On the Job 

A bottle of shampoo, some lotion, a toothbrush and a bar of soap are basic items, but to a victim of domestic violence seeking refuge in a shelter, such items can bring a measure of comfort.

At the 2015 Two Days in May Conference, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and his wife, Fran, joined volunteers in assembling toiletry kits of personal care items to donate to domestic violence shelters in Ohio.

“When they get here, many times, they don’t have anything. They’ve left an abusive situation. They’ve left, literally, with the clothes on their back,” he said. “So we put some toiletries together for them, and they were donated by some great companies in the state of Ohio, and we’re going to send them out.”

Five-hundred kits were assembled during the conference on victim assistance, which took place May 4-5 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus.

An additional 600 pre-assembled kits were donated by Thirty-One Gives, a charitable initiative of Thirty-One Gifts, a direct-sales company based in Columbus.

The project was conducted in partnership with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network.