Sat17Oct
Closet
Saturday closet
8:45 AM – 12:15 PMBack room
Greet moms, restock shelves, carry bags to cars.
2 of 4 left

Help out
Most of what happens here is done by about 140 volunteers from twenty-two churches. Here's where we need you this month.
Closet wish list
Counts updated every Monday after inventory.
Updated Monday, Oct 5
Any brand. Unopened only. Bigger babies go through these fastest.
139 packs still needed
41 of 180
New only. Winter weight for October to March.
46 sacks still needed
14 of 60
Sensitive or unscented, please.
48 packs still needed
72 of 120
Clean, no stains or holes.
85 pieces still needed
115 of 200
Moms forget themselves. We try not to.
62 boxes still needed
38 of 100
New in box only, for safe-sleep reasons.
11 cribs still needed
9 of 20
Not on the list right now, but text us. We may still take it.
Volunteer
Every shift has a lead who'll show you around. Drivers and mentors need a background check first; everything else, just come.
Sat17Oct
Closet
8:45 AM – 12:15 PMBack room
Greet moms, restock shelves, carry bags to cars.
2 of 4 left
Mon19Oct
Closet
9:00 – 11:00 AMBack room
Count, sort and update the wish list.
2 of 3 left
Tue20Oct
Playroom
9:45 – 11:45 AMUpstairs playroom
Play with toddlers while their moms are in group.
1 of 2 left
Wed21Oct
Drivers
1:30 – 3:30 PMSouth Omaha to Midtown
Pick up, wait, drive home. Background check required.
1 of 1 left
Thu22Oct
Kitchen
5:30 – 7:00 PMKitchen
Serve and clear. Your church brings the food.
0 of 3 left
Fri23Oct
Meals
Any time before 6 PMNear 42nd & Center
A freezer meal to a mom with a ten-day-old.
2 of 2 left
No shifts match. Try another team.
Demo board: tapping Sign up claims a spot on this page only.
Give monthly
Monthly gifts pay for the things volunteers can't bring: car seats, gas, training and the text line.

$18/month
Keeps one baby in diapers and wipes for four weeks.

$40/month
A mentor's training, the text line, rides and a car seat, spread over twelve months.

$100/month
Coffee, food, childcare and supplies for the Fourth Trimester group for a month.
Gifts are tax-deductible. Sponsors get a short letter each quarter about how the year is going (names changed).
Alongside
We don't do medical care, housing or legal help. These neighbors do, and we walk moms to their doors.
Bring your church on boardDesign notes
Cradle & Co. is a small church-backed ministry that keeps women company through pregnancy and the first year with a baby: a mentor who answers texts, a free baby closet, rides to appointments and two weekly moms' groups. The site is written for someone who may be frightened, tired or reading with one hand, so it starts by asking where she is rather than telling her who we are.
Unna is a soft transitional serif with rounded joins, warm enough for a birth announcement but sturdy enough for a headline. Nunito Sans sets the body in round, open shapes that stay easy to read on a phone in a dark nursery. Caveat appears only for the director's signature and small handwritten notes, like the card tucked into every closet bag.
The deep rose is taken from the hand-knit blankets volunteers bring in every week, and the sage is the color of the front door at the house. The neutrals lean slightly green rather than cream, which keeps the site from looking like a baby-shower invitation. In dark mode, for night feeds, the rose lifts to a soft pink on a warm charcoal so nothing glares.
A centred top bar with six plain words keeps things calm and symmetrical. The one action beside them, Text a mentor today, is the thing we most want a frightened visitor to do, so it is always in reach.
The home page opens with three doors: Just found out, Baby's here, Want to help. A woman who has just seen two lines on a test should not have to read about our history to find the text line. Each door has its own photograph and leads to a page written only for her.
Buttons describe a small, concrete step: Text a mentor today, Pick up diapers, Come Tuesday morning, Stock the closet. Nothing says sign up or register, because many of the women we meet have filled in enough forms this month.
Women of different ages and backgrounds, hands around tiny fingers, volunteers at the closet shelves. The posed studio newborns are kept small and mostly on the giving cards, where a donor wants to picture who the diapers are for. We never show an ultrasound or anything that might feel like pressure.
Body text is 18px with generous line height, every button is large enough to tap one-handed, and both color themes meet WCAG AA. The text line, the 988 crisis line and the Nebraska Safe Haven information sit on the Just found out page in plain words.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 13.89:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 15.33:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.78:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 6.11:1 | AA |
| Button text | Aa | 6.75:1 | AA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 4.96:1 | AA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 13.89:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 7.51:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 6.75:1 | AA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 4.62:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.23:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 13.75:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 6.81:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 8.84:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 9.32:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 10.04:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.35:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.3:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 9.32:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.57:1 | AA |
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