Celebrating Fathers Eve in Columbus
On Saturday, June 17 at Echo Spirits Distilling Co. we celebrated Father's Eve and the conclusion of our Dadvocate for Change partnership with Columbus City Council with 15 friends from around central Ohio.
During our celebration, we promoted a diaper drive in support of our friends at Bottoms Up Diaper Bank who helps single mothers provide diapers for their children. Together, we collected 1,638 diapers helping 65 families in need. Everyone who attended was entered to win a limited-edition Daddy-OH box from our friends Mel and Ali with Need Want Wear Share.
During our celebration, we promoted a diaper drive in support of our friends at Bottoms Up Diaper Bank who helps single mothers provide diapers for their children. Together, we collected 1,638 diapers helping 65 families in need. Everyone who attended was entered to win a limited-edition Daddy-OH box from our friends Mel and Ali with Need Want Wear Share.
Why Dadvocate
The Dadass Podcast and CBUS Dads Blog are using our platforms to advocate for causes near to our hearts throughout central Ohio. Starting with our Dadvocate Campaign for changing tables in men's rooms throughout Columbus to future campaigns in the works, we will use this as our community impact, social responsibility arm of our podcast and blog. Staye tuned to #DadvocateforChange!
What We're Dadvocating For
The Dadass Podcast and CBUS Dads Blog are raising awareness for the need of changing stations in men's rooms and gender-neutral bathrooms at "family friendly" locations throughout Columbus, OH while advocating for the benefits for businesses, families and all. There's no better time to spark change than now and it begins one diaper at a time.
Bringing Changing Tables to Columbus
The Dadass Podcast and CBUS Dads have been partnering with four Columbus City Council members, all dads, to offer the Changing Station Accessibility Grant, which was open from January 1 through March 31. The grant allowed Columbus based small businesses an opportunity to apply for changing stations to be put into their men's and gender-neutral restrooms.
We're excited to have more announcements to come of the impact of this legislation, along with information related to our Family Resource event the City will be hosting on June 14.
Click to view a 10TV story by Clay Gordon related to our campaign during a Columbus City Council meeting on Monday, May 1 when Council passed the legislation to support this initiative.
We're excited to have more announcements to come of the impact of this legislation, along with information related to our Family Resource event the City will be hosting on June 14.
Click to view a 10TV story by Clay Gordon related to our campaign during a Columbus City Council meeting on Monday, May 1 when Council passed the legislation to support this initiative.
Did You Know?!?
Only 15 states have baby changing accommodations legislation.
The federal government and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't require changing stations.
The Bathroom Accessible In Every Situation Act (BABIES Act) is a law that requires baby changing stations in women’s and men’s rooms in federal buildings.
A 2019 survey found that only 20% of Washington DC restaurants had changing tables in restrooms.
Only 15 states have baby changing accommodations legislation.
The federal government and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't require changing stations.
The Bathroom Accessible In Every Situation Act (BABIES Act) is a law that requires baby changing stations in women’s and men’s rooms in federal buildings.
A 2019 survey found that only 20% of Washington DC restaurants had changing tables in restrooms.
Thank You for a Kickoff Great Event
On Saturday, May 14 we hosted a Dadvocate for Change kickoff and Diaper Drive at North High Brewing - Dublin. With over 60 attendees and eight community and business Dadvocate partners we collected over 3,200 diapers and 720 wipes in support of Bottoms Up Diaper Bank. Together we were able to provide help for over 127 families in need.
Important conversations were had across the tap room that day and more need to be had across board rooms and dinning rooms throughout Columbus. Please, help us as we continue to Dadvocate for increased access to safe, clean changing table solutions in Columbus.
A special thank you to our friends with Pluie who helped support our event and installed their first self-sanitizing changing table in Columbus at North High - Dublin. We also want to thank our other partners: Beehive Alliance, Cincinnati Dads Group, Columbus Dads Group, N2N Westerville, North High Brewing, Two RN's in a Pod and Simone McKenna Fitness. Read Pluie's Bog about all this!
Important conversations were had across the tap room that day and more need to be had across board rooms and dinning rooms throughout Columbus. Please, help us as we continue to Dadvocate for increased access to safe, clean changing table solutions in Columbus.
A special thank you to our friends with Pluie who helped support our event and installed their first self-sanitizing changing table in Columbus at North High - Dublin. We also want to thank our other partners: Beehive Alliance, Cincinnati Dads Group, Columbus Dads Group, N2N Westerville, North High Brewing, Two RN's in a Pod and Simone McKenna Fitness. Read Pluie's Bog about all this!
Partnering with Pluie During Kickoff Event
While researching ways to kickoff this campaign we were introduced to Pluie and the two moms behind the first of its kind changing table, Addie Gundry (Founder and CEO) and Brittany Hizer (COO).
Pluie is the world’s first and only self-sanitizing diaper changing table for public restrooms, powered by a patented UV-C light system. UV-C light is known to kill 99.9% of germs including influenza, e. Coli, and coronavirus. The changing surface is sanitized by the UV-C light in 60 seconds after each use when closed.
The idea came to Gundry when she was at a restaurant with her 10-month-old son, and he had a diaper blowout. The changing table in the women’s restroom was dirty, and the men’s room didn’t have a table at all. She said to her husband, “I think we can design a better one.” That experience inspired her to design and patent what is now Pluie to offer a better solution for businesses and parents on the go.
Pluie is proudly female-founded and operated by two Chicago moms committed to Changing the Table™, their mission is to modernize the outdated public restroom changing table experience and ensure all parents and caregivers on the go have access to a clean, safe and comfortable place to change their baby’s diaper.
You can learn more about Pluie here and checkout their recent feature on Good Morning America.
Pluie is the world’s first and only self-sanitizing diaper changing table for public restrooms, powered by a patented UV-C light system. UV-C light is known to kill 99.9% of germs including influenza, e. Coli, and coronavirus. The changing surface is sanitized by the UV-C light in 60 seconds after each use when closed.
The idea came to Gundry when she was at a restaurant with her 10-month-old son, and he had a diaper blowout. The changing table in the women’s restroom was dirty, and the men’s room didn’t have a table at all. She said to her husband, “I think we can design a better one.” That experience inspired her to design and patent what is now Pluie to offer a better solution for businesses and parents on the go.
Pluie is proudly female-founded and operated by two Chicago moms committed to Changing the Table™, their mission is to modernize the outdated public restroom changing table experience and ensure all parents and caregivers on the go have access to a clean, safe and comfortable place to change their baby’s diaper.
You can learn more about Pluie here and checkout their recent feature on Good Morning America.
Our Dadvocate Message
Photo Credit: Twitter post from @JackieWSYX6 on April 10, 2022
- Dads making an impact on ABC 6...video
- Grant brings 130 changing tables to Columbus on 10TV...video
- Dadvocating with members of Columbus Rotary...video
- Announcing our partnership with Columbus City Council...video
- Good Day Columbus segment... video
- Cincinnati Moms Collective Heart of CMC blog post...blog
- 10tv News segment...video
- City Dads Group featured us "Ohio Fathers Dadvocate for Change"...blog
- Sunny This Morning - Sunny 99.5...Shaun did a great interview
- 10TV joined us at our May event...video
- Pluie featured our event and then some on their blog
Meet the Dadvocates
Shaun Ditty
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Matt Lofy
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Steve Michalovich
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Brock Lusch
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Katie Lundy
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Joe McDaniels
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