KAUKAUNA — The Kaukauna Public Library is just one of the many locations throughout the Fox Valley that are drop off sites for the 2023 Help for the Homeless hygiene drive.
The collection box will be in the lobby of the library through March 45, 2023.
Other locations include the Appleton Police Department and the Fox Valley Metro Police Department.
Urgent needs
- Soaps: laundry, dish, soft, shower gel, 2-in-1 shampoo
- Trash bags (shelters especially need these for bedrooms!)
- Diapers (sizes 3-6 and Pull-Ups)
- Deodorant (unscented)
- Wet Wipes for babies
- Toilet paper
- Paper towels
- Disposable razors
- Tampons and pads (pads for young teens)
The annual Help for the Homeless hygiene drive, sponsored by Family Radio and Fox 11, works with area homeless coalitions every spring to stock the shelves of 90+ homeless and crisis programs in 19 Wisconsin communities in northeast Wisconsin.
The goal of Help for the Homeless is to supply a year’s worth of products to each agency.
In 2022, community members at more than 900 businesses, churches and schools hosted collection boxes and donated $530,000 worth of laundry soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant and more to their local crisis programs.
The drive has provided $4.8 million dollars worth of hygiene supplies to local crisis programs and those they serve over the past 31 years.
Donations of supplies and financial support will be used in the community where they come from.
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