Bridget Cutler was still adjusting to being a new mom when she read a magazine article that changed her life. That's when Moms Helping Moms was born. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it can cost close to $250,000 to raise a child in the United States -- and that is just for the basics. Since 2011, the nonprofit has distributed diapers, clothing, nursing supplies and other baby essentials for hundreds of infants and toddlers in New Jersey, where one in eight people struggle to make ends meet. "So many people have such an abundance, and so many others strive to afford even the basics," Cutler says. "What we're doing is trying to bridge that gap."