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Procter & Gamble Brings Relief to Florida Residents Affected by Hurricane Helene

Residents can access on-site showers and Tide Loads of Hope laundry services at the Walmart in Perry and St. Petersburg.

P&G Disaster Relief is supporting recovery efforts in Perry and St. Petersburg, FL in collaboration with Walmart and Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization.

Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 1, the team will collect laundry at the below locations and time until daily capacity has been reached. The deployed disaster relief vehicle will also provide shower and bathroom services from 9 am to 5 pm CDT in the following locations until daily capacity is reached: Walmart on 3501 34th St S (St. Petersburg) and 900 S Jefferson St. (Perry).

Laundry

A Tide Loads of Hope Mobile Laundry Unit will provide free, full-service laundry to affected residents and responders. People can bring clothes (up to two loads per household) to be washed, dried and folded free of charge. All washable clothing types will be accepted, except for heavy bedding.

Shower Trailers

Shower trailers will be also available to provide residents with hot showers. The shower trailer has five private bathroom/shower units, one of which is ADA-compliant, and a Pampers diaper changing station. Individual personal care products, including shampoo, conditioner and body wash from P&G brands such as Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Olay and Old Spice, and freshly laundered towels will be available for use on-site. All units are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected following each use.

Free Personal Care Kits

In partnership with Matthew 25: Ministries, P&G will also distribute free personal care kits with everyday essentials and cleaning products to meet basic hygiene and home care needs directly in impacted neighborhoods.

Additionally, the team will be distributing personal care kits, home care and cleaning supplies directly to homes in affected areas. Personal care kits contain products from P&G brands such as Always, Crest, Ivory, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Olay, Old Spice, Oral-B, Pampers, Pantene, Safeguard, Secret, Tampax and Venus. Home and cleaning product brands include Bounty, Charmin, Dawn, Febreze, Mr. Clean, Swiffer, Tide and Zevo.

These services are free and available to local families and first responders while supplies last.

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