Life Cares Unite Foundation described a fledgling Fargo‑Moorhead hygiene bank to the Human Rights Commission on June 19, saying the effort supplies free hygiene items at multiple community pickup locations and partners with local small businesses, churches and nonprofit sites.

"There's no application. It is, you said you needed it. It looks like we have it. We're gonna give it to you," Katrina Robinson, executive director at Life Cares Unite Foundation, said while presenting to the commission. Robinson and Rhonda Gilbertson Evans, executive assistant for the foundation, said the program emphasizes dignity and low‑barrier access.

Gilbertson Evans said the foundation — a 501(c)(3) founded in North Dakota in 2021 — has local board representation and is working with four community organizations across the Cass‑Clay metropolitan area. She read a list of partner pickup/drop‑off locations and thanked local partners by name, including a childcare center in Horace, Roots Hair and Soul in Fargo, Church of God's Word in West Fargo and A Place for Hope in Moorhead; she said Native Inc downtown Fargo is an additional location.

Robinson said the foundation's organizers began their work during the COVID‑19 pandemic and that the program fills a regional gap in hygiene access. "Our community of about 260,000 people is in a vulnerable hygiene situation," she said, attributing the population figure to the Cass‑Clay metropolitan area.

The foundation provided paper bags of hygiene items for commissioners to inspect and invited commission members and other local service providers to volunteer, donate items and collaborate on distribution plans. Robinson said the organization is active on social media and has a website with volunteer and donation information.

Commission members asked about logistics and how people locate services; Robinson pointed to a list on the materials given to the commission and reiterated that items can be dropped off at the listed locations or picked up there.

Commissioners praised the foundation's model, asked for business cards or brochures for outreach, and discussed potential collaboration with shelters and other service providers for future distribution.

No formal commission action was taken during the presentation.