Over the weekend, I asked Sarah if she could suggest something that would help our group focus on something unique and essential on Tuesday, something we could focus on in light of all that is happening. We need to send some good out.  She answered right away, as she always does:

“I mostly need shampoo. I could add different kinds of shampoo and have a Shampoo and Body Wash Day. That would be enormously important and helpful; these things are so hard to get, and they go so quickly. The children desperately need these things, and we can’t get enough of them.”

I couldn’t wait overnight; I had to post it immediately to be on top of the blog in the morning.

A Shampoo and Teeth Health Day for Children (and Adults ): Four items = $2,38, $17.82, $21.20, and $10.65. Focusing on something this way is the most effective way for us to help these families and their children in a visible, dramatic, and necessary way.

Last week’s Woman’s Day was a tremendous success, a testament to what we can achieve when we come together. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Let’s make a big splash with Shampoo and Health Day, like Women’s Day. The women’s shelf is full of Tampons and pads for the first time in a while. Bless all of you.

Hygiene products for women and children are in high demand and often difficult to obtain. Your donations could make a significant difference. For obvious reasons, the goal is to secure enough supplies for Sarah to maintain a consistent shampoo and body wash stock, similar to the women’s health effort last week. Your contribution will once again directly impact the well-being of our community.

Focusing on special needs is enormously helpful to the pantry. It takes enormous pressure off of Sarah and ensures that the families needing help get what they and their children need, not just what is sent or unavailable. Your targeted donations can make a significant difference. It is challenging to keep children healthy without being able to purchase everything they need, which is critical to their health and well-being.

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Here are the four items requested for the Cambridge Food Pantry’s Health Day:

1. Suave Moisturizing Body Wash, with Wild Cherry  Blossom and Vitamin E Extract, No Parabens, Not Phathaltes, 18 Oz Pack of 6, $17.82.

2.  Suave Kids 3-in-1 Shampoo Conditioner, Body Wash, Paragon Free and Dermatologist Tested Kids’s Shampoo, 3 in 1 Formula, 28 Fl. Oz, Pack of 4,  $21.20.

3. Colgate Fresh Whitening Toothpaste with Mini Strips, Clean Mint Toothpaste for Bad Breath, Helps Fight Cavities, Whitens Teeth, 6.3 Oz, Pack of 4, $10.65.

4. Alberto Vo5, Blooming Freesia Moisturizing and Hydrating Shampoo with Coconut Milk, Vitamin E, and Biotin—Long-Lasting Fragrance—15 Oz, $2.38.

Once again, thank you all. All we can do is send out some good as often as possible. Let’s do it—small acts of great kindness. We do the best that we can for as long as we can.