Niagara’s Mobile Closet has a goal to fill a truck with personal hygiene products to help people in need. Lynn McIntyre, Niagara’s Mobile Closet program co-ordinator said the Stuff the Truck event helps to raise money and amass items hard to come by for the service, operated under the Start Me Up Niagara umbrella, which assists upwards of 5,000 people each year across Niagara. “It would be extremely costly to go out there and purchase all the items ourselves,” she said.
“We depend on the community a fair amount, for all our donations. We are never disappointed, the community has such great heart.” The event will be held at Fairview Mall in St.
Catharines on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Shampoo, feminine hygiene products, toilet paper, deodorant, sunscreen and body wash are among many essential items that will be collected.
McIntyre said there will be a free barbecue, and coffee donated by Starbucks, and firetruck tours provided by St. Catharines Fire and Emergency Services will be offered to children. Lynn McIntyre hopes to be able to stuff a truck during Start Me Up Niagara’s Stuff the Truck event, hosted by Niagara’s Mobile Closet, being held at Fairview Mall Sept.
22. McIntyre said need for assistance has increased dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. “Many more people are becoming homeless and depending on services such as us,” she said.
“As they struggle to make ends meet and they do have a roof over their head luxuries such as hygi.