This year in Will County
Homeless Children
Family Support Days
100+
Kits Distributed
ALL
Schools Eligible
Our Work
Hygiene for Humanity is a product supply drive to fulfill the need for hygiene items by local families and individuals that are homeless or in need. This program gives people a clean start by providing items that are unfulfilled by SNAP and WIC.


Kits Supply List*
- Shampoo
- Bars of soap
- Toothbrushes and Toothpaste
- Deodorant
Not in kits, but “take as needed” style:
- Chapstick
- Razors and Shaving Cream
- Feminine Hygiene Products
- Shower Towels
All items go into a gallon sized zip-lock bag
*Full sized products only
Family Support Days
Joliet – Crete – Bolingbrook
Learn more about family support days.
Stage 1
Solicit, collect, and distribute hygiene supply kits for Will County Family Support Days.
Stage 2
Continually supply Will County Schools with hygiene kits for their McKinney-Vento Liaison and School Social Workers to have on hand for children in need.
Stage 3
Stock other non-profits with Hygiene for Humanity Kits for their clients or distribute at a mobile food pantry.


Host Hygiene for Humanity Drive and Kit Pack!
You, your friends, your family, or your office would collect the needed hygiene items and then have a packing party. However many kits you would like to pack is how many items you need to collect.
United Way of Will County is here to help with logistics!
Contact a team member for more information.
Step by Step: Hosting Your Hygiene for Humanity Drive and Kit Pack
- Get your marketing materials!
- Complete with flyers, social media posts, template emails, and much more, our marketing materials will provide you with everything you need to get Hygiene for Humanity up and running!
- Download the Hygiene for Humanity Template Flyer here.
- Contact a team member for more information on how to receive template Hygiene for Humanity marketing materials.
- Set your collection goal! Don’t forget these are full sized items only!
- 25 Kits:
– 25 Gallon Sized Bags
– 25 Shampoos
– 25 Bars of soap
– 25 Toothbrushes and Toothpastes
– 25 Deodorants - 100 Kits:
– 100 Gallon Sized Bags
– 100 Shampoos
– 100 Bars of soap
– 100 Toothbrushes and Toothpastes
– 100 Deodorants
Don’t forget these are full sized items only!
- 25 Kits:
- Advertise your collection site and optional packing event!
- Personally ask your friends, family, and coworkers to join in!
- Social Media:
– Share Hygiene for Humanity marketing materials and tag United Way of Will County
– Facebook & Instagram United Way of Will County @uwwill
– Encourage your friends, family, and office to share these posts as well! - Use our template email to invite people to help out!
- Share Hygiene for Humanity flyers at your collection site, office, library, favorite restaurants, gym, and many more!
- Pack your kits!
- Remember, each kit needs one of each item!
- Typically, assembly line packing works best to ensure that each item is in each kit. Please work with your packing location to determine the best arrangement.
- Once items are packed into kits, there are a few options as to where to gift the kits.
- Support a community needs event as identified by United Way of Will County.
- Stock Will County schools so when social workers identify a need, they can immediately supply the family with a Hygiene for Humanity Kit.
- Stock other non-profits with Hygiene for Humanity Kits for their clients.
- Distribute at a mobile food pantry.