08/27/2026
Our Council is privileged to be part of this year’s joint (knights, Lions, & Rotary) Community initiative, "EmpowerHer", my thanks to Lion Krystal Vaughn for introducing this. It is a mission to collect women's hygiene products, to educate and create awareness for everyone, to create community partnerships and outreach, and instill empowerment, dignity, and confidence to women/girls of all stages of life.
Our long-term vision is to build a network of care throughout our community by placing EmpowerHER Essentials Kits wherever they may be needed most. We hope to partner with police departments, fire departments, EMS agencies, shelters, schools, libraries, hospitals, and other community organizations so that when a girl or woman experiences an unexpected need or difficult moment, someone can hand her an EmpowerHER Essentials Kit that provides comfort, dignity, and essential care.
Our vision is to assemble EmpowerHER Essentials Kits that can be distributed through community partners such as needed by local police and fire departments, EMS agencies, schools, libraries, shelters, churches and outreach programs, the People's Resource Center (PRC), and other organizations that serve girls and women. This can also include HT’s SVDP.
After years of operating PRC’s Food Pantry, I saw this as an unmet need – these items were requested but seldom donated and were unable to be purchased with SNAP benefits. Too often women/girls needs different than men/boys are only whispered, it needs to be spoken.
