Donate to a Buddy Bag

While you are out shopping for your own hygiene products this month grab an extra tube of toothpaste or mouthwash to give back to a child in need.

Buddy Bags of Mississippi and Rouses Market have teamed up on a mission to fill at least 100 duffle bags with hygiene products, coloring books, and teddy bears as a means of comfort and security for foster kids leaving their current homes.

With more than 2,000 foster kids just in Harrison County alone, these Buddy Bags are greatly needed in our community. “Some of the things that are most helpful that we find that people need is toothpaste, toothbrushes, some brushes, mouthwash, soap, shampoo, feminine hygiene products. We are taking for both male and female. Also for our little ones, for babies, if some of the teens have babies, but wipes, anything that will help them get out there again.”

For every donation you make you will be entered to win a $100 Rouses gift card and king cake. If you purchase your donation from Rouses you’ll get a bonus entry.

You can stop by Rouses in Gulfport every day until February 1^st.