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Identity creates opportunities for Latino and other historically underserved youth to realize their highest potential and work towards a successful transition into adulthood. Each year, they assist more than 3,000 in-school and out-of-school youth and their families who live in high-poverty areas of Montgomery County and who are most at-risk for poor academic and economic life outcomes.

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Identity is currently building long-term capacity as a trauma-informed organization, both for its own services and by advising other nonprofits, to address trauma-related needs among immigrants and refugee women and girls.

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Items needed:

Snack bars, bottled water; hygiene items:  bar soap or body wash, hand soap, bandaids, washcloth, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, mouthwash, hand sanitizer, shampoo, conditioner, menstrual pads. Nice to add: vaseline/chapstick, tissues, small splash/perfume, comb, brush, hair ties.

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These are distributed to both male and female students, middle school and high school, who need extra help.  Assembling some of the items into a hygiene kit is nice but not essential.

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Want to get involved? Contact GT Liaison Christine Kessides (ckessides@gmail.com) 

[updated March 2026]

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