2.  In cities across the world…  Homelessness is a societal problem of growing proportion  The causes behind the issue are varied from the darker side being that of addiction, to the more common reason by loss of employment  When individuals fall into disparity, it is a hard road back that they typically endure

3.  Ask yourself this…  What is one way I can make myself feel better about myself in mere minutes?  It’s as simple as a Shower!

4.  How can we help?  Each year sales, service, and management personnel travel for a variety of reasons  With each stay hygiene products are placed in their hotel rooms at no additional cost  In most cases those products are used in limited volume, if at all

5.  The idea…  Shelters need to distribute individual portions of product to guests for a variety of reasons  If a company was to gather unused hygiene product from each hotel stay and send those products to a collection point, RAKEverywhere could distribute those products to the homeless in both shelters and on the streets

6.  The pilot…  Once a month businesses and their personnel would contact us at RAKEverywhere to advise us of any hygiene products they would like to have donated to Clean Start  A representative from RAKEverywhere would pick up the package from contributors each month  The RAKEverywhere team would then distribute those products to homeless on the street and to the shelters in various cities within nearby regions

7. THE SIMPLE LOGISTICS OF IT ALL…  RAKEverywhere  Collects the goods from the business, school or individual on the last Friday of each calendar month  Distribute the products to the London, Cambridge, and Woodstock homeless shelters in this pilot project  Business, School or Individual  Communicates to its staff that on a monthly volunteer basis, they are to contact RAKEverywhere to advise of a pick up  It is preferable that the package be boxed or bagged to keep things as organized as possible

8.  The hope…  With the success of the program locally, our hope is to expand it province wide, and then further out from there  Other organizations would take on the idea and promote such acts of kindness in this or other forms

9.  Thank You!