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Aurora Women's Group Receives Hundreds Of Purses During Donation Drive To Help Women In Need

The POWER Women's Group received more than 500 donation for unhoused and low-income women.

Volunteers sorted, cleaned and filled each purse with personal care items.
Volunteers sorted, cleaned and filled each purse with personal care items. (CBS)

AURORA, Ill. (CBS) – One group in Aurora received an overwhelming response to a plea to help women by giving them toiletries and feminine hygiene products.

The POWER Women's Group at Aurora City Hall hoped to get 100 donated purses – instead they received nearly 500.

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