YA’LL DID IT! Not only did we meet the 2000 pad goal, we blew past it!! Altogether, you donated 2,480 menstrual pads for LA Downtown Women’s Center! Period poverty impacts so many women who are in unstable living environments and trying to move their lives forward. Imagine your period coming along and you’ve got NO supplies. You have to improvise with other materials and hope for no leaks or worse. Or maybe you miss work […]
Periods are not a choice. The average menstruating person spends about $20 on menstrual hygiene products per cycle, adding up to about $18,000 over a lifetime. These products are not covered by SNAP or any other program. Let’s be blunt: if women can’t afford to deal with their periods, they can’t be financially independent. If you have to stay home or you’re sick with another infection because you had to use some makeshift materials to […]
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