When Dan first received an email about a Lenten diaper drive, he didn’t expect it to answer a question he had been quietly carrying for years.
In January 2020, Dan lost his sister, Georgine. Though she was never married and had no children of her own, her life was marked by a deep and unmistakable love for children. That love endured despite the immense challenges she faced. Since the early 1990s, Georgine had been unable to walk and relied on a ventilator, yet those who knew her remember something far stronger than her physical limitations—her generosity.
“She didn’t have much,” Dan shared, “but she had a giving spirit.”
After her passing, Dan was entrusted with a portion of Georgine’s remaining funds. He wanted to use them in a way that truly reflected who she was, but for a long time, he wasn’t sure how best to do that. Then came the invitation to support families through the diaper bank at Marisol Services.
It clicked.
Here was a way to honor Georgine’s quiet love for children—by helping mothers care for their babies in moments when support matters most.
Dan made his first gift in her memory, knowing it would make a tangible difference. But he didn’t stop there. With additional money still set aside, he is prayerfully considering how to continue Georgine’s legacy of compassion, trusting that it will again be directed where it’s needed most.
In every diaper distributed, every mother supported and every child cared for, Georgine’s legacy lives on—not defined by the limitations she endured, but by the love she gave so freely.
And through Dan’s generosity, that love continues to reach families who need it most.