DAY ON SKID ROW (3/2022)

In late February/early March 2022, Reaching Out California volunteers carefully packed 200 hygiene care packages for distribution to homeless men and women on Skid Row. Each hygiene care package contained a toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste, a bottle of conditioning shampoo, two bars of soap, and a wipe. We then added the hygiene care packages to size-marked paper bags into which a brand new shirt and a brand new pair of socks had already been placed for distribution to men and women in dire need of the hygiene items and some essential pieces of clothing.

On Sunday, March 6, 2022, we packed the 200 bagged care packages into six large size-marked boxes and brought the boxes to the downtown loft of the Brown Bag Lady. For the next several hours, we were thrilled to be able to work shoulder to shoulder with Brown Bag Lady's enthusiastic team of volunteers, who we joined in the sorting of the many articles of clothing that had been donated to the Brown Bag Lady for distribution.

Reaching Out California volunteers spent this chilly March afternoon handing out the clothing and hygiene care packages we had prepared to homeless men and women, along with bottled water and various other items that had been donated to the Brown Bag Lady for distribution to men and women experiencing homelessness. We are so grateful for the continuing efforts of the Brown Bag Lady, as well as for the opportunity to join her wonderful team in support of our most vulnerable neighbors.