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Aurora women's group receives hundreds of purses during donation drive to help women in need

April 6, 2023 / 8:49 AM CDT / CBS Chicago

POWER Women's Group receives hundreds of purses to help women in need

AURORA, Ill. (CBS) – One group in Aurora received an overwhelming response to a plea to help women by giving them toiletries and feminine hygiene products.

The POWER Women's Group at Aurora City Hall hoped to get 100 donated purses – instead they received nearly 500.

Women and men volunteered to sort, clean, and fill each purse with personal care items for unhoused and low-income women.

They also included a handwritten note of encouragement in each purse.

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Jeramie Bizzle

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.