Aurora drive aims to help women in need

Aurora City Hall's employee resource group has launched a month-long Women's History Month campaign to collect supplies for women in need in the co...

March 12, 2023
6:56 AM

Aurora City Hall's employee resource group has launched a month-long Women's History Month campaign to collect supplies for women in need in the community, city officials said. The P.O.W.E.R. Women's Group, an acronym for Presenting Opportunities Where Everyone Rises, is hosting the Empower Bag Collection Drive to collect 100 purses and backpacks filled with toiletries, feminine hygiene products and basic necessities, according to a press release from the city of Aurora. Community members and businesses are asked to donate new or gently used backpacks, along with unused toiletries, feminine hygiene products, undergarments, socks, towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, baby supplies and small reusable containers, the release states.

Beacon-News staff