By Associated Press - Friday, April 22, 2016

DETROIT (AP) - Wayne State University athletes and volunteers are set to distribute toiletry kits to homeless people in Detroit.

Athletes and volunteers are set to hand out 1,000-plus kits Friday to homeless people in and around Detroit’s Cass Park. Items are also to be donated to Mariners Inn, Neighborhood Service Organization and Covenant House Michigan.

The university athletics department “W’’ Week Community Service Initiative has hosted an annual drive in partnership with Wayne Cares and Covenant House Michigan to collect toiletry items for homeless kids and adults in the area since 2011. This year’s drive culminates Friday.

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