Mental health/Self Care Relief Program

Are you in need?

If you are coming to the store, please be sure to check back to this page for any updates and to make sure we are open before you arrive!!

Monthly Hours

Store Regulations

  • Maximum 2 visits per month as needed (Every other week is recommended)

  • One person per household may shop at the store. Feel free to carpool, and shop for others who are not able to make it, just be sure to sign in for them when you arrive. 

  • Enter all information on the Sign-In Sheet when you arrive

  • When shopping in the Free Store tell a MVBBV team member the items you are bagging. (We log and file this information)

Thank you!

Please bring UN-OPENED donations! See the list

After-hours drop off bin now available! Visit us at 50 Beechwood Drive in North Andover!

Drop off hours:

Monday - Sunday | 6am - 10pm

Donation wishlist:

  • Dish soap and sponges

  • Body soap (bar or liquid)

  • Mouthwash & toothpaste

  • Hand sanitizer/soap

  • Disinfectant wipes

  • Medical Masks

  • Body lotion (non-scented)

  • First Aid Kits, Bandaids, etc

  • Adult + Kids toothbrushes

  • Heavy flow pads (with wings)

  • Diapers sizes 1 — 6 (3-6 most popular) + Baby Wipes

  • Men & women's deodorant

  • Shampoo + Conditioner

  • Shaving razors + Shaving cream

Extra care items such as: loofas, un-used heating pads, face masks, candles, slippers, un-used blankets, toys, books, electronics, plastic bins are accepted!

Items such as: medications/vitamins, clothing, shoes etc.. are not accepted.

For more clarity on if your donation is appropriate or not, please contact us.

Purpose:

We began this program in January 2021 as our Self Care Relief Baskets for BIPOC to provide assistance to BIPOC families facing hardships during the pandemic. Our goal was to minimize the stress in finding the time and finances for everyday self care essentials. With your donations and volunteering we helped deliver to so many families.

From April 2021 we expanded. With the help of our original donated space on 60 Island street in Lawrence, the Free Self-Care Store for BIPOC was born. Ever since, we have continued the work in assisting BIPOC families across the Merrimack Valley with self-care items in their times of struggle.

Today, our free store is now located at our 50 Beechwood drive office space in North Andover with a larger room to store even bigger donations.

Vision:

Merrimack Valley Black & Brown Voices has serviced over 200+ BIPOC families since 2020. With your help we can stock our shelves weekly with self-care nessecities and make this project an even greater success. Donations made to this store are in form of a small portion of reparations deserved for BIPOC after centuries of racism in the United States. BIPOC deserve nothing less than the best from charity, and keeping their dignities is one of our main priorities. We ask that all donation items be un-opened, un-used, and in fairly new conditions.

Your donation will purchase:

Body soap, Toothpaste, Tooth brushes, Shampoo & Conditioner, Body lotion, Deodorant, Hand Sanitizer, Protective Face masks, Feminine hygiene products, Hand soap, Disinfectant wipes, Baby wipes, Mouthwash & more!

For questions please contact us at: contact@mvbbvoices.org

Volunteer with us!

Check out our hours and feel free to just show up or, email us at contact@mvbbvoices.org to learn more!