Hygiene products are not covered by SNAP, which leaves a real gap. Two Wichita-area sources fill it.
Mobile Hygiene Pantry. Operates the third Saturday of each month in the Wichita metro.
United Methodist Open Door. Provides personal hygiene products including shampoo, toilet paper, and diapers. They took over this service from the former Head to Toe Hygiene Pantry.
Kansas Food Bank mobile pantries. Guests at mobile pantry stops receive a prepacked bag containing laundry detergent, toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo, and body wash, alongside food. Check the mobile pantry schedule at kansasfoodbank.org.
If you are enrolled in school. Campus pantries often stock hygiene and laundry products alongside food. See the campus pantry card.
For current locations and times, dial 211 or search 211kansas.org.
Sources: Kansas Food Bank Get Help, kansasfoodbank.org/gethelp; United Way of the Plains 211, 211kansas.org.