New Underwear.
Real Impact.
New, clean undergarments help restore comfort, confidence, and dignity.
Dignity starts with feeling good undie-neath.
Something as essential as clean underwear should never be out of reach. Yet for individuals and families experiencing financial hardship, homelessness, health challenges, displacement, or other difficult circumstances, access to new undergarments is often limited.
The Undie Chest works with schools, nonprofits, community organizations, and retail partners to provide new, clean underwear where it is needed most. These essential items support hygiene, comfort, confidence, school participation, and the ability to move forward with dignity.
Because basic hygiene is not optional.
Who We Serve
The Undie Chest works through trusted partnerships to help new, clean undergarments reach individuals and families experiencing need.
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Community Partners
We support schools, nonprofits, shelters, and community organizations that provide essential resources to individuals and families experiencing hardship.
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Retail and Business Partners
We help retailers and businesses direct new inventory into community-distribution programs that create measurable social and environmental impact.
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Supporters and Donors
Individuals, businesses, and community supporters help expand access to new undergarments through product donations, financial gifts, sponsorships, and special campaigns.
What We Accept
Please donate only new, unused underwear. We cannot accept used underwear.
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New Bras
Regular bras, sports bras, bralettes, nursing bras, post-surgery bras, mastectomy bras, and breast prostheses.
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New Women's Underwear
New, unused women’s underwear in original packaging, in all sizes and styles.
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New Men's and Boy's Underwear
New, unused men’s and boys’ underwear in original packaging, in all sizes and styles.
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New T-Shirts & Undershirts
New t-shirts and undershirts for the entire family in all sizes and styles.
Social and Environmental Impact of Reuse and Recycling
Year to date in 2026, The Undie Chest and our community partners have donated 10,203 pounds of new undergarments and clothing—surpassing our annual goal of 8,000 pounds.
Every donation helps expand access to essential items, extend the useful life of new inventory, and keep valuable products in community use. Together, we are supporting comfort, confidence, and dignity while reducing the amount of product sent to landfills.
The greenhouse gas emissions avoided are equivalent to:
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Driving
an average passenger vehicle for 286,084 miles
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Charging
9,082,438 smartphones
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Keeping Waste Out of Landfills
39.7 tons of waste
Our Programs
The Undie Chest provides new, clean undergarments through programs designed to meet people where they are. By working with schools, nonprofits, and community partners, we help expand access to essential items that support hygiene, comfort, confidence, and dignity.
Everyone Deserves Underwear (EDU)
The EDU Program helps schools and community partners provide new underwear to students, including those in Title I communities. Access to clean undergarments can support hygiene, attendance, confidence, and a student’s ability to participate fully in the school day.
Undie Power Program
The Undie Power Program provides new undergarments to adults experiencing hardship, including older adults and other underserved populations. Through trusted community partners, the program helps restore comfort, confidence, and dignity during times of need.
Advancing Global Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals help connect community care to a larger vision for a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future.
Through access to new, clean undergarments, school and community partnerships, hygiene equity, and responsive support for individuals and families experiencing need, The Undie Chest helps turn those goals into meaningful, measurable action.
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SDG 1: No Poverty
By expanding access to new, clean undergarments, we help individuals and families experiencing financial hardship meet an essential everyday need with dignity.
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SDG 4: Quality Education
Through school and community partnerships, access to essential undergarments can help students feel more comfortable, confident, and ready to learn.
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SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
We work with schools, nonprofits, and community partners to help reduce barriers to essential undergarments for people and communities with limited access.
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SDG 12: Responsible Consumption
We help businesses and retailers direct new, usable inventory into community-distribution pathways, extending its useful life and reducing unnecessary waste.
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SDG 17: Partnerships
We bring together individuals, businesses, retailers, schools, nonprofits, and community partners to expand access, strengthen local support, and create greater collective impact.
Dignity is not optional.
Join us in making essential items accessible to communities across the United States and beyond.
