By: Rayne Deese
Liz Corbett, founder of the local non-profit organization, The Button, sits in her office to analyze all that needs to be done. The Button collects and discreetly delivers hygiene items to local schools for families that can't afford them within the community.
The place where the magic happens. Liz Corbett knew The Button needed a bigger place because of all of the items, so she rents out a part of The Boys and Girls Club in Statesboro to be the head office space.
The displayed flyer that fully explains what the Button does for the community. This flyer also mentions ways that people can become involved.
Images that show how The Button first got started. Liz Corbett began collecting items in her home kitchen back in 2022, and then the impact began to grow.
The disorganized pile of hygiene items still needed to be put into their correct location. Volunteers are always needed so that organization can take place for all of the items collected.
The shelves continue to get loaded up with donated items. Items that get collected range from toothpaste, shampoo, lotion, deodorant, and women's feminine products.
Soap tends to be the most requested item from individuals. There is always more than 100 soaps in the inventory at a time.
Detergent is a priority item that gets requested often. With in-hand money donations, Liz Corbett will go and buy these types of priority items to keep in inventory for those that need them.
Liz Corbett plants spiritual encouragement around the office. "I want the volunteers and myself to remember what this is all for," Corbett said.
Once the bags are packed, they will be put transferred into colorful string bags. The Button has stickers that they identify the business with, which is displayed on every bag.
Director of PR for The Button, Tyler Martin, takes a glance at all of the collected items in inventory. "It took a while to count and organize all of this," Tyler said.
The list of things to be done for volunteers on service days. When volunteers come, they will know what items to pack in which bags.
Tyler points at a picture from one of her favorite service events that they had for The Button. They frequently host events where local foster care patients and volunteers can come and help out for service hours.
The empty shelves that will soon be filled. These shelves stay empty until all the bags are ready for send out to schools.
Tyler and Liz start filling the shelves up with the ready-to-go summer bags. They use Walmart grocery carts to transfer the bags from one room to the other.
The ready-to-go summer bags. Each of these bags were all requested by students from local schools.
The empty donations box proves that items are always needed! Each week, the number of people in need of items increases, meaning donated items are always in need.
Once all bags are packed, The Button delivers the items to the schools who requested them. All the students that receive their ordered bag will then have hygiene items to last them for at least one month.



















