Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NC period poverty news conference Supporters for supplying schools with period products at a May 22, 2024 news conference. (Photo: ...

At least once a day, the Period Pantry, a pink box outside the Catherine McAuley Center in Scranton, is emptied of free menstrual supplies and restocked with about 60 tampons and sanitary pads. The ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Period Supplies strongly supports the bipartisan Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act of 2025, introduced today by Congresswoman Grace Meng ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- More than three-quarters of Americans believe that period supplies should be available free-of-charge at public schools and public universities. A new ...

APPLETON — Before the pandemic, a group of women across northeast Wisconsin nonprofits came across a problem in their community: students were skipping school because they couldn't access necessary ...

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois — YWCA Quad Cities has joined two nationwide organizations working to supply diapers and period products for those in need. The local nonprofit is now a member of the National ...

As students soak up the last remnants of summer before embarking on another school year, countless parents will do their best to prepare their children for class. While rarely included on any formal ...

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Alliance for Period Supplies works to end period poverty in the U.S. Proposed bill provides "Good Samaritan" liability protection for companies and nonprofits donating a comprehensive range of period ...