The Providence Journal and United Way of Rhode Island are teaming up to highlight local nonprofits. Each week, a nonprofit identified by United Way is featured in the Providence Sunday Journal. This past week, Amenity Aid was the organization featured. Reporter Will Richmond spoke with Amenity Aid's founder and executive director, Liz Duggan, to learn more about the organization.

Our Founder & Executive Producer, Liz Duggan, was recently featured in Providence Business News 's “5 Questions” spotlight!

Liz shares the story of how Amenity Aid began as a small volunteer project in her garage and grew into what it is today - Rhode Island’s only hygiene bank - now serving partner agencies statewide. She also highlights why hygiene insecurity — impacting 38% of Rhode Island households — remains a critical but often overlooked issue, and how dignity and access continue to guide our work.

We’re grateful to Dr. Philip Chan for featuring Amenity Aid on the Public Health Out Loud podcast - a podcast from the Rhode Island Department of Health. This important discussion helped shine a spotlight on hygiene insecurity in Rhode Island. By naming this often-overlooked issue and examining it under the public health lens, Dr. Chan helped amplify an urgent conversation. Thank you for using your platform to educate, inform, and inspire meaningful change within our community.

Amenity Aid was recently highlighted in East Greenwich News as part of a story celebrating the incredible impact of the Greenwich Bay Women’s Club. We’re honored to be named as one of the organizations they chose to support this year and grateful to be included among so many community-driven efforts making a difference. Local partnerships like this help shine a light on hygiene insecurity—and move us closer to ending it.

Amenity Aid is back in the headlines! Our summer partnership with Washington Trust’s Free Shred Days was a success. Providence Business News recently featured the event, which brought in 1,667 hygiene product donations.