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( MENAFN - PR Newswire) NEEDHAM, Mass., May 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hope & Comfort is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation's major annual grants program. The Needham-based organization was selected from a total of 715 applicants during a competitive review process.

It will receive $150,00 over three years. The mission of Hope & Comfort is to provide sustained access to essential hygiene products - such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, and menstrual products - to support the health, dignity, and confidence of children and adults in need in MA. "We are incredibly grateful to the Cummings Foundation for this amazing grant," said Hope & Comfort CEO Kerry Carter.



"At Hope & Comfort we provide basic hygiene products, like soap and toothpaste, to people in need in Massachusetts. Basic hygiene essentials are not covered by SNAP and these items are critical for health, school attendance and job prospects. In addition to helping thousands more people, this grant helps highlight the hidden crisis that is hygiene insecurity.

" This grant will be used to purchase thousands of hygiene products, including soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, deodorant, and menstrual products for people who can not afford them. With the help of this grant, this year we will increase the number of products distributed by a whopping 40%. Because of the generosity of the Cummings Foundation, thousands more people will have the health, dignity, and co.

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