Hope Bags
"The Hope Bag was something I could hold as I left prison. Walking out of those doors with something created by the community - it made me feel loved and hopeful even though I was scared."
Even in the best of circumstances, transitioning back into society after prison is challenging. An act as small as receiving a Hope Bag – reentry bags that are filled with items intended to support a woman’s first days and weeks post-release so that they can focus on rebuilding their lives – communicates that they are truly cared for and that we are rooting for their success.
Through the generous support of faith-based and business community partners, the Hope Bags provide an array of toiletries, gift cards and other self-care items along with referrals to community resources and services to help secure employment, housing, transportation, mental health treatment, addiction and recovery services.
Please click here and see below to learn how you or your group can sponsor a bag or donate items.
Even in the best of circumstances, transitioning back into society after prison is challenging. An act as small as receiving a Hope Bag – reentry bags that are filled with items intended to support a woman’s first days and weeks post-release so that they can focus on rebuilding their lives – communicates that they are truly cared for and that we are rooting for their success.
Through the generous support of faith-based and business community partners, the Hope Bags provide an array of toiletries, gift cards and other self-care items along with referrals to community resources and services to help secure employment, housing, transportation, mental health treatment, addiction and recovery services.
Please click here and see below to learn how you or your group can sponsor a bag or donate items.
Because these bags are distributed in the prison before the woman is released, only those items that meet the following specifications can be used. Please note the following:
Gift Cards
Gift Cards
- Restaurant Gift Card: In denominations of $25 to statewide restaurant chains
- Discount Store Card: In denominations of $25 to statewide retail chains
- Journal and Pen: Composition-sized, multi-colored
- Socks: Athletic women's in a variety of colors preferred
- Lip Balm: Any kind
- Toothbrush: Full-sized, single packs
- Toothpaste: Full-sized, single packs
- Unscented Body Wash: Full-sized bottles
- All-Purpose Beauty Wipes: Full-sized packages
- Tissues: Pocket packs
- Decorative Note Cards: Any kind
- Hard Candy: Any kind
- Devotional Book: "Promise of A New Day" https://smile.amazon.com/Promise-New-Day-Meditations-Crosswicks/dp/0062552686/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521913600&sr=8-1&keywords=promise+of+a+new+day
- Handmade Quilt: Please contact us for specifications
Please consider ordering batches of items and having them shipped directly to IPMW's office. As an added benefit, you can use Amazon Smile* and IPMW will receive a small percentage of your purchase as a donation. Thank you.
*Select IPMW as your recipient organization and when you shop at AmazonSmile, and Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to IPMW. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0088330 and support us every time you shop at Amazon.com.
You may contact hopebags@ipmforwomen.org with any questions. Thank you for your consideration and generosity!
*Select IPMW as your recipient organization and when you shop at AmazonSmile, and Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to IPMW. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0088330 and support us every time you shop at Amazon.com.
You may contact hopebags@ipmforwomen.org with any questions. Thank you for your consideration and generosity!