There are three main types of Kindness Kits: Personal Care, Feminine Hygiene and Household Helps.

Personal Care (Hygiene Basics): soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor and a comb in a resealable plastic bag. The razor is excluded in our back to school and some school and law enforcement kits.

Feminine Hygiene / Period Pack: tampons, overnight and regular maxi/thin maxi pads, panty liners, disposable wipes, small trash bags all packaged in a resealable plastic bag.

Household Helps: due to cost, contents rotate between laundry products and kits containing dish soap, trash bags, cleaning tools and bathroom, kitchen and/or all purpose household cleaners.

Additions: When products are available, we upgrade our Kindness Kits to include lotion, lip balm, nail clippers, washcloths, a cosmetic bag or a laundry product.

We accept NEW / UNOPENED personal care hygiene products such as:

• bar soap

• body wash

• shampoo and conditioner

• deodorant

• toothpaste

• toothbrush

• razor (individually packaged)

• large tooth comb (individually packaged)

Feminine hygiene / period products:

• tampons: regular and super

• individually wrapped pads / ultra thins with wings: #1, #2, #4, #5

• extra long panty liners

• regular panty liners

Household products:

• dish soap

• dish scrubbers and sponges

• microfiber cloths and toilet brushes

• washcloths and hand towels

• laundry soap and laundry detergent sheets

• all purpose cleaner

• kitchen cleaner

• bathroom cleaner

• toilet cleaner

• 13 gallon and small trash bags

• toilet paper

• paper towels

• facial tissues

School packs (provided directly to schools or at back to school events)

• new socks

• new underwear

• new leggings

• new sweat pants

• new t-shirts (non-offensive)

• new sweat shirts (non-offensive)

and resealable / zipper plastic bags (gallon and larger preferred, plus sandwich and quart size) used to pack individual kindness kits.

In Washington County:

Blair Radio - 750 Angels Share Dr Ste 301, Blair (Dana Campus - Clocktower building) There is a donation box in the main floor stairwell. Our Blair office is open to volunteers and donors weekdays from 10 am - 2 pm. If the office is closed, you are welcome to place your items in the 3rd floor alcove to the left of the stairwell. In Saunders County: The Back Room - 107 E 5th St, Wahoo Saunders County Online - 113 E 5th St, Wahoo In other counties, email info@kindnesskits.info and we'll identify an option.

Kindness Kits / Blair Healing Rooms does not currently provide donation pick up services for individuals or businesses.

No, we only accept essential hygiene products that are required for good health and wellness.

Yes, as long as they are unused.

Yes, as long as they are unused.

As long as each individual item is sealed or wrapped, we can accept open boxes of period products.

No, we only accept new amenities. However, another nonprofit called Clean the World works with hotels to collect used soap, recycle it and providing it to those in-need around the globe.

The products and kits we gather are provided to our partner agencies for distribution. Our list of partner agencies will continue to grow and be updated on our website. Our desire is to enhance local programs and services while eliminating the need for people to coordinate an extra stop to obtain needed toiletries. Are you located in a county we serve? Let an agency in your town know we are an available resource. Have them contact info@kindnesskits.info or fill out the form on the contact us page.

Don't qualify for services from a local pantry but you are currently experiencing a financial hardship? Volunteers qualify to receive Kindness Kits for their personal use.

Yes, Kindness Kits is a program of Blair Healing Rooms.

As of December 31, 2007, Blair Healing Rooms is recognized by the IRS as a public charity. Donations are tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by law.

Kindness Kits are a program of Blair Healing Rooms, a 501(c)3 non-profit charity. All donations to Blair Healing Rooms are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by US law.

Limited access to hygiene products can be detrimental to both mental and physical health. Not only can a lack of hygiene product availability worsen chronic illnesses by posing barriers to treatment adherence, that same lack of hygiene can have life-long effects on a person’s self-worth and self-respect. This can mean that children growing up in hygiene insecure households can struggle to end the cycle of poverty through successful employment. ​ We are a program of the Blair Healing Rooms. Our desire is to see people whole and healed, both physically and emotionally. If providing access to hygiene products helps individuals and households improve their quality of life and health, it is a program the Blair Healing Rooms wants to explore and in this case spearhead in our community.

Kindness Kits serve rural Northeastern Nebraska and Northwestern Iowa. In 2023 we served 7 counties - Burt (NE), Dodge (NE), Harrison (IA), Monona (IA), Saunders (NE), Washington (NE) and rural Western Douglas County (NE) - meeting our initial goal to support the area we live in plus our neighboring counties. In 2024 we plan to add at least 7 more counties. Based on proximity and need, those counties may include: Butler (NE), Cass (IA), Cherokee (IA), Colfax (NE), Crawford (IA), Cuming (NE), Dakota (NE), Dixon (NE), Ida (IA), Thurston (NE), Wayne (NE), and rural Pottawattamie (IA) and Woodbury (IA) counties. Support levels depend on support from the community (as product donations from a specific community generally stay in that community) AND on the number of people served by a communities food pantry.