A love project begins.
Purses filled with toiletries carry a message of hope, dignity and renewed pride.
OUR IMPACT · ROOTED IN LOVE SINCE 2015A love project.
A love project.
A lasting commitment.
What began with a purse filled with toiletries has grown into a community of practical care, encouragement and opportunity.
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The work, in numbers.
Over 25,200Purses & bags distributed
Since 2015
Since 2015
23,000+Meals provided
Since 2018
Since 2018
30,000Women, children, & families supported
Since 2015
Since 2015
Over 100,000Toiletry items distributed
Since 2015
Since 2015
Growth we can document.
Since 2015, your generosity has helped put essentials in people’s hands and support within reach for women, children and families.
November 8, 2026: 200 purses and drawstring bags distributed.
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Domestic violence survivors50%
Women and children facing homelessness30%
Foster care youth, human trafficking survivors, youth, and others20%
The final 20% represents the combined groups listed above.
How we count and where the numbers come from
Dignify A Diva provided these cumulative figures on November 7, 2026: over 25,000 purses distributed since 2015; 23,000+ meals provided since 2018; 30,000 women, children, & families supported since 2015; and over 100,000 toiletry items distributed since 2015.
Completed activity after November 7, 2026 updates the counters. Earlier activity is part of the historical baseline and is not added twice. Purses and other bags are counted when distributed. People-supported entries count newly supported people; repeat visits and bag quantities do not automatically increase that measure. These measures may overlap and should not be added together as a total number of people.
Public reporting includes aggregate totals only. Names, contact details, anonymous recipient codes and private record references are not published.
A nonprofit takes shape.
Dignify A Diva becomes a 501(c)(3), building a foundation for sustained community support.
Care keeps growing.
Essentials, youth enrichment, community experiences and support through difficult seasons.
Dignity is in the details.
So is our impact.
In 2015, Idalia LaPointe began Dignify A Diva as a love project: placing hygiene and beauty essentials in beautiful new or gently loved purses for women and girls navigating difficult seasons. It was a way to meet an immediate need while reminding each woman that she mattered.
In 2020, that commitment became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Rooted in a family legacy of service and made deeply personal by her daughter’s survival of domestic violence, the work grew beyond the bag—to grocery and clothing support, help through emergencies, referrals and opportunities for women and children to experience connection and joy.
Today, women, children and minority communities are at the heart of Dignify A Diva’s work. People of every race and ethnicity are welcome, including LGBTQIA+ individuals and families. Men who need help are welcome to request support, too. Assistance depends on available resources. Through essentials, youth enrichment, mentoring and gatherings such as Diva High Tea and the Daddy Daughter Dance, we work to make dignity part of everyday life.
For donors and partners, the promise is practical: your support helps sustain the supplies, relationships and capacity behind this work. We share our impact with clear definitions and dates so supporters can see the work their generosity makes possible.
Help write the next chapter.
Support essentials, youth experiences or the monthly costs that keep this work moving.
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