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Period101
Period101 is a US 501(c)(3) dedicated to fighting period poverty - the lack of access to menstrual hygiene products.
Rather than donate boxes of period products, Period101 creates personalized "period product kits." Period product kits are small bags filled with menstrual products, a motivational note, and information on where individuals can access menstrual products. Maya Manchester founded Period101 in 2022 after taking action during the pandemic to fight period poverty by hosting drives for local organizations in her community. Maya Manchester brought the first chapter of Period101 to Thomas A. Edison High School with the help of Laiba Ali. During the 2022-2023 school year, the Edison Period101 chapter created 600 period product kits, hosted educational events, and a letter-writing campaign to advocate for change in state laws. Period101 will be establishing chapters throughout Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, and North Carolina during the 2023-2024 school year. Period101 will use the funds from this grant to grow the organization and the new chapters. Find out more: https://www.period101.org/ ; https://www.instagram.com/period101_ehs/