Build a Care Kit | Chrysalis

Build a Care Kit

Build a Care Kit

Assemble. Donate. Change Lives.

 

A small kit makes a big difference. By assembling and donating Chrysalis Care Kits, you provide essential hygiene items that help Chrysalis clients experiencing poverty and housing insecurity maintain dignity and confidence as they navigate their journey toward employment and stability.

Whether you pack kits with your family at home, host a workplace assembly event, or gather a group of friends to make an impact together, your generosity directly supports those we serve from the moment they walk through our doors to the day they ring the Success Bell to celebrate their new job.

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🪥 Build a Personal Care Kit

🌸 Build a Menstrual Care Kit

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How it Works

1. Register Your Project
2. Gather Supplies
3. Pack with Care
4. Drop off Your Kits

Personal Care Kits

Hygiene is essential for confidence, well-being, and employability. By assembling a Personal Care Kit, you help Chrysalis clients feel their best as they prepare for job interviews and enter the workforce.

Personal Care Kit Checklist
(packed inside of a clear, 1-quart resealable bag)

âś… Toothbrush
✅ Toothpaste
✅ Dental floss 
✅ Mouthwash 
✅ Deodorant 
✅ Shampoo
✅ Conditioner
✅ Lotion
✅ Razor 
✅ 1 travel pack of body wipes 

đź“Ą Download the Personal Care Kit Checklist

Without a stable place to shower and clean up, searching for and holding down a job can be incredibly challenging. Personal hygiene products alone can cost an individual over $85 per month—an expense that many of our clients simply cannot afford. By providing hygiene kits, you help remove a small but significant barrier on the path to self-sufficiency.

Menstrual Care Kits

Access to menstrual hygiene products is a critical yet often unmet need. Menstrual Care Kits give clients peace of mind and help individuals who may lack the resources to purchase these items stay clean, comfortable, and confident as they focus on achieving their professional goals.

Menstrual Care Kit Checklist
(packed inside of a clear, 1-quart resealable bag)

âś… 7 super absorbency tampons
âś… 7 regular tampons
âś… 7 overnight pads with wings (unscented)
âś… 1 travel pack of body wipes

đź“Ą Download the Menstrual Care Kit Checklist

 

Menstrual care products cost around $20 per cycle, adding to the financial strain our clients already navigate each day. Worrying about affording these essentials—on top of searching for a job—is an unnecessary stressor. Providing menstrual care kits through Chrysalis is a simple yet powerful way to offer dignity, relief, and the support women need to focus on their professional success. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Individuals and groups organizing a care kit donation and assembling project most often set goals of making between 50 to 500 kits. Because of distribution and storage capacity, Chrysalis recommends limiting the number of kits prepared and donated to a maximum of 500 kits. There is not a required minimum number of kits.

This allows our team to prepare to receive your donation and track potential incoming kits that will be available for our client services and outreach teams.

Yes, please use new, travel-size products to assemble care kits. This ensures that the kits are easier for someone who may be experiencing housing instability to transport. All items should be new and in original packaging. This includes items like toothbrushes, which should be individually wrapped for hygiene.

Thank you for your motivation to do more, but please do not add extra items or substitute items.

You may choose to include a note of encouragement in your kits. Do not place notes in sealed envelopes.

Examples of appropriate notes of encourage are: 

“You are stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could imagine.” 

“A goal often seems impossible until it’s done.” 

“There’s something in you that the world needs.” 

Chrysalis center lobby hours when we are able to accept donations are: 

  • Monday-Thursday from 8 to 11:30 a.m. or 1 to 3:30 p.m. 
  • Friday from 8 to 11:30 a.m. 

Locations accepting donations are: 

Chrysalis Downtown Los Angeles
522 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Chrysalis Inland Empire
1450 E. Cooley Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Chrysalis Orange County
290 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805

Chrysalis San Fernando Valley
13545 Van Nuys Blvd. #1
Pacoima, CA 91331

Chrysalis Santa Monica
1853 Lincoln Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404

All donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law, and a digital receipt will be available to donors who fill out our online form. A QR code – located at all of our centers – will link you to the form that can be filled out at the time of donation.

Chrysalis clients pick up these kits from our center resource rooms. Our outreach teams also bring these kits to events where they distribute them to future clients.

Please reach out to us at Development@ChangeLives.org.