Confidence Closets

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46% of teachers have now seen children bullied because of their hygiene issues

-In Kind Direct Teacher Survey

The Junior League of the Golden Isles recognizes access to proper and sufficient hygiene products among teens in Glynn County as a significant community problem. Studies show increased bullying and decreased school attendance among teens who lack access to hygiene products and clean clothes. This problem is compounded for young women who also often lack the proper and necessary feminine products for their monthly cycles. JLGI seeks to do our part to address this issue in our community by creating and stocking Confidence Closets at local partner organizations to provide teens in need with access to the hygiene, feminine and laundry products necessary to ensure they have the confidence to attend school and thrive

Current Confidence Closet Locations:

  • Elizabeth F. Correll Teen Center (Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Georgia)

  • Brunswick Library Teen Room (Marshes of Glynn Libraries)

  • Glynn Learning Center (Glynn County School System)

  • College of Coastal Georgia Student Center

Want to donate supplies?

Confidence Closet Items Needed:

  • Feminine Hygiene Products (pads preferred)

  • soap

  • deodorant

  • Face masks

  • hand sanitizer

  • cleansing wipes

  • shampoo/conditioner (including products for all hair types )

  • new (in package) underwear for women & men (sizes xs-xl)

  • travel or sample sized laundry detergent

  • oral care products

  • shaving items

  • stain sticks

Items may be dropped off at the Elizabeth Correll Teen Center, Cloister Collection Coastal Foot & Ankle Engel & Völkers Golden Isles, Seaside Ophthalmology, St. Simons Drug Co. and Servpro Brunswick.

“Children’s self-esteem is greatly affected by the reaction of those around them – and if they are stigmatised, ridiculed or rejected by their peers because of poor basic hygiene, their sense of self-worth will quickly nose-dive. No child wants to be taunted because they are dirty, or because their clothes are filthy. They’ll start to lose interest in their education, their friendships will suffer, and they’ll be reluctant to attend school.”
— Dr. Richard Wolfson, Child Psychologist