Local student-athletes support Self-Care Awareness Month with hygiene drive and fundraising

CHICAGO – Local student-athletes are stepping up for Self-Care Awareness Month, collecting thousands of hygiene items and raising $5,000 to promote men’s health screenings.

On Sunday, they made a significant impact by giving back to those in need.

One hundred and fifty student-athletes from Chicago-area high schools – Lincoln-Way Central, De La Salle, Thornton, Lake View, Bolingbrook and Round Lake – came together to distribute the hygiene items collected in just six hours.

“The community at Lincoln Central – we all came together and threw everything in the boxes to help these kids,” said Lincoln Central’s Jackson Meyer.

The items collected were for La Casa Norte in Humboldt Park, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting youth and families experiencing homelessness.

“It makes you feel great. I think helping my peers, like, the community is very important. I feel like my generation as a whole is, is strong and educated and, you know, able to do what they want. , I think we can move forward as a society,” Meyer said.

The dedication didn’t stop there; was also presented with a $5,000 check to raise awareness for Self-Care Awareness Month.