About
About
What we do & why
We Provide Small Items Designed to Make a Big Difference
More than 50 Million Americans obtained food from food banks in 2021. But personal hygiene products aren't always found there, and those products also aren't covered by food stamps.
Imagine not having enough money for food, and then worrying about feeling clean or having clean clothes.
Essential items like like soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, and feminine hygiene products can be expensive. Yet being and feeling clean are critical for self esteem - mental health, staying in school, keeping jobs & making friends.
We believe everyone should have access to these basic goods. Together, we can enable people to thrive, and not just survive.
Our focus today is on helping community college students so that they can complete their educations and break the cycle of generational poverty.
But we hear from different types of organizations and individuals who need help. Help us scale so that we can serve everyone with a need.
Our model is innovative. Students receive a code that can be used on a hygiene-specific instance of Instacart. This allows them to choose the products they need, preserves their dignity and allows us to scale without needing a warehouse.
Make a difference today so we can help more people who feel this way:
"Having hygiene products gives me motivation to go to class and removes fear of embarrassment. I can actually learn instead of wondering what everyone is thinking of me."
"Any help during college is more than just help, it is support and encouragement."
Inspiration
A Community College Pantry Designed to Improve Completion Rates
Amarillo College, one of the top 5 community colleges in the nation, has proven that access to food, personal hygiene and support services can help students stay in school. (Source)
Our dream isn't to provide access to personal hygiene items - it's to enable individuals to complete their educations, build financial literacy, and to build a life they can be proud of.
Most Essential Goods Have to be Purchased
Pantries typically don't stock personal hygiene products, and food stamps don't work on personal care items. That's why this need is so massive.
This is a billion dollar problem.
Our Model
We Buy & Gather Essential Goods for Donation
Unlike with food, most personal hygiene items don't have expiration dates. Or those dates are years into the future.
Why does that matter?
Because that means that there isn't a natural donation cycle that happens on an every day basis.
It means that we have to buy items for donation, or that we have to collect items in order to supply them to food banks, shelters, schools & churches.
