Thank you!  $428,000 worth donated in 2020!

Watch this short 2020 Fox Cities Sorting Day video!

“Many of our clients arrive afraid, depressed, and embarrassed to ask for help. They are very grateful for the personal care items we can offer them.  These donated supplies not only help them with their immediate needs, but they also demonstrate that our community cares about them.”  – LEAVEN  More Stories 2020

What:

The Family’s annual ‘Help for the Homeless’ hygiene drive works with area homeless coalitions every spring to stock the shelves of 89 homeless and crisis programs in 15 Wisconsin communities in our listening areas. The goal of ‘Help for the Homeless’ is to supply a year’s worth of product to each agency (In many cases, this is happening!). In 2020, generous community members donated $428,000 worth of laundry soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, etc. to their local crisis programs. In its 28th year, the drive has provided more than $3.7 million dollars’ worth of hygiene supplies to local crisis programs and those they serve.  Donations remain in the communities where they are collected. SAVE THE DATE! Help for the Homeless will be back Feb. 14 – March 7, 2021.

Where:

Appleton/Fox Cities, Antigo, Brown County/Green Bay, Chilton, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc/Two Rivers, Marathon County/Wausau, Marshfield, Oconto/Marinette, Oshkosh, Seymour, Sheboygan/Plymouth, Stevens Point, Waupaca, and Wisconsin Rapids.

How:

February 4 – March 7, 2021: Drop donations off at Festival Foods or Walgreens Stores OR join more than 900+ local businesses, churches, and schools who participate annually by placing collection boxes and in high traffic areas and inviting their staff, members and students to contribute. Print-ready flyers and blurbs to paste into newsletters/memos etc. are in the “Information Kit” below.

For more information at The Family studios 800-236-9364 or email heidip@thefamily.net

Kit contains printable flyers, blurbs to cut and paste, lists, logos, news release, etc.

Donate at: Festival Foods & Walgreens Stores Also The Family Studios, and participating businesses, schools, churches and organizations in participating communities

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 Toothbrushes & Toothpaste Paper Towels Disposable Razors Tampons and pads (pads for young teens) Full List of Requested Items

 Thanks to these 2020 sponsors!

 

 

Thanks also to Menasha Corp. Green Bay Packaging, and Great Northern Corp. for their generous donation of collection boxes!

Requested items for donation. New, unopened items only.

Cleaning Supplies Laundry Soap Dish Soap Trash Bags (all sizes, shelters go thru lots!) Floor Cleaner Bleach Cleansers Sponges Disinfectant Cleaner Toilet Bowl Cleaner Dryer Sheets Hair Care Shampoo (for all ethnicities) Conditioner (for all ethnicities) Hair Brushes Combs Clips & Elastics Styling Products – for all types of ethnicity Little Girl Items Dental Toothbrushes (soft) Toothpaste No Mouthwash Please – contains alcohol Dental Floss Denture Care

Paper Products Toilet Tissue Facial Tissue Paper Towels Feminine Care Pads (young teens use these) Tampons Personal Care Soft Soap and Body Wash Bar Soap Deodorant (unscented) Razors Shaving Cream Nail Clippers Cotton Balls Q-tips Moisturizer/Lotions Contact Solution Lip Balm

Baby Care Diapers (sizes 3,4,5 & pull ups) Wipes Baby Bottles Sip Cups Baby Lotion Baby Shampoo Rash Ointment First Aid Children’s Pain Meds Pedialyte Band Aids Rubbing Alcohol Hydrogen Peroxide Anti-Diarrhea Meds Antacids Antibiotic Ointment Cold Meds Liquid Benadryl Sun Screen Treatment for Head Lice