Bridging the Gap. Supporting School Food Pantries. Delivering Hygiene.
For the second year in a row, the Justice Necessary team is hitting the road, traveling across Colorado to bring HygienePalooza to communities throughout the state.
HygienePalooza brings people together to address one of the most overlooked barriers students face: access to hygiene essentials.
SNAP recipients can buy groceries. They cannot buy shampoo. WIC can provide formula and healthy food. It cannot provide diapers.
No student should have to struggle to afford both food and hygiene products.
What is HygienePalooza?
Programs designed to fight hunger help students put food on the table—but they do not cover the everyday essentials like deodorant, laundry detergent, period products, or shampoo. Justice Necessary is mobilizing people across Colorado to ensure students have what they need to care for themselves, go to school, show up for work, and live healthy lives.
HygienePalooza is a community event where volunteers come together to assemble hygiene kits. These hygiene kits will be distributed to K-12 school and college and university food pantries across Colorado.
Join the movement transforming student food pantries into food and hygiene pantries—because health and hygiene should never be out of reach.
How to Apply for HygienePalooza
Calling All K–12, College, and University School Pantries
Ready to bring hygiene essentials to your students? Participating in HygienePalooza is easy! To receive hygiene kits through HygienePalooza, your school pantry must first become a Justice Necessary (FYP) Hygiene Seal Partner. Your FYP Hygiene Seal application serves as your registration for the event.
What is the Justice Necessary FYP Hygiene Seal?
The Justice Necessary FYP Hygiene Seal Partner Program recognizes pantries committed to providing ongoing access to essential hygiene products for the students and communities they serve.
As Justice Necessary FYP Hygiene Seal Partner, your pantry receives:
As an FYP Hygiene Seal Partner, your pantry receives:
- Quarterly hygiene product distributions
- A digital FYP Hygiene Seal to display
- Access to resources and support from the Justice Necessary team
- Opportunities to participate in statewide initiatives and product distributions
Learn more about the Justice Necessary FYP Hygiene Seal Program.
Important Registration Information
To participate in HygienePalooza, school pantries must complete their Justice Necessary FYP Hygiene Seal application at least four (4) weeks before their selected event date. Registration is required to ensure adequate product allocation and event planning. Because space and product availability may be limited, early registration is strongly encouraged.
Please note:
- Applications must be submitted at least 4 weeks prior to your selected event date.
- Registration is required to receive a HygienePalooza hygiene kit allocation.
- Space and product availability may be limited.
- Hygiene kits must be picked up at the event location on the day of the event.
- Kits cannot be delivered or held for later pickup.
Apply for the FYP Hygiene Seal and join the movement to help ensure students have access to the hygiene essentials they need to learn, participate, and thrive.
Why HygienePalooza? Did you know:
Among those who have received food and hygiene products from agencies, close to half often or always look to access both when visiting an agency, but less than one in ten can reliably do so.
HygienePalooza gives school pantries an opportunity to receive hygiene products for their students, ensuring they have access to the essential products they need to stay focused and confident.
*For more information about hygiene poverty in Colorado visit: https://justicenecessary.org/the-need/
Get Ready, Colorado—HygienePalooza is Coming to You!
Justice Necessary is excited to share that we are once again traveling across Colorado, connecting with communities, school pantry partners, and volunteers to expand access to essential hygiene products. This statewide journey brings people together to raise awareness about hygiene poverty, strengthen local partnerships, and ensure students have the everyday essentials they need to live healthy, dignified lives.
Join us in a city near you and be part of a growing movement helping schools better support students and continue building a Colorado where no one has to choose between food and hygiene.
Mark Your Calendar!
- September 15, 2026: Grand Junction Convention Center
- September 23, 2026: Hilton Garden Inn
- October 9, 2026: Pueblo Convention Center
- November 5, 2026 and November 6: Sheraton Denver West
Find Your City. Join the Movement.
HygienePalooza is coming to communities across Colorado! Explore the dates and locations below and reserve your spot today.
Together, we’re helping ensure students have the hygiene essentials they need to learn, participate, and thrive.
What to Expect
Fun and Festivities: Enjoy music, the Justice Necessary candy buffet, good company, and interactive photobooths while you make an impact!
Packing with Purpose: Help us assemble hygiene kits filled with essential period products, to be distributed to underserved students across Colorado.
Advocacy Opportunities: Learn more about the issue of period poverty and how you can help spread awareness.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a packing party?
A packing party turns giving back into a hands-on experience. Volunteers come together to assemble hygiene kits while enjoying food, music, candy, and photo booths—making HygienePalooza both impactful, engaging, and fun.
Contact Justice Necessary to learn more about hosting a packing party: volunteer@justicenecessary.org
Where will these period products be going?
The hygiene kits assembled during PeriodPalooza and affiliated events will be distributed to schools across Colorado, ensuring students have access to the essential products they need to stay focused and confident.
Why is this important?
Period poverty affects over half of menstruating individuals in Colorado, disrupting their ability to attend school, work, or participate fully in daily life. By addressing this issue, we’re helping to break down barriers, promote equality, and ensure dignity for everyone.
How can I help if I can’t attend the Denver event?
If you can’t join us in person, there are still plenty of ways to support! You can:
- Donate to and/or sponsor the event.
- Host a packing party in your own community.
- Spread awareness on social media by using our toolkit.
- Organize a drive to collect period and hygiene products.
- We’ll also be traveling across the state, more details to come!
What should I bring?
Just bring yourself and your enthusiasm! We’ll provide all the supplies needed for packing. If you’d like to donate period products, we’re happy to accept them.
How can I learn more about period poverty?
Visit our advocacy table at PeriodPalooza or check out the educational materials we’ll have available. Together, we can spread awareness and drive change.
Have more questions? Contact us.
How to Join the Movement
We’re calling on volunteers, speakers, influencers, and community leaders to join us in this important mission. Whether you have five minutes, an hour, or the entire weekend, there’s a way for you to contribute.
Volunteer at HygienePalooza
Help pack hygiene kits. Volunteers will be helping in 2-hour shifts. Sign up to volunteer here
What should I bring when I volunteer at HygienePalooza?
Just bring yourself and your enthusiasm—we’ll provide everything needed for packing.
If you’d like to contribute, we gladly accept unopened hygiene products or financial donations.
Sponsor HygienePalooza
Sponsor a student, a family, or a pantry. Download our sponsorship packet to learn more.
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please contact diane@justicenecessary.org
Promote on Social Media
Spread the word. Follow, like, and repost our content on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Download our social media kit.
Host a Packing Party
Celebrate with us by hosting your own packing party! Gather friends, coworkers, or community groups to assemble hygiene kits, period bags, or supply bundles that help school food pantries expand into food AND hygiene pantries. Your efforts help ensure students have access to essential hygiene products.
What is a packing party?
A packing party turns giving back into a hands-on experience. Volunteers come together to assemble hygiene kits while enjoying food, music, candy, and photo booths—making HygienePalooza both impactful, engaging, and fun.
Contact Justice Necessary to learn more about hosting a packing party: volunteer@justicenecessary.org
Host a Hygiene Drive
Host a hygiene drive in your community to help collect essential items for students and families. Contact Justice Necessary—volunteer@justicenecessary.org and we’ll provide everything you need—from collection barrels and flyers to a hygiene supply list and social media tools to help spread the word. Together, we can help school food pantries expand into food AND hygiene pantries.
How can I help if I can’t attend a HygienePalooza?
Leading up to the event, Justice Necessary will be hosting events, webinars, hygiene drives, and a block party!
Want to learn more? Go to the Justice Necessary Event Calendar.
If you can’t join us in person, there are still meaningful ways to support:
Give a gift.
- $5 provides one month of menstrual products.
- $55 provides a full year of laundry detergent for a family—helping parents show up to work with confidence.
- $500 Helps provide essential hygiene products to K–12 school food pantries across Colorado.
Join or host a hygiene drive.
Check our event calendar for drives across the state, or organize one in your community.
Volunteer with us.
Help pack hygiene kits at the Justice Necessary warehouse for Colorado neighbors.
Spread the word.
Share our mission on social media using our toolkit.
Connect us to sponsors.
Know a business or organization that should get involved? Let us know.
For more ways to get involved, contact: volunteer@justicenecessary.org
Want to get involved with Justice Necessary? Go to the Justice Necessary Event Calendar.
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please contact diane@justicenecessary.org
Ready to Make a Difference?
Fill out the contact form below to let us know how you’d like to get involved. Together, we can bring dignity, comfort, and support to those who need it most. Because access to hygiene, just is necessary.
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