What is Period Poverty?
Limited or uncertain access to basic menstrual hygiene products due to financial constraints. (dignitygrows.org)
- Nearly 1 in 4 students have struggled to afford period products in the United Stated (period.org/periodpoverty)
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Period poverty can lead to stress, embarrassment, and school absenteeism.
Let's end period poverty in schools!
Through the sponsorship and support of these organizations, Fond du Lac County United Way is providing free period products in local schools:
- Aurora
- Beans and Bites
- Blue Door Coffee Co.
- Community Methodist Church
- Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes
- Festival Foods
- Fond du Lac Area Women's Fund
- Fond du Lac Library
- Fox Valley Savings Bank
- Holiday Automotive
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Pilgrim Church
- Service League of Fond du Lac
- Solutions Center
- Soroptimist Club
- Spillman Library North Fond du Lac
- SSM
- Generous individual donors!
Want to help?
Text TIME to 26989 or check out United Way's donate page for other giving options
The stress associated with being caught "off guard" can be a tipping point for students who already are doing everything possible to hold it together during the day. The Feminine Product drive has been such a blessing for our school. Students do not need to face embarrassment by asking for products. Girls know where the basket in our office is located. It is quite amazing when a student will bring another student down the first time and share our philosophy. The ripple effect has become seamless. - North Fond du Lac Schools
