Grateful to have sent about 20 lbs (300+ soaps & 200 shampoos/conditioners ) to LA fi
Essentials For Homeless's mission is to provide essential personal care items to the unhoused
Our Program
Who are we
We are a group of motivated high school students who are passionate about helping our community.
We run donation drives to collect hygiene items, and linens.
We have also connected to various hotels locally so that we can collect the essentials like bath soaps, shampoo, condioner, bedsheets, pillow covers and towels
We then donate these it
We are a group of motivated high school students who are passionate about helping our community.
We run donation drives to collect hygiene items, and linens.
We have also connected to various hotels locally so that we can collect the essentials like bath soaps, shampoo, condioner, bedsheets, pillow covers and towels
We then donate these items to the nearby homeless shelters who then distribute these to the homeless people who really need these items.
This helps the unhoused people to keep themselves healthy, and also gives them the confidence to appear for job interviews and stand on their own feet!
Essential Items We Collect
We collect new or unopened hygiene items of all sizes including full, travel and sample.
Linens must be washed.
(Italicized items are the most needed)
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Lotion
- Wrapped Soap Bars
- Body wash
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrushes
- Dental Floss
- Mouthwash
- Deodorant
- Hand Sanitizers & Wet Wipes
- Shaving Cream
- Shaving Razors (wrapped)
- Toilet Paper Rolls
- Towels (any size)
- Bed sheets (any size)
- Blankets (any size)
How To Become a Chapter Head
How To Become a Chapter Head
1. Hold a donation drive to collect new or unopened hygiene items and gently used linens at a local church, temple, library or school with our help. We have the framework to help you hold drives or connect to hotels that you can use.
2. Supply the items you collect to one or two unhoused shelters in your city, which then distribute these t
1. Hold a donation drive to collect new or unopened hygiene items and gently used linens at a local church, temple, library or school with our help. We have the framework to help you hold drives or connect to hotels that you can use.
2. Supply the items you collect to one or two unhoused shelters in your city, which then distribute these to the people who truly need them.
3. Become a chapter head and continue to impact your community!
Drives usually last 2-3 weeks