The fabric for the the remaining 39 bags is officially cut!  I made 11 bags prior to launching for photography for the site, social media and emails.

Onto sewing!

The items to fill the first 50 Refresh Bags are officially ordered!  One of my husband’s co-workers gave us a great tip for finding Colgate toothpaste, 6 oz, regularly $3.47, on sale for $1 at Walgreens!  There was a limit to the number you could buy, so we made trips to multiple Walgreens, multiple times.  Everything else we were able to buy online to be shipped for free either to our house or to our local store.

Some items, like the toothbrushes, we had to order more than 50, which is okay, we’re now ahead for the next round of Refresh Bags!  Lori will donate the feminine products and the bags.

The total cost was $436.87, but I added Chapstick’s to the bags.  I had them in the bags originally, then took them out due to cost.  With exceeding our goal I decided it was worth adding Chapstick’s back into the bags, chapped lips can be painful and uncomfortable, especially in the Fall and Winter.

I am proud to announce we not only reached our fundraising goal, we exceeded it!  We aimed to raise $415 to cover the costs of filling 50 Refresh Bags with full sized toiletry items, we exceeded the goal by over $40!

Thank you to all of our financial supporters!

We’ve raised almost 50% of the funding needed to fill our first 50 bags!  Thank you to our donors!