Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Restoring Dignity When It’s Needed Most
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month — a time to bring visibility to an issue that affects individuals and families in every community.
For survivors leaving abusive situations, safety comes first. Many leave with little more than the clothes they’re wearing. In those moments, access to new underwear and bras is not just about hygiene — it’s about dignity, comfort, and beginning again.
Why These Essentials Matter
Intimate apparel is one of the most requested — and least donated — items at shelters and transitional housing programs.
New underwear and bras provide survivors with:
A sense of dignity and personal agency
Physical comfort and hygiene
A reminder that they are worthy of care and respect
At The Undie Chest, we work directly with trusted community partners to ensure survivors receive new, unused essentials, distributed with care and respect.How You Can Make an Impact This October
How You Can Make an Impact This October
For Individuals
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is a meaningful time for individuals to support survivors in simple but powerful ways. Whether you’re giving in honor of someone you love or because you believe everyone deserves dignity during difficult transitions, your support matters.
Every contribution helps provide new underwear and bras to survivors who are rebuilding their lives through shelters and transitional housing programs.
Make a monetary contribution to support survivor distributions
Donate new underwear and new bras
Share our mission during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
For Retailers & Businesses
Domestic Violence Awareness Month offers retailers and businesses an opportunity to show up for their communities in a meaningful and tangible way. Domestic violence impacts employees, customers, and families — often silently.
Partnering with The Undie Chest allows your business to help provide new underwear and bras to survivors through shelters and transitional housing programs, while aligning with your community impact, ESG, or impact retail goals.
Host a new-underwear or essentials drive
Sponsor survivor essentials for shelters
Engage employees through workplace giving or matching gifts
Partner with us as part of your community impact initiatives
Clean out your overstock and samples and donate them
Thank you for standing with survivors and helping restore dignity during moments of transition and healing. Together, we can ensure no one has to start over without the basics.
And as always — dignity starts with feeling good undie-neath.