Hoboken Girl Hosts Local Period Product Drive Oct 10-30th in Collaboration with The Flow Initiative
Hoboken Girl Hosts Local Period Product Drive Oct 10-30th in Collaboration with The Flow Initiative
For Immediate Release
The Flow Initiative: Hoboken Girl Hosts Local Period Product Drive Oct 10-30th
HOBOKEN, N.J. — HobokenGirl.com, the Hudson County media site centered on all things Hoboken and Jersey City, is hosting a local period product drive from October 10th to the 30th.
To both raise awareness for and combat period poverty, Hoboken Girl is collaborating with the Flow Initiative to help people get access to the period products they need locally — collecting new period products for those in need.
The Flow Initiative Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect all menstruators from a lack of access to period products while erasing the stigma, shame, and humiliation associated with period poverty. In Hudson County, 28% of surveyed local students reported missing school because they could not afford or had no access to period products.
Period poverty is defined by the American Medical Women’s Association as the inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education, including but not limited to sanitary products, washing facilities, and waste management. This organization came about as a result of Eiko La Boria, the founder, learning how people in other countries are educated on menstruation and the fact that nationally and internationally, many do not have access to period products — a term called period poverty.
Period products also happen to be the least donated items to Hudson County shelters. Eiko told us, “Recently, we distributed period products on Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City where we asked one simple question to all the people who took a package, ‘Have you ever missed school, work, or not been able to leave the house to run errands because you could not afford or had no access to period products,’” Eiko shared. “One hundred percent of them said ‘Yes.’”
With the help of The Flow Initiative and Hoboken Girl, our neighbors experiencing period poverty will receive what they need through this period product drive.
What can be donated: [All items must be new boxes and packaging]
- – Pads {All Sizes}
- – Tampons {All Sizes}
- – Panty Liners
- – Individually Wrapped Period Wipes
- – Personal Heating/Menstruation Pain Relief Pads or Patches
Donations can be made to the following locations in Hoboken and Jersey City:
Hoboken Fire Department (1313 Washington St & 801 Clinton Street) — All hours–please ring bell to drop off
JaneDO Hoboken (720 Monroe Street) — Saturdays 9-11AM
Little City Books Hoboken (100 Bloomfield Street) — Monday-Thursday 9-4PM, Friday-Sunday 9-6PM
Brooke + Bel Hoboken (60 4th Street) — Tuesday-Saturday 11-6PM, Sunday 12-4PM
Two01 Hoboken (728 Grand Street) — Tuesday-Friday 11-10PM, Saturday 10-5PM
Mint Market Hoboken (303 1st Street) — Monday-Friday 12-6PM, Saturday-Sunday 11-5PM
Mint Market Jersey City (339 Grove Street) — Monday 12-6PM, Tuesday-Friday 12-8PM, Saturday 11-8PM, Sunday 11-6PM
Word Bookstore Jersey City (123 Newark Avenue) — Sunday-Saturday 11-5PM
Article: https://www.hobokengirl.com/hoboken-girl-feminine-product-drive-october-2020-flow-initiative/
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