HYGIENE4ALL

HYGIENE & SANITATION: ACROSS 2025, DESPITE LOSING MOST PUBLIC FUNDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, HYGIENE4ALL (H4A) SERVED 1000+ MORE PATRONS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. NOT ONLY DID WE PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIFESAVING SHOWERS, FIRST AID, HYGIENE, & CLOTHING SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL REFERRALS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE INCREASED POUNDS OF CLOTHING AND BEDDING RECYCLED FROM THE STREETS FROM 11,000 TO 14,000 POUNDS (DRY WEIGHT). CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O. WE ACHIEVED INCREASES IN SERVICES AND RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE BY WELCOMING 5,117 VISITORS TO THE HUB, OFFERED 3,403 SHOWERS, SERVED 2,325 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDED 4,612 VISITORS WITH CLOTHING AND/OR BEDDING, OFFERED TOILET ACCESS TO THOUSANDS DURING AND OUTSIDE HUB HOURS OF OPERATION, AND AFFORDED 1,297 VISITORS WITH A PLACE TO DROP OFF DIRTY CLOTHING. H4A ALSO RESCUED OVER 14,000 POUNDS OF DISCARDED CLOTHING AND BEDDING IN COLLABORATION WITH GROUND SCORE ASSOCIATION (DRY WEIGHT), WASHING AND REDISTRIBUTING RECLAIMED ITEMS TO PATRONS AND AFFINITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND KEEPING OUT OF THE LANDFILL! THESE EFFORTS ALLOWED US TO RECYCLE AND REDISTRIBUTE AN ASTONISHING 13,530 ITEMS OF CLOTHING TO HUB PATRONS AND 5 OTHER AFFINITY ORGANIZATIONS.

LOWER BARRIER HEALTH & FIRST AID SUPPLIES: SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED SHARING HYGIENE SUPPLIES WITH 2,839 PATRONS, ASSISTED 1,485 WITH FIRST AID & FOOT AND WOUND CARE SUPPLIES, CHARGED 1,313 VISITORS' DEVICES, AND PROVIDED 393 WITH WOUND CARE ON SITE. IN ADDITION, H4A MADE 77 MEDICAL REFERRALS TO PORTLAND STREET MEDICINE AND TO THE PROVIDENCE BOB TEAM OF HOSPITAL PEER NAVIGATION SPECIALISTS. THESE COMBINED EFFORTS ADD UP TO 12,140 HYGIENE ITEMS: 3,923 FIRST AID ITEMS, AND 1,533 SURVIVAL AND EXTREME WEATHER ITEMS TO HELP PREVENT HYPOTHERMIA, FROSTBITE, LIMB LOSS, AS WELL AS HEAT EXHAUSTION AND STROKE TO HELP LOWER THE RISK OF CONTRACTING LIFE CHANGING ILLNESS.