Help alleviate poverty here at home in the ArkLaTex - one diaper at a time! Give for Good is the only annual online community-wide giving...

The diaper bank wouldn't exist without support from our community. Join these AWESOME ArkLaTex folks who have hosted diaper & period...

Stop by the Basic Necessities booth...we'll be distributing FREE period pads!

Basic Necessities diaper bank is participating in a national study to measure the economic and health impacts of providing diapers to...

The diaper bank is serving more clients in Sabine Parish than ever before! Thanks to Sabine Parish Health Unit Community Health Nurse...

Stop in for frappés & drop off some nappies! Beginning Monday, January 24, local Shreveport-Bossier Starbucks coffee shops will be...

Thank YOU for helping the diaper bank surpass all our goals in 2021. Between January and December, we distributed free sanitary supplies...

The Basic Necessities office will be open on Christmas Eve until 4PM. We will be closed the week after Christmas, from December 27 -...

With a doctor's recommendation, you could have all of your incontinence supplies (adult diapers, briefs, pads, bed pads, etc.) completely...

Diaper Drive for Basic Necessities - sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

Correction: The Pre-Holiday Diaper Drive is sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, not their Foundation. Click image below...

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Brenda Coco is a mother and wife. Her husband is a retired veteran who served in Iraq & Afghanistan. She has a B.S. and an M.A.in Human...

Basic Necessities has served nearly 400 children so far this year, and distributed nearly 40,000 diapers to ArkLaTex families in need!...

Thanks to input from our clients, we have streamlined our online application process! Check out the new Client Request Form at...

By Destinee Patterson Published: Jul. 4, 2021 at 2:03 PM UTC BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ signature ...

Walmart, via their Community Grants Program, has donated nearly $10,000 to Basic Necessities during the past 12 months. Local stores that...

Basic Necessities will be closed on Friday, June 11, and Monday, June 14, 2021. We will be back in the office on Tuesday, June 15, at...

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What is Give for Good? "Give For Good is North Louisiana's largest day of giving. The event was established in 2014 by the Community...

Thanks to a generous grant from the National Diaper Bank Network, Basic Necessities will open operations at 2620 Centenary Boulevard in...

Basic Necessities was recently awarded a national Funds for Change grant via a competitive application process organized by the National...

It's so easy! Click here: Basic Necessities Wish List. Browse the list, select the items you would like to donate, then check out. Tell...

Our first quarter 2021 distribution numbers are in! 1. Diapers delivered = 14,850 2. Packs of baby wipes delivered = 258 3. Number of...

Basic Necessities has been officially approved as a member of the prestigious National Diaper Bank Network. Basic Necessities is the only...

Yesterday, our Co-Director, Debbie, put together a HUGE bag of #period supplies for delivery to a new Caddo Parish public school next...

Basic Necessities was honored to serve the Shreveport-Bossier community following last week's devastating snowstorms. Many ArkLaTex...

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Dr. Jamie Cantrell is the newest member of the Board of Directors at Basic Necessities. She will be responsible for recruiting clients...

During Basic Necessities' first seven months of operation (June 2020 - December 2020), we served 132 families and 172 children. We...

Basic Necessities is the latest addition to the Volunteer Louisiana website! The Volunteer Louisiana Commission prepares a service plan...

UPDATE: Deliveries resumed effective January 15, 2021! NOTICE TO OUR CLIENTS: One of our Co-Directors received a COVID diagnosis...

From our friends at the National Diaper Bank Network: Contact the Louisiana Department of Health - Medicaid for more information today!

Basic Necessities has received a total of $7,250.00 in grants from The Walmart Community Grants Team. Three grants were awarded from the...

Why do we need a local period products bank? A local public school Counselor contacted Basic Necessities last week. She was using her own...

Since we began operations in late July, Basic Necessities has served 38 families in the ArkLaTex - and we will deliver diapers & period...

From Dr. Jaime Cantrell, Assistant Professor of English: "The CASE Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the TAMUT ...

1 in 3 American families reports experiencing diaper need. 5 million children in the U.S. aged three or younger live in poor or...

Over 56 million families have lost income since March 13, and diaper banks are straining to fill the need. By Jessica Grose July 29, 2020...

PRESS RELEASE July 7, 2020 SHREVEPORT – Basic Necessities, a new local nonprofit, will provide diapers, period products and incontinence...