Assemble hygiene, snack or art kits for NACC's patients and unhoused neighbors

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NACC assists approximately 200 unhoused or instabily housed individuals a week with meeting their basic needs. At each event or outreach encounter, NACC distributes items to some of South Minneapolis' most vulnerable residents, those living in tents or in encampments as well as our Native American Elders and families that visit our clinic. In addition to providing them with basic needs, we connect them with medical care, dental care, behavioral and chemical health as well as assisting them to access shelter, benefits and other community resources.

We are seeking groups that might want to do a one time event - the ask would be that your group purchases items and assembles kits for our Outreach Team to distribute at our weekly events. Please reach out to me for a more comprehensive list of desirable items.

Items to consider would be travel sized shampoo and conditioner, travel size toothpaste, hygiene wipes, socks, hats and gloves as Fall and Winter approaches. We also provide snack packs at these events and this could be another opportunity to assist. We typically like to include a protein like a beef stick or canned chicken snack set as well as something sweet and something like chips. We can be flexible on these items. Our participants also love fresh fruit such as Cuties or grapes.

For art kits, a bag with markers or colored pencils, a sketch book or adult coloring book is something our clients like. You could add a word search book or fidget toys for an additional item. These could all potentially be purchased at the dollar store so it's an affordable project.