We feature representatives from various disability rights organizations to discuss the challenges they face during the new administration, including Alicia Contreras from Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation, Susan Henderson from Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Jessica Lehman from Senior and Disability Action, Karyn Skultety from Openhouse, and Yomi Wrong from Sutter Health. The moderator is Meghan Freebeck from Project Homeless Connect and Simply the Basics.
Read More"[Kara] felt OK about resigning after finding a replacement: Meghan Freebeck, founder of Simply the Basics, which provides hygiene products to homeless people. Next week, Freebeck will lose the “acting” part of her title to become, simply, CEO"
Read MoreMeghan Freebeck, founder, visits the Hamlin School for Girls.
Read MoreGlamour follows up with ways to provide for victims of the recent Hurricanes.
Read MoreHuffington Posts follows up on previous article regarding Simply the Basics' support of disaster relief - includes other organizations providing care.
Read MoreHurricane Harvey Victims Need Pads & Tampons Badly — Here's How You Can Help
Read MoreSimply the Basics founder Meghan Freebeck has joined PHC as acting CEO. Hoodline sat down with Freebeck to learn more about how she'll be moving PHC forward.
Read More“A lot of people said, ‘Oh, what period?’ Like they thought it would be a time period party.”
Read MoreA bloody good one-night comedy event raises more than $5,000 to buy feminine hygiene products for the homeless.
Read MoreThe May story of the 29-year-old who founded a nonprofit called Simply the Basics to provide toiletries for homeless people was inspiring not only to readers but also to other leaders in the homeless world.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, San Francisco-based nonprofits Lava Mae and Project Homeless Connect (PHC) and Simply the Basics will host a "Day of Dignity" to bring essential services for those who experience homelessness in the city.
Read More"What if you could not brush your teeth or shower? For a day? A week? SimplyTheBasic's Meghan Freebeck joins Chip & Nikki to discuss her work providing homeless folks essential toiletries in order to preserve a little dignity."
Radio Interview with founder, Meghan Freebeck, and The Chip Franklin Show of KGO810.
Read MoreIt could be argued that while the men at City Hall have spent decades fighting over how to address homelessness, women in the real world are coming up with the freshest ideas and making the biggest impact. Just saying.
-Heather Knight, SF Chronicle.
Read MoreWhat do you think of when you think about homelessness?” This was the opening question posed to Hamlin 8th graders by the dynamic and altruistic Meghan Freebeck.
Read MoreCongratulations to our founder, Meghan Freebeck, on being selected by Hoodline as one of the 12 Inspiring Women in San Francisco!
Read MoreJust like career paths, mentoring relationships don’t all look the same. While many larger corporations and organizations have formal mentoring programs, many people find similar relationships on their own. Founder, Meghan Freebeck, shares her story!
Read MoreIn this week’s 10 Good Questions Simply the Basics' Chief Executive Officer and Founder Meghan Freebeck told us what motivates her and her organization.
Read MoreWhen a person's basic needs are covered they can focus on bigger goals
Read MoreWhen it comes to purchasing basic items for health and hygiene, from shampoo to toothpaste to deodorant, San Francisco's homeless and extremely low-income residents are often out of luck.
Enter local nonprofit Simply the Basics, which launched last year to provide hygiene kits in reusable tote bags to people and organizations in need. The nonprofit doesn't hand out its tote bags on the street, but exclusively at different social-service sites, to encourage people to go there (and to afford them more dignity)
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