On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, SixDegrees.org activated its Building Kits program in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. The IMF collaborated to bring the initiative to their team as part of their ongoing commitment to community engagement. Together, 3,000 essential resource kits were assembled for immediate distribution to local organizations supporting individuals experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C. An additional 2,000 personal hygiene kits were distributed to network partners across the Black Hills region of South Dakota. This partnership resulted in the 40,000th kit of our campaign to be built and distributed as well as empowering us to reach constituents in the 50th state of our nation.

On Sunday, October 13, 2024, SixDegrees.org activated its Building Kits initiative in partnership with the Washington West Film Festival. The festival hosted an anniversary screening of “Footloose” and empowered SixDegrees to create and distribute resource kits for young people impacted by foster care across the state of Virginia. Virginia’s Kids Belong was the sole recipient of kits through this activation, receiving 1,500 kits containing 19,696 items of care valued at $22,571.

On Friday, October 11, 2024, SixDegrees.org activated its Building Kits project in support of four organizations across Baltimore to distribute essential hygiene items to individuals experiencing homelessness and periods of unstable housing. Volunteers gathered to help load a series of trucks to distribute goods to Health Care for the Homeless, ShareBaby, Helping Up Mission, and Catholic Charities of Baltimore. The organizations shared that their allocations of these resources, 1,250 kits each, will be distributed within six weeks to their respective clients.