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Donate to the Wayside Hygiene Drive (Dec 1 – Jan 3)

Nov 24, 2025

Our Teen Events Team’s Hygiene Drive for Waterloo Wayside Centre Runs December 1, 2025 to January 3, 2026

About Waterloo Wayside Centre

The Waterloo Wayside Centre is a dedicated, community organization hosted at Emmanuel United Church in the heart of Uptown Waterloo. With a strong desire to support and uplift one another, Wayside serves youth, seniors, and marginalized individuals across the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Each week, the Centre welcomes around 100 people to its Thursday cafe program, where guests enjoy a warm lunch and sense of community. Additionally, around 150 people come each week to access the Food Bag program, which provides essential groceries for those in need, thanks to a partnership with the local food bank. Through these and other programs, Wayside continues to nurture the bodies, hearts, and minds of those who need it most in our community.

The Impact of the Hygiene Drive

Any donation, no matter the size, helps grow a positive impact. It allows Wayside Centre to continue fostering and creating a community environment through providing free programs for various communities in Kitchener-Waterloo. In 2024, the donations from our hygiene drive provided 6 months worth of products for community members!

How to Donate

Our Teen Events Team needs your help again this year to support the incredible work of the Waterloo Wayside Centre. From December 1 to January 3, we will be accepting personal care items. These items will be shared with members of our community who need them the most. The top items needed include hand soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant and menstrual pads (not tampons). We can only accept brand new items.

Full list of items needed:

  • Hand Soap
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Toothbrushes
  • Toothpaste
  • Deodorant
  • Menstrual pads

Drop your donations off at any WPL location from December 1 to January 3. Our amazing Teen Events Team will organize and package all of your donations and send them off with your community love!

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