This morning I got the exciting news in an email from Judy Aagard! The results of last month's Great Cloth Diaper Change are in and we have officially beaten last year's record!! I anticipate next year will have bigger numbers. If you don't know, 2011 was the first year and had five thousand-something participants. Very excited to share this information:


"The Great Cloth Diaper Change, 2012 broke the existing Guinness World Record for the most cloth diapers being changed simultaneously. The official count was ratified at 8,251! Thank you to everyone (we had 88) that participated at the Campbell location. As soon as Guinness uploads the newly broken record to their data base (it may take a couple of days) you will be able to order certificates of participation from Guinness by using the claim number and participation code we gave you when you checked in for the GCDC.

Fun Facts for GCDC 2012

189 sites qualified

9 sites had 100+ attendees (only 2 last year), all in the US, with one state (Oklahoma) represented TWICE in Oklahoma City and Tulsa: CO, OK, MI, IL, FL, OK, UT, SC, TN

3 cities were in the top 10 both years: Denver, Oklahoma City, and Charleston.

21 sites JUST made the Guinness count with 25 attendees each.

67 cities hosted events that didn't qualify for the Guinness World Record BUT DID ACCOMPLISH our goal of increasing awareness about reusable cloth diapers.

When you Google “Great Cloth Diaper Change” and 2012 – you get 557,000 results. I guess we DID raise awareness!!! :)

We had 17 countries register. 11 held events that qualify for the record: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, US

Another 4 countries held nonqualifying (but cloth-diaper-awareness-increasing!) events: Brazil, Chile, Estonia, Japan."