Due to COVID-19 our annual donation drive looks a little different for 2021. We will feature a different business partner each month, please only drop-off donations at this month’s business partner
Caffiend is in South West Edmonton located in Shoppes Of Jagare Ridge. Their mission is to be your third space, that place between home and work that you feel most comfortable. They are a cafe for the community, a gathering place, a safe space.
In addition to accepting physical donations, for the month of May for every house-made dog cookie sold Caffiend will donate $1.00 to help us fight period poverty!
Please check the details above for this month’s donation partner to confirm what you can donate for this month.
– Tampons (any brand, any kind)
– Maxi Pads
– Panty Liners
– Menstrual Treatment Products
Or you can donate cash online:
EDMONTON — In early April, a motion was put forward to the Board of Trustees for Edmonton Public Schools highlighting a need for free access
Following a campaign by No Woman Without, Period and a pilot project, the City of Edmonton will be offering free menstrual products in all women’s and gender-inclusive
EDMONTON — The City of Edmonton has begun the process to provide free menstrual products in its public facilities. A city spokesperson tells CTV News
The City of Edmonton will provide free menstrual products in all city-owned women’s and gender-inclusive washrooms starting this June. One local organization, No Woman Without,
No Woman Without launched the letter-writing campaign this month. To whom it may concern, I am on my period. That’s the beginning of every letter
Our friends at the Peter Lougheed Leadership College included our founder Scarlet Bjornson in their Non-Prototypical Leadership Map. This map profiles Albertans who practice leadership
No Woman Without. Period. was founded in 2017 when an Edmonton homeless woman asked Scarlet Bjornson for change. Out of curiosity, as Scarlet gave her some money she asked the woman what she planned to spend the money on. The woman replied, “Well truthfully ma’am, I would like to buy some booze, but I need to buy some tampons.” In Scarlet’s words “This hit me like a brick. I went to my car and grabbed my emergency stash of tampons from the car and gave them to her.” She took to social media to ask her friends if anyone was interested in helping with a tampon drive and the response was overwhelming both from those that wanted to help, and from charitable organizations in the city hoping to be a recipient of the donations.
The overwhelming community support and requests for support from local organizations highlighted the ongoing issue of period poverty in Edmonton. It was clear there was a need for continual and consistent support as well as advocacy. This led to the evolution of No Woman Without. Period.
This form is for organizations and not individuals looking for product donations. If you are an individual looking for product donations please go to our Contact page
1 tampon every 6 hours = 4 tampons per day x 5 days of a period = 20 tampons per cycle
20 tampons per cycle x 456 periods = 9,120
At 36 tampons per box, that’s 253.3 boxes x $7 = $1,773.33
On any given night in Canada, 3,491 women and their 2,724 children sleep in shelters because it isn’t safe at home.
Approximately 70,000 tampons needed for women in crisis across Canada every month!
Periods are more painful in the cold.
Cold weather can also make your period last longer and be heavier.
Girls used to start menstruating at 16
Even as relatively recently as the 1800s, girls didn’t get their periods until they were well into their teens.
Today, whereas, the average age to reach puberty is 12 – better nutrition and more stress are to blame, says science.
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