie Lackey
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This week, we explore how working families with young children are navigating the Covid-19 pandemic. To do this, we’ve invited social worker Jamie Lackey, CEO of Helping Mamas, to share about her work supporting families in Georgia and beyond. Helping Mamas is a nonprofit that aims to provide diapers and baby supplies to families on the brink. On this episode, Jamie shares what’s she’s hearing about the challenges faced by families who may lack baby supplies and other basic needs. She also shares how as a leader of a nonprofit organization she has been navigating fundraising, donor and volunteer engagement, and providing services through the pandemic.
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After nearly 20 years as a social worker, Jamie Lackey saw first-hand that the mothers she served couldn’t afford the basic necessities to care for their babies and children. The statistics remain staggering – one in three women in Georgia can’t afford diapers. So, in 2014, she took a leap and founded Helping Mamas, with a mission to collect and donate baby supplies to organizations who serve women and children in need in Georgia. Jamie received a Master's in Social Work from the University of Georgia and Bachelor’s in Social Work from the University of Tennessee. Jamie is a working mother of two and resides in Snellville, GA.
