Local donors have again stepped up to make the United Way’s Period Promise campaign a success.
Aimed at addressing “period poverty,” the agency collects feminine hygiene items to be distributed to local agencies in support of women facing poverty or homelessness who may not have access to menstrual products.
This year’s effort saw Chatham-Kent Secondary School social justice students host a school-wide campaign to collect products.
A total of 12 Chatham-Kent businesses also collected menstrual hygiene items and a drive-by donation drop off event was held May 28 in Chatham.
According to United Way Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent CEO Lorraine Goddard, menstrual products are “essential, not optional,” noting the Period Promise initiative gives the community a “meaningful way to help remove the barriers many people still face.”
