Nonprofit run by teenagers helps provide hygiene kits to Ohio homeless shelters

By: Megan Henry

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: January 21, 2026

Words: 514

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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A group of teenagers are helping provide hygiene kits to homeless shelters across Ohio.

Olentangy High School senior Hersh Gandhi founded the nonprofit Brighten Initiative, which helps meet the hygiene-access gaps in schools and homeless shelters.

Brighten Initiative, which launched in May, has distributed more than 9,000 hygiene products in central Ohio and has partnered with several homeless shelters.

These include Open Shelter in Franklin County, the Dayton Dream Center in Montgomery County, Impact …

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