FOOD & HYGIENE SUPPORT SERVICES

Given the economic inequality faced by the LGBTQIA+ community, Out Youth is proud to offer our Food & Hygiene Support Services.

You can receive needed items including, but not limited to:

  • Cap Metro Bus Passes

  • Groceries

  • Hygiene Items

  • Masks

  • Art and Activity Kits

  • Select Gender Affirming Items

How to Receive Items

Food and Hygiene Support Services currently utilizes a “curbside pickup” model. To request items and a window for pickup, please complete the following form: Request Form/Formulario De Solicitud

If you haven’t received services from our organization in the past five years, you’ll also need to complete our intake form for new community members.

Curbside Pickup Hours

  • MONDAYS 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • TUESDAYS 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • WEDNESDAYS 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • THURSDAYS 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • FRIDAYS 12:00 PM - SUNDAY 12:00PM: Non-Perishable Contactless Locker Pickup

    • We will follow up with further instructions on how to access our lockers.

Agreements of Use

Clients who access Out Youth’s Food & Hygiene Support Services AGREE to:

  • Treat staff, interns, and volunteers with dignity and respect at all times

  • Communicate with staff, interns, and volunteers regarding related services, orders, and order confirmations only

  • Honor hours of operation

  • Not access the closet when/if not needed

  • An understanding that violating these agreements will result in being asked to temporarily pause or permanently discontinue use of the Community Closet

Out Youth’s Food & Hygiene Support Services staff, interns, and volunteers AGREE to:

  • Treat you, the client, with dignity and respect at all times

  • Communicate with clients regarding related services, orders, and order confirmations only

  • Display hours of operation and communicate sudden, urgent, or emergency closures to the best of their ability 

  • Reiterate agreements, boundaries, and rules to clients when violations occur

  • Support clients’ introduction/reintroduction to the use of Out Youth’s Community closet program

Donating to our Food & Hygiene Support Services

Our Food & Hygiene Support Services relies heavily on donations from our community to keep items in stock. If you are looking to donate, here is a list of our current needs. Due to limited storage capacity, we can only accept donations of the listed items.

For the safety of our staff, we ask that you set up a time to drop off your items with the Development Team.


Questions about our Food and Hygiene Support Services?
Contact Emelio Garcia (they/them) at emelio.garcia@outyouth.org