Women in Aurora are seeking to help other women who are facing current challenges and difficulties.
Aurora City Hall’s employee resource group has launched a monthlong Women’s History Month campaign to collect much-needed supplies for unhoused women in the community.
The P.O.W.E.R. Women’s Group, an acronym for Presenting Opportunities Where Everyone Rises, is hosting the Empower Bag Collection Drive to collect 100 purses and backpacks filled with toiletries, feminine hygiene products, and basic necessities.
Community members and businesses are asked to donate new or gently used backpacks, along with unused toiletries, feminine hygiene products, undergarments, socks, towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, baby supplies, and small reusable containers.
Donations can be dropped off through March 31 in collections bins at the following 10 locations:
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place;
• Aurora Animal Care & Control, 600 River Street;
• Customer Service Center, 3770 McCoy Drive;
• Development Services Center, 77 S. Broadway.
Seven days per week:
• Aurora Police Department, 1200 E. Indian Trail Road;
• Aurora Central Fire Station, 75 N. Broadway Avenue;
• Aurora Fire Station #5, 730 Hill Avenue;
• Aurora Fire Station #7, 824 Kenilworth Place;
• Aurora Fire Station #8, 3770 McCoy Drive;
• Aurora Fire Station #10, 2390 W. Illinois Avenue.
—City of Aurora government