Do you keep toiletries from hotels and from amenity kits when flying Cathay Pacific First Class, Singapore First Class, etc., then end up not even using all of them? I'm guilty of this–I use some, but there's a slew I haven't used at all and now that I'm moving, I need to donate toiletries. In case any of you would like to do the same, here are some ideas for where to donate toiletries in San Francisco, NYC, and Los Angeles:
Where to Donate Toiletries in San Francisco
Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco www.glide.org
- New and unused soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving cream, razors, feminine hygiene items
La Casa de las Madres, 1663 Mission Street, Suite 225 www.lacasa.org
- New and unused soap, shampoo, lotions, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine hygiene items
Where to Donate Toiletries in NYC
AIDS Service Center NYC, 41 East 11th Street, 5th Floor www. ascnyc.org
- New and unopened soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, shaving cream, razors, feminine hygeine items, combs
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, NCS Residence: 211 East 81st Street ncsinc.org
- “NCS accepts in-kind donations of dignity items (socks, underwear, soap, toothbrushes, etc.)”
Where to Donate Toiletries in Los Angeles
PATH, several locations
- New and unopened soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, shaving cream, razors, feminine hygeine items, combs
Salvation Army Southern California, several locations-use the zip code locator
- Personal toiletries for shelters
Live somewhere else? Contact your local homeless shelter or women's shelter to donate your toiletries. Or get your workplace or child's school involved in a soap drive and send the soaps and toiletries to Clean the World, which a number of hotels also partner with.
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