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Most of us need more than adequate nutrition to raise healthy babies. For families living around the poverty level, single-parent families, those with both parents working low-paying jobs, and those struggling to deal with health problems, addictions and other disabilities, it can be extremely difficult to learn about all the resources in the community that can provide support, information, food, cloth diapers and other essential supplies.

Baby Boost Information Fairs are "one-stop shops" that provide important nutritional and health information and one-on-one connections to about 20 service providers and community resources. About 10 Baby Boost Fairs are held each year, hosted by Seattle area food banks, community centers, and substance abuse treatment centers. A WIC nutritionist is on hand to demonstrate how to prepare baby food as well as distribute breastfeeding information. Fairs provide child care for young children, enabling the parents to concentrate on learning about where to find free health clinics for their kids, which food banks have Baby Cupboards, where they can get breastfeeding support, and how they can learn about child development and children's nutritional needs. Families coming to Baby Boost Fairs also receive limited supplies of baby food, cloth diapers and cleaning materials, food grinders, sippy cups, baby hygiene products and other baby supplies.

Interpreter services are available.