03.11.16
High Ridge Brands, maker of Zest, Alberto VO5, Rave and Coast soap, is donating thousands of personal care products to The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint to kick off Family-to-Family's "Bath-Packs for Flint" campaign.
The effort is intended to provide low income Flint, MI families affected by the contaminated water crisis with travel-ready, individual bags filled with soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, deodorant, toothpaste and a travel toothbrush for showering on the go. Many Flint families are catching showers where they can, some travelling outside the city to shower at a friend or relative's home.
"The people of Flint are in the midst of a crisis that makes bathing and showering a difficult task. We are in a position to help by providing essential hair and skin care products. We are proud to partner with Family-to-Family and the Boys & Girls Club of Flint to help donate to this cause," said James Daniels, CEO of High Ridge Brands.
The donated items were collated into "Bath-Packs" at the Boys & Girls Club yesterday, and will then be taken home by the children for personal use and to share with family members, neighbors and friends.
This initial High Ridge Brands product donation is being followed by a Family-to-Family giving opportunity for those eager to help the families in Flint. A posted wish list on Family-to-Family's website enables donors to purchase and send their own "Bath-Packs," directly helping a child in need at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint.
"We are overwhelmed by the generous support of High Ridge Brands and Family–to-Family as they partnered together to create the "Bath-Packs for Flint" program," said Tauzzari Robinson, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint.
Several high schools have also joined the "Bath-Packs for Flint" effort – Hastings High School in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Troy High School in Troy, MI – with students collecting personal care items and packing them into individual bags to ship to Flint's Northwestern High School, a school whose population has been hit hard by the water crisis.
High Ridge Brands' donation to the "Bath-Packs for Flint" campaign will help expand the reach of Family-to-Family's Shower To The People program, an ongoing poverty relief effort that provides basic personal care products to American families in need. To date, High Ridge Brands has donated more than 3 million showers worth of products to social service organizations across the US through Shower To The People.
The effort is intended to provide low income Flint, MI families affected by the contaminated water crisis with travel-ready, individual bags filled with soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, deodorant, toothpaste and a travel toothbrush for showering on the go. Many Flint families are catching showers where they can, some travelling outside the city to shower at a friend or relative's home.
"The people of Flint are in the midst of a crisis that makes bathing and showering a difficult task. We are in a position to help by providing essential hair and skin care products. We are proud to partner with Family-to-Family and the Boys & Girls Club of Flint to help donate to this cause," said James Daniels, CEO of High Ridge Brands.
The donated items were collated into "Bath-Packs" at the Boys & Girls Club yesterday, and will then be taken home by the children for personal use and to share with family members, neighbors and friends.
This initial High Ridge Brands product donation is being followed by a Family-to-Family giving opportunity for those eager to help the families in Flint. A posted wish list on Family-to-Family's website enables donors to purchase and send their own "Bath-Packs," directly helping a child in need at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint.
"We are overwhelmed by the generous support of High Ridge Brands and Family–to-Family as they partnered together to create the "Bath-Packs for Flint" program," said Tauzzari Robinson, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint.
Several high schools have also joined the "Bath-Packs for Flint" effort – Hastings High School in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Troy High School in Troy, MI – with students collecting personal care items and packing them into individual bags to ship to Flint's Northwestern High School, a school whose population has been hit hard by the water crisis.
High Ridge Brands' donation to the "Bath-Packs for Flint" campaign will help expand the reach of Family-to-Family's Shower To The People program, an ongoing poverty relief effort that provides basic personal care products to American families in need. To date, High Ridge Brands has donated more than 3 million showers worth of products to social service organizations across the US through Shower To The People.