PROVIDING WOMEN DIGNITY
Special Announcement! Helping Women Period Chicago is now The Period Collective
Imagine being down to your last $5 and having to choose between tampons to get you through your period—or buying dinner for your family. Or, picture not being able to go to work—or school—because you don’t have the products you need to get through the day comfortably.
For thousands of low-income women in the United States—and in the Chicago area—it’s reality. And that’s where we come in. For us, it’s more than giving women comfort. It’s giving them their health and dignity back.
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WHO
The Period Collective (TPC) is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, providing feminine hygiene products to homeless and low-income women throughout the greater Chicago area.
HOW
In addition to donating to our cause, there are plenty of ways to get involved with TPC. Whether you have a few hours a week, a month, or a year, we’d love your assistance with fulfilling our mission.
WHAT
TPC provides pads, tampons, liners, wipes, and incontinence products—partnering with local organizations to distribute products through homeless shelters, transitional housing facilities, prisons, schools, and food banks.
WHY
Shelters and food banks very rarely receive donations of feminine hygiene products—and there’s a dire need. These products are not covered by SNAP (Food Stamps). Homeless women can be left to improvise with donated socks or wadded up toilet paper, often with limited access to showers and clean bathrooms.
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Illinois schools must now provide free feminine hygiene products in bathrooms
Starting next year, Illinois school districts and charter schools will be required to provide feminine hygiene products in bathrooms to female students, for free. The new state law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, requires that products such as tampons and sanitary napkins be provided at no cost in bathrooms of schools with grades 6 […]
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In Belleville News-Democrat
It’s About Bloody Time: Illinois Becomes 3rd State To Flush Tampon Tax
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Check out our new drop off partner!
Did you know we have partnered with Couture 360 to collect product for women in our community? Please stop by to drop off a pack of tampons, pads, or liners, and schedule your next appointment while you are there!
Couture 360 is located at 195 S Rand Rd in Lake Zurich.