Students in the Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound have started a program to collect funds or items for needy families in Auburn.

The new program, Cash for Cleanliness, will collect toiletries and other sundries to be provided to those in need.

Cash donations are now being accepted at Top Foods, located at 1702 Auburn Way N., and Sterling Savings Bank, located at 1261 Auburn Way N.

A drop-off box is scheduled to be installed at the Auburn Food Bank on June 1.

Suggested items for donation are shampoo, conditioner, perfume, deodorant, soap and other personal hygiene products. Products will be given to needy families on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For more information on this program or to donate, contact Ashley Riggs at ariggs@auburnwa.gov or the Auburn Food Bank at 253-833-8925.