How to Host a Hygiene Drive

Thank You!

We're thrilled you're interested in hosting a collection drive to help those in need gain access to essential hygiene and period products.

 

Collection drives are a great way to engage friends, family, and colleagues in community service while creating awareness about this significant unmet need in Lincoln and Lancaster County.

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The Need is Great

 

Hygiene and period products aren’t covered by SNAP or WIC, so people often rely on community organizations that typically lack the resources to supply them. To help, we distribute hygiene essentials through a network of partner agencies, similar to a food bank model. See a list of our distribution partners.

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Limited access to essential hygiene and period products can harm health and wellness, disrupt school and work, and force difficult choices between spending money on hygiene and period products or other basic needs like food, housing, and transportation.

 

How to Host a Hygiene Collection Drive​

 

1. Decide on a hygiene collection drive category. Consider your network’s interests to maximize enthusiasm and participation.

   • Period hygiene partner – tampons, pads, liners

   • Hair hygiene partner – shampoo, conditioner (textured and untextured hair)

   • Body hygiene partner – deodorant, bar soap

   • Dental hygiene partner – toothbrushes, toothpaste
      

2. Plan when and where you will host the collection drive.
    

3. Promote your collection drive. If you let us know ahead of time, we can create flyers and provide bins and bin labels. We will need your logo and a written or electronic acknowledgement to advertise on our social media platforms.
    

4. Offer an incentive to increase participation. 

   1. Corporate offices -  Host a “casual for a cause” day.

   2. Fitness studios - “Clean start” drive for a free class raffle entry.

   3. Churches - “Care and comfort” collection during services.

   4. Schools and PTAs - “Hygiene for success” student donation challenge.

   5. Retail stores - “Round up for hygiene” at checkout.
       

5. Coordinate the product delivery. Reach out to your Lincoln Hygiene Network contact, or email dustin@lincolnhygienenetwork.org to coordinate delivery of the products.
    

6. Get your results. We will provide you with the number of items collected so you can share your results with your supporters. They will be excited to see how their collective efforts helped those in need!