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Toiletries from Travel
NFP
"Distributing necessities to those in need"
Business and leisure travelers have an incredible
opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals,
both in their own community and beyond. This can be done with very little
effort and at no cost to the traveler.
Hotel Stays
Whether you stay in top of the line luxury
resorts, or the lowest cost hotels, they all have this in common- on
a daily basis they will replace the "complimentary" toiletry
items in your room. If you simply put the unopened, unused items in
your travel case in the morning before heading out for the day, they
will be replaced during the daily room cleaning.
It might not seem like much to you, but over a few
night stay at any hotel you can collect enough soap and shampoo (just
put the open shampoo in your case and reuse it the next day!) to last
a family for a month! If you are at a resort or luxury hotel you can
also collect the extras like lotion and mouthwash that many individuals
never have access to.
Airline Flights
If you fly internationally, especially
in business or first class, you receive a "travel kit" for
use during the flight. This might seem like a nice, but fairly useless
thing. In fact, many kits are left on the seat after the flight never
having been opened. Take this same kit and put it in the hands of the
right individual and it can become one of their most prized possessions!
What to do
COLLECT - COLLECT - COLLECT!!! It costs
you nothing but a few moments of your time to truly make a difference!
Bring the toiletry items home and either donate them yourself to a local
shelter or pantry, or donate them to TFT for distribution.
Donating items to TFT
We are in the process of setting up regional
collection centers for toiletries in major metropolitan areas. This
allows for cost effective collection and distribution of items. We suggest
saving up items and then delivering them in bulk to your regional center.
There is no need to separate items. This will be done by TFT. (Again,
please contribute only unused, unopened items.) If a center has not
been set up in your area, collections can be sent by post to the nearest
regional center. To find the location of the regional center for your
area you can visit our web site at www.toiletriesfromtravel.org , email
us at tftorg@ameritech.net or write us at:
Toiletries from Travel
P.O. Box 1002
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-1002
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