DRI Staffer demonstrates how to assemble hygiene kits.
Thanks to Rotarians Claude Dorais, Lynda Nahra, Mark Osiel, and Bernadette Bagley who joined forces with members of the Santa Barbara Vinter's Foundation to assemble individual hygiene kits for Direct Relief International. The hygiene kits contain essential items like soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and other personal care products which can be distributed to those in need, particularly during emergencies and displacement situations.
Participants made a circuit past bins of supplies adding items one by one to individual bags. In addition to doing good for our community, the effort yielded nearly 5 miles of exercise per Lynda's pedometer!
The Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation, founded in 2001, is a nonprofit that supports wellness in the local wine community by raising funds for health resources. They will be distributing the kits we assembled to local vineyard workers in need of assistance.