Giving the Basics came about in the Kansas City metropolitan …show more content…
Giving the Basics provides a variety of hygiene products to over one hundred thousand students a month in the Kansas City metro area. This is done so by donating their supplies to the nurse’s offices in the schools. Students are able to brush their teeth at home and no longer get cavities. Teenage female students are provided with pantiliners and males are provided with deodorant. Providing basic hygiene products impacts low-income families and help children attend school feeling fresh and comfortable in their learning …show more content…
Growing up, I constantly donated to United Way and became interested in the organization when several of my good friends began working for them after graduation. United Way emphasizes healthy beginnings by setting a goal of all children being born healthy and have the social, emotional, and developmental supports needed to thrive in their foundational years. This is achieved by connecting vulnerable families in the Kansas City region to supports that optimize the beginning years for young children prenatal to age three – the first 1,000 days of life. United Way partnered with Children’s Mercy Hospital, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City and other home visiting programs in the region to help achieve their goal of healthy