BROWNSTOWN — The only thing in the Brave Location care closet right now are boxes of hands sanitizer.

Starting Wednesday, Brownstown Central High School’s Work for America’s Graduates will accept donations of school supplies, personal hygiene products and other items students may need during the particular course of a school day or at home. Monetary donations to buy needed items will be accepted, too.

A student forgets a hair tie for physical education class. Or they ate something at lunch and now need to brush their teeth. Or these people walked in order to school plus got their socks wet. These are some examples associated with immediate needs that could be available during the school day in the care closet.

“There’s a wide variety, and you just have to start somewhere and figure out what your college student population requirements, ” JAG Specialist Ashley Shoemaker said.

The idea stemmed through the school-based Braves Food Pantry ending in December. Some students’ families benefited from that when it was open one night a month, but it mostly served people within community, feeding as many as 50 families.

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, however , decided funds weren’t available for the food pantry anymore, so the last distribution was in December.

The particular JAG learners helped the particular school’s guidance department with the kitchen by unloading, ordering and working, and once that went away, they wanted to come up with a way to still help students along with basic needs.

“So that they could have somewhere in order to go if they don’t possess anything, ” sophomore Ana McCory stated. “They can go there and they will know that they have things here that they can use. Some people don’t have got things at home, like toothpaste, toothbrushes and brushes for their own hair. ”

Since the pantry isn’t presently there anymore, sophomore Stormy Jolly said the care closet will be a way to give back to people.

Sophomore Madison Howard mentioned students won’t have to go without exactly what they require or have to steal it.

“They can just go to the Brave Place and simply feel comfortable plus safe knowing that they possess items and stuff these people might need in the particular school day, ” she said.

McCory and Jolly came up with rules for the treatment closet. That includes this being open every college day plus students being able to visit during passing periods, lunch or even individual resource time.

Shoemaker’s classroom is across the hallway from the care closet, so she will be able to keep an eye on it.

To create awareness of the particular Brave Location, JAG students created a flyer listing products needed, and that recently was posted on the school’s Facebook page.

School supplies include pencils, erasers, notebooks, folders, binders, paper, pens, bookbags and headphones.

Hygiene products include feminine hygiene items, toothpaste, hairbrushes, hairbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, hair ties, face wipes, face wash, body clean, hand soap, perfume, cologne and lotion.

Other items could consist of cups for water, reusable water bottles, snacks, socks, gloves plus other clothing and accessories.

Perishable food and medications would be among products not accepted.

“Just some of those daily points so kids are ready to learn in the particular classroom and they don’t have to think about those things because we have those taken care of, ” Shoemaker said.

Shoemaker talked to Jackson County United Way about possible funding opportunities for the Brave Place, and today, the girl and the JA students are usually relying on college students, staff plus the community to come together in order to get the particular shelves stocked.

Donations may be dropped off within Shoemaker’s classroom or within the school office. Anyone with questions might email Shoemaker at [email protected]

“Definitely community support, I think, will certainly be really beneficial because it is an undertaking on making sure that we’re able to sustain that will, ” the lady said. “It takes everybody. ”