Layette Program
Our goal is to provide mothers in need with baby wardrobes and supplies for their newborn child.
By donating infant (ages 0 to 6 months) clothing and other needed items and supplies, the Layette Program will package them by creating baskets for newborns and deliver them to mothers in need.
This program has been in existence throughout the years and we now are celebrating our 70th year anniversary.
Baby items needed
By highest priority:
- Diapers – Newborn & Size 1 ONLY (Urgent and large quantity needed)
- White Onesies – size Newborn, 0-3, 3-6
- Towels and washcloths
- Burp Cloths
- Sacks & Gowns Newborn – 6 months
- Swaddlers
- Receiving blankets
- Cotton & Knit hats
- Socks
- Mittens
- Playsets – Newborn – 6 months
- Baby Girl Dresses – Newborn – 6 months
- Baby Boy Pants – Newborn – 6 months
- Small Baby Toys
Donations of clothes or cash are welcomed at any time of the year. Checks should be payable to “Diocese of San Jose Layette Fund” and sent to: Diocese of San Jose, Department for Evangelization, 1150 N. First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95112
Every first Sunday of December there is an Annual Layette Celebration where volunteers bring together purchased and/or hand-crafted items into a Layette storage area at Isolation Products, 157 San Lazaro Avenue, Sunnyvale 94086
To obtain a Layette basket for a newborn in need you must request it from Public Health Nurses who work at hospitals around the Santa Clara County. “The Public Health Nurses disburse the Layettes to the women they serve our communities.”
Eileen McMahon
Layette Director
408-799-7055
Penny Osorio
Layette Treasurer
Elinor Stetson
Public Health
Nurse Liaison
Contact the Office of Family Life & Spirituality
For assistance contact:
