This is a continuation of the email about kids' coats and this would be good to pass on to your friends who travel. Bring back the hotel bottles of shampoo, soap, lotion, etc and donate those.
MCSA:
But ALWAYS remember them at sales or before throwing away ANY soap, shampoo, saving cream, razors (disposable kind), deodorants, toothbrushes (unused), toothpaste, etc, etc. They can use anything in the toiletry line. Just take it and drop it off at the window, no explanation needed. Or attach your name and address to it if you'd like a donation/thank you card sent to you for tax purposes. The "gym-sleepers" (people who don't want to go into the Homeless Shelter Program) are allowed 2 showers a week and at that time, MCSA has to supply them with everything for that shower - they are not walking around with a suitcase usually. So anything you can think of that is needed around shower time is needed by them. Even paper products and person hygiene products.
They also would like anything like individual packets of cocoa, coffee, tea, cup'o soup-type things, microwave popcorn, packets of tuna, etc. Things like that they also use to stuff individual's stockings with at Christmas. (Everyone in the building gets a stocking - which is actually only a plastic or paper bag, but some years they have looked pretty empty. So even bags of candy can be split up to distribute among the stockings, and there's always a need for diabetic candy and treats.
