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Spring Showers For Dignity Drive
Spring Showers For Dignity Drive

Helping 300,000 Essential Items Reach Local Students Before the School Year Ends

As the school year winds down, thousands of students across our community are still facing a challenge that too often goes unseen: hygiene poverty. That’s why this April, Giving the Basics is hosting Spring Showers For Dignity, a community-wide effort to provide 300,000 essential hygiene items to local schools so students can finish the year feeling confident, prepared, and supported.

Because when students have access to basic hygiene items like deodorant, shampoo, feminine hygiene products, and laundry detergent, they’re better able to focus on what matters most—learning.

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April 2026 Newsletter

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Spring Showers For Dignity Drive

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