Mardi Bras 2027

MARDI GRAS season, where women bare their breasts for beads in New Orleans, comes every year! Instead of revealing our breasts, we are going to work at covering some!

The Mardi Bras 2026 season concluded on Saturday, April 11th with our Mardi Bras and More Party. We are grateful for WTVR CBS Channel 6 for covering our Mardi Bras and More Party for women in recovery. You can view it here.

Now, it’s time to turn our attention to MARDI BRAS 2027!!!

 For over 10 years through the Mardi Bras initiative, Into The Neighborhood has…

  • CONNECTED people around the common cause,
  • COMMUNICATED to the general public regarding the needs for bras, underwear, pads and tampons, and
  • COLLECTED and distributed hundreds of thousands of product to women in need through partner organizations.

You are invited to help us celebrate this effort and contribute to the needs by supplying these products. We will be collecting…

  • New bras and underwear of all shapes and sizes
  • Full packages of pads and tampons of all kinds
  • Opened packages of wrapped tampons and pads

Now that the Mardi Bras 2026 season has concluded, there are ways you can still be involved!

STAY IN TOUCH

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MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION:

If you want to make a contribution, make your check to Into The Neighborhood and include a note that says Mardi Bras, and we will use the funds to provide the necessary products. These donations will allow us to meet the needs of women in the recovery community through out the year.

Mail it to: Into The Neighborhood PO Box 25868 Richmond, VA 23260

Click Here For Other Ways to Give

GIVE ANY PRODUCT DONATIONS DIRECTLY TO OUR PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS:

After our Mardi Bras and More event for women in recovery was over, we donated the remaining product to the following organizations, who need this product year around. Please contact them directly to donate to them!

  • ACES – all products
  • Arc of Hanover – call first
  • CARITAS/The Healing Place – all products
  • Daily Planet – all products
  • Moments of Hope – all products, only stretch bras
  • Commonwealth Catholic Charities – all products
  • Communities in Schools – Chesterfield – all products
  • Chesterfield County Support Services Department – all products
  • Chesterfield County Jail – whites only
  • Chesterfield County SUD Outreach Coordinator – call first.
  • CrossOver Health Care Ministries – call first
  • Goochland Cares – all products including gently used bras
  • Grace and Peace Ministries – call first
  • Hanover Safe Place – call first
  • Home Again – period products only
  • Housing Families First – period products only
  • Mercy Mall – all products
  • Oasis Faith Community – call first
  • RAM Pantry – period products only
  • Richmond City Recovery Court – call first
  • Soar365 – call first
  • or contact your favorite non profit or food pantry

RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: Call to ask about their needs.

  • Atlantic Outreach/Fresh Start
  • Eco Flats
  • Henrico Mental Health
  • Journey House Foundation
  • McShin Foundation
  • Next Frontier
  • RBHA
  • Starfish
  • Urban Recovery

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNTY

We are looking for sponsorships to support the growth of the ongoing movement. Please contact us directly if your business, church, club, family or small group would like to Sponsor Mardi Bras.

HOST YOUR OWN MARDI BRAS COLLECTION PARTY IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2027:

You are invited to host your own Mardi Bras Party, collection site, etc. — at home or work, at church and other houses of worship, at a restaurant, or bar, book clubs and more!  A Mardi Bras Party Kit can be found here.

If you host your own party, please forward us the following information, and we will share it here and on social media, if your party is open to the public.

  • Date and Time:
  • Name of Group:
  • Contact Name:
  • Contact Number:
  • Location:
  • Open to the Public or Private Party:
  • Special Notes or Focus:
  • Would you like someone to attend your collection to speak on the topic? If you would like for us to come and speak to your church, book club, women’s group, etc., please contact us here… Contact Us About Speaking.  We will do our best to have someone there, but can’t promise it.

PURCHASING TIPS:

During Mardi Bras Season, we collect:

  • Tampons (All sizes are appreciated.)
  • Menstrual Pads (Heavy flow, light days, etc. are all appreciated.)
  • NEW Bras – of ALL sizes!
  • NEW Women’s underwear – of ALL sizes!
  • WHITE WIRELESS BRAS (like sports bras – all sizes!!! ) for the local jails

Other tips:

  • Without going into a lot of details, menstrual cups are not that successful for homeless women in the RVA area (because there are not many sanitary places for them to be used and it becomes dangerous/unclean.) Although many of the prostitutes can still use them because they can still conduct business. We just won’t need a lot of them.
  • Check back often! We will update as we learn more! More to come!

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATION:

If you know of an organization that could use these items, please have them reach out to us. Send the following information here.. Mardi Bras Org Info.

  • Organization Name
  • Contact Name, Number, Email
  • Women they support and how they support them.
  • Supplies Needed
  • Are you willing to attend one of the gatherings to share about the plight of women who are homeless in the Metro RVA area?

Thanks! Look forward to seeing you all!