The Hope in a Backpack program is led by the Dignity Grows national team in collaboration with local partners who invest in its impact. Together, we deliver consistent hygiene care to entire schools, healthcare, and Indigenous communities.
What Backpack Communities Do
Facilitate Dignity Grows’ Hope in a Backpack model in their region
Provide routine, reliable hygiene care to entire populations, such as students, patients, or families
Break local cycles of poverty as part of the national movement for systemic menstrual equity
How Backpack Communities Operate
Identify a large-scale hygiene support launch point, such as a school district, hospital, civic agency, or Indigenous community
Champion ongoing funding and local engagement to sustain and expand the program
Reinforce ongoing program evaluation processes
How to Get Started
We will work with you to build a collaborative funding plan tailored to your area. Please use this form to contact us.
Together, we can meet real needs and change lives, one backpack at a time
Backpack Communities Impact
Dignity Grows has partnered with Bon Secours, Communities in Schools, Petersburg City Public Schools, and other community partners to supply personal hygiene bags to all girls in the school division from 7th to 12th grade.
“They were very excited. You could hear the gasps around the room, ‘Oh my God, for real? Like, oh my God, thank you!’ They were very gracious,” Dixon said. “It put a smile on my to see how appreciative they were.”
– Kortez Dixon, Communities in Schools Site Coordinator
