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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A high school student helped the homeless by giving them hygiene kits on Tuesday.

William Akrivos dropped off more than 250 kits filled with items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks, razors and deodorant at the Ahope Center

Akrivos started the project after learning hundreds of people experience homelessness in western North Carolina.

“You always see homeless people with beat up socks and stuff that we have and we can give we buy in bulk, but they can’t get it [and] we just don’t think about that,” Akrivos said. “They’re humans and we need to help.”

Akrivos says he raised nearly $900 on a GoFundMe page he started in September to raise money for this project.

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Hygiene Kits for the Homeless founder is featured on local news, WLOS.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — An Asheville tenth grader wants to help the homeless, by donating hygiene kits.

Billy Akrivos has created a GoFundMe page for his project.

He got the idea after reading that more than 500 men, women and children experience homelessness every night in Western North Carolina.

Billy Akrivos, raising funds for hygiene kits, “I’m looking to donate about 250 kits and all of the kits will be packed by hand. Each kit will have a essential hygiene items like a toothbrush, toothpaste socks razor shaving cream.”

Billy is trying to raise $900 and has already raised more than $400.

His goal is to order the kits in November and give them to area shelters in early December.

Read the full story and see the video here.

Meet 15 year old Billy.  He has started a special project for school in which he wants to help people who are homeless here in Western North Carolina.   Billy’s goal is to raise $1,500 so that he can make health and hygiene kits to donate to homeless shelters.   These kits will have everything from toothpaste and toothbrushes,  to shaving cream and razors.   We had a chance to talk with Billy about his project and we were very impress with him and we hope that you will be too.   If you want to help Billy reach his goal please go to the link below and donate!  Its great to see kids reaching out and lending a helping hand!

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