GOOD PACKS
GOOD PACKS

Good Packs, a program of Greater Good Charities, provides survival and comfort supplies to those in times of crisis, with modular subpacks to serve pets, children, disaster victims, military veterans, and food insecure families. Recipients of Good Packs are people experiencing homelessness or who are imminently homeless, including DPs (displaced persons) and IDPs (internally displaced persons), military veterans, and victims of domestic violence and natural disasters.
Good Packs recognizes that individuals and families have diverse needs and responds to them.
Each Good Pack is a sealed backpack that includes essential items, like a warm blanket, t-shirt, socks, soap, shampoo, a toothbrush and toothpaste and a reusable water bottle. Good Packs also provides modular subpacks to serve pets, children, disaster victims, military veterans, and food insecure families.
We have distributed tens of thousands of Good Packs across the country, helping people experiencing homelessness or living in transitional housing endure another day, so they can keep moving toward long-term solutions.

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DPs and IDPs during war time
On February 24, 2022, Russia started a war with neighboring Ukraine, invading the country on several fronts, attacking civilian targets, and perpetrating large scale destruction.
Over 7.7 million people, many with pets, have fled Ukraine, while an estimated 8 million people were displaced within the country by late May. More than 4.5 million Ukrainians have returned to Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion. Over and above these staggering numbers, millions more people and pets are stranded within their homes in or near conflict-affected areas.
Greater Good Charities is committed to the long-term support of displaced Ukrainian people and their pets, both those outside the country and those displaced internally. Our response has included the distribution of thousands of Good Packs since the war began.

People experiencing homelessness
Due to the lasting effects of COVID-19, it was reported in 2021 the number of unsheltered individuals with chronic patterns of homelessness increased by 20%. The most recent report by HUD, where there was full participation in survey activities, shows around 569,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States. Good Packs provide basic necessities to help keep people healthy during these challenging. times.
On February 24, 2022, Russia started a war with neighboring Ukraine, invading the country on several fronts, attacking civilian targets, and perpetrating large scale destruction.
Over 7.7 million people, many with pets, have fled Ukraine, while an estimated 8 million people were displaced within the country by late May. More than 4.5 million Ukrainians have returned to Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion. Over and above these staggering numbers, millions more people and pets are stranded within their homes in or near conflict-affected areas.
Greater Good Charities is committed to the long-term support of displaced Ukrainian people and their pets, both those outside the country and those displaced internally. Our response has included the distribution of thousands of Good Packs since the war began.

Over 33,000 veterans experienced homelessness in January 2022. Although this number has dropped from the 2020 numbers, 33,000 individuals that have served our country is too many. Our Good Packs aims to support veterans experiencing homelessness or those in transitional housing
One in four women and one in nine men experience intimate partner violence. Our Good Packs help people fleeing domestic violence get basic supplies they need on their journey to safety together.
Due to the lasting effects of COVID-19, it was reported in 2021 the number of unsheltered individuals with chronic patterns of homelessness increased by 20%. The most recent report by HUD, where there was full participation in survey activities, shows around 569,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States. Good Packs provide basic necessities to help keep people healthy during these challenging times.
The recent increases in the number and devastation of natural disasters has caused hundreds of thousands of people and they have to flee their homes with just the clothes on their back. Good Packs provide respite in these uncertain times.
This year, Greater Good Charities reached a huge milestone by delivering more than 32,000 Good Packs and more than 26,000 subpacks to individuals and families in need.
Good Packs provides survival and comfort supplies to those in times of crisis, with modular subpacks to serve pets, children, disaster victims, military veterans, and food insecure families. Good Packs recognizes that individuals and families have diverse needs and responds to them.
Check out our blog to read more about Good Packs and the people your donations help.
