A half dozen volunteers are working side by side, putting together “period kits” with essential supplies for low-income women in need.
A half dozen volunteers work side by side to put together “period kits” with essential supplies for low-income women in need.
“They include 25 pads. Sometimes we’ll bring liners and tampons with us, because we get requests for those, but typically we find that our clients prefer just the pads,” said Jackie Leavenworth, program director for Keeping Families Covered, a non-profit with locations in Lake and McHenry counties. “Half the population has a period, but not everyone knows that one in four individuals struggles to afford period products,” said Ann Marie Mathis, the founder of Keeping Families Covered.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly
“I think it really started with an idea and a collection of items that I had from my own children and then slowly evolved from there,” Mathis said.“We’re probably most known for our diaper distribution program. That is our flagship program, so we currently distribute over 140,000 diapers every month and period products would be our second largest program,” Mathis said.
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