Avery's Helpful Hair Kits
About Avery's Helpful Hair Kits
Since our founding in 2023, Avery's Helpful Hair Kits has brought to life Avery's vision of providing essential haircare items to foster children with highly-textured hair. Our partnerships and recognitions include: the 2026 NAACP x L'Oreal Inclusive Beauty grant, distribution via GiveNKind, collaborations with local Rotary clubs, Northwestern University and Evanston students, in-kind product donations from Ampro Industries, Softee Products, LushUs Haircare, and CurlyKids haircare; and recipient agencies including Lydia Home Evanston,WINGS, and the National Youth Advocate Program, among others.
Why haircare kits?
It's very important to Avery to have a routine for her hair. Her mom taught her how to wash, deep condition, detangle, brush and braid it, and now Avery sees her hair as a form of self-expression. When Avery was 6, her mom told her about a local foster mom who was looking for help with her foster daughter's very curly hair. They donated some of Avery's newly-purchased products, but the idea stuck with Avery for years to come.
Our Team
Avery
Founder
At just 8 years old, Avery started Avery's Helpful Hair Kits to provide essential haircare products and supplies for children with highly-textured hair who are in foster care. She enjoys unicycling, art, dance, listening to music, and playing with her friends & family.
Petina
Executive Director
Avery's Mama
Petina Dixon-Jenkins has a journalism degree from Northwestern University, a background in radio and TV, and two decades of nonprofit communications experience. She most recently completed an Executive Nonprofit Management certificate program made possible by the Allstate Foundation and powered by Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Avery's Helpful Hair Kits Board
