An On Fig project
You'd be surprised at the power a purse can hold.
Supporting Melody House, a community home for girls in Montego Bay
Want to learn how to pack a purse? Email hola@onfig.org.
The project
Power of the Purse collects purses and fills them. New beauty items, samples, and everyday essentials go in; the packed purse goes to a girl at Melody House, a community home in Montego Bay.
A purse is a small thing to give and a large thing to carry. It holds what she needs for the day, and it holds the fact that someone packed it with her in mind. That is the part she keeps.
You can pack one purse or a dozen, donate directly to Melody House, or ask us how to run a collection with your own circle.
What to pack
Everything goes to a teenager who will actually use it, so quality matters more than quantity.
The needs list
A purse is the easy way in. This is the rest of it — every item requested directly by the home, not guessed at by us. New or gently used is welcome unless noted.
Highest need right now: hygiene items, school supplies, and fans.
Sizes S–XL · 4–18
For drop-off, delivery, or a monetary gift in lieu of goods, email hola@onfig.org.
Three ways in
Pack one. Fill a purse with beauty items and get it to us. Email and we'll tell you where to send it.
Run a collection. A workplace, a church group, a book club, a sorority chapter. We'll tell you how it's done.
Shop the list. Melody House wrote it themselves — hygiene, school supplies, and fans are the biggest gaps. Or give directly; donations go straight to the home.
We'd like to hear about it.