GFWC Nu-Era Study Club Volunteers

In March, something powerful happened inside the Giving the Basics Kansas City warehouse.

Twenty-four corporate and community volunteer groups showed up ready to serve. Together, 323 volunteers gave 492 hours of their time to help pack hygiene supplies for students across our region. Their work is already making a difference. It’s helping fuel the momentum behind our Spring Showers campaign, which aims to provide 300,000 hygiene items to local schools before the end of the school year.

This kind of impact only happens when a community comes together.

Volunteers Make School Support Possible

Blue Valley North Heart Works Volunteers

Every hygiene box packed represents something bigger than a product.

It represents:

• a student walking into class with confidence
• a counselor able to meet a need immediately
• a teacher seeing improved focus and participation
• a family receiving relief during a difficult season

When volunteers step into the warehouse, they become part of a system that helps ensure school hygiene shelves stay stocked across hundreds of partner schools.

Their time translates directly into access for students who need the basics to succeed.

24 Volunteer Teams Showing Up for Students

University of Memphis Volunteers

Throughout March, volunteer teams from businesses, universities, faith communities, and civic organizations worked side by side to prepare shipments of essential hygiene items like deodorant, shampoo, and feminine hygiene products.

These teams didn’t just pack boxes. They strengthened a network of support that helps schools respond quickly when students need help most.

One volunteer from the University of Memphis Alternative Break Experience shared:

“I feel inspired! Giving the Basics is doing such incredible work! I am so grateful to have been a part of the process even if it was in a small way. I am so thankful! I pray y’all continue growing and helping.”

Responses like this remind us that volunteering creates impact in two directions—it supports students and inspires the people who serve.

Thank You to Our March Volunteer Teams

Kompass Kapital Volunteers

We are incredibly grateful to the 24 volunteer groups who joined us in March to support students by packing hygiene supplies in our Kansas City warehouse. Your time, teamwork, and energy helped move essential products closer to the schools and students who rely on them every day.

Each volunteer shift helped strengthen our ability to stock hygiene shelves across partner schools and support the success of our Spring Showers campaign, ensuring students can finish the school year with the basics they need.

A Community Effort That Changes Lives

Right now, volunteers are playing a key role in helping Spring Showers succeed.

Spring Showers is a community-wide effort to provide 300,000 hygiene items to students before the school year ends. While businesses are running drives and community partners are amplifying awareness, volunteers are helping ensure those donated products move quickly and efficiently to schools.

Exceptional Humans Volunteers

Packing supplies today means shelves are stocked tomorrow. That connection between volunteers and students is what turns generosity into real, measurable support.

Stocking hygiene shelves in schools doesn’t happen automatically. It takes coordination, partnerships, and volunteers willing to step in and help make it happen.

Every hour served in March helped prepare shipments that schools rely on every week. Together, these 24 volunteer teams helped strengthen a system that supports students’ confidence, attendance, and ability to focus in the classroom.

And they are part of something bigger than a single day of service. They are part of a community making sure students have the basics they need to thrive.

Join the Volunteer Community Supporting Students

If you’ve ever considered volunteering with your coworkers, classmates, or community group, this is a meaningful and hands-on way to make a difference locally.

Whether you join during Spring Showers or later in the year, your time helps ensure students have access to the essentials they deserve.

Learn how your group can get involved at www.GivingtheBasics.org/volunteerkc

A Special Thank You To:

• Henderson Engineers Volunteers
• ANS Volunteers
• Stella Maris Volunteers
• Central Bank of KC Volunteers
• Oasis Volunteers
• Summit Homes Volunteers
• Larson Financial Volunteers
• KCNC Volunteers
• Laminate Works Volunteers
• KCYM Volunteers
• From the Earth / Illicit Volunteers
• McCown Gordon Volunteers
• Turner and Townsend Volunteers
• Summit Future Foundation Volunteers