Hygiene Product Drive In Sheridan County Underway During 2023 Winter Holiday Season

The winter holidays can be a time of not only giving needy youngsters and teens a good meal, some are trying to make sure they stay clean and nourished hygienically as well.

The 5th annual full-size hygiene product drive, which is put on by the Food Group, is now underway through the end of December.

Donors are asked to bring items such as shampoo and conditioner, deodorant, body lotion, body wash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine products and small bottles of laundry detergent, to Sheridan Stationery located on North Main Street during normal business hours.

Keri McMeans is the executive director of The Food Group.

She says it was the former management of Sheridan Stationery that wanted to help, and The Food Group wanted to come up with a different idea, besides a food drive.

“We go through so many hygiene products, that how can we continue to sustain this program and how can the community get involved and behind it, and so it was really just stemmed from a need, just how can we get the community involved in a different way than the typical food drive that we see during the holidays.”

McMeans adds that the items collected are put in the teen pantries, located within all 3 Sheridan County School Districts.

Over the course of the past year, the demand for hygiene products has increased and the amount of products that have been collected during the holiday season is not enough to last until this time next year.

Those who donate at Sheridan Stationery are entered into a drawing for a $100 in-store gift certificate, and the winner will be drawn in early January.