Community Drive: Free Beauty & Boutique
in collaboration with Revolve Collective
We are collecting material and financial donations to benefit Chicago's homeless/houseless populations. The QUILAxREVOLVE Community Care Drive is a joint project demanding a movement for more personable connections with homeless/houseless initiatives! Among the many organizations pulling mutual aid networks throughout Chicago, we hope to utilize our networks to join the cause and provide access to free beauty/ self-care/ hygiene products & services, in addition to other basic necessity items such as clothing and home goods.
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We are in the process of planning the Summer Drive and pop-up Boutiques. Stay tuned for updates and volunteering opportunities by following us on instagram (@quilabeautyapp)! We also suggest following another Chicago-based organization with a similar initiative and providing a free shopping experience, ig: @herchicago.
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Distributing
All items received will be sorted and made available at our free pop-up: Community Care Boutique! We seek to benefit people in Chicago who identify as any of the following:
- homeless / houseless
- food insecure
- unemployed/underemployed
- undocumented
Financial Donations
Funds will go towards purchasing hot food, hygiene products, beauty & health products, tents, waterproof/weatherproof blankets and other low quantity/high demand material donation items (see Winter Drive List). When possible, we will purchase such items from small (BILAPOC) businesses to further support our communities during this time.
Please include note: "Community Care Drive"
paypal: quilabeauty.team@gmail.com
venmo: @quilabeautyapp
cashapp: $revolvecollective
Material Donations
Please check expiration dates on beauty & health products and wash/clean all items before donating. Email quilabeauty.team@gmail.com or direct message @quilabeautyapp on instagram if you would like to provide hot food.
Volunteer
Community care is a community-based effort so we are always in need of volunteers! Sign up to be notified about upcoming volunteering opportunities.
FAQs
How do I donate material goods?
We facilitate pick-up, drop-off, or mailing. Please contact @quilabeautyapp or @revolvecollective on Instagram or send an email to quilabeauty.team@gmail.com with subject line "Donations for drive." Then, we can arrange a convenient time and location for a pick-up or drop-off, whatever works best for you! We also have a mailing address we can provide, if that is preferred.
What area are you serving/covering?
Currently, we are focusing on Chicago's houseless population but we are accepting donations from the wider Chicagoland/suburbs or elsewhere!
Why specify houseless / homeless ?
We choose to acknowledge that housing and home are two different things.
Home. Home is beyond a singular location. Home is their community. Home is a social connection. Home is memories. It’s a car. It’s the streets. It’s friends and family. Home is so much more than a physical space. By calling individuals experiencing houselessness 'homeless' you may be stripping away that connection.
Houselessness is simply lacking a place to live. (excerpt from https://dogoodmultnomah.org/blog/why-do-we-say-houseless)
We will adjust our language to best reflect the population(s) we serve :)
What kind of profiles are you creating? Is it safe?
Soon, we will enable the (optional) creation of profiles for homeless/houseless folk that come to our <<free>> Community Care Boutique pop-ups for resources. They will be able to share a little about themselves, their struggles, their dreams, whatever they want! Each profile will have direct donation options so that you can send financial support. As for if it is safe... it is up to the individual to decide what information they share. Individuals are not required to provide any information and we store no geo-data on them.
** Email quilabeauty.team@gmail.com or Dm @quilabeautyapp or @revolvecollective on Instagram with any questions or concerns! **