This week (May 23-29) is Period Poverty Awareness Week in Carrboro, proclaimed by Mayor Damon Seils.
“I encourage residents to share appreciation for local period supply banks and their staff, volunteers, and donors, and to contribute generously to period supply banks, product drives, and organizations that collect and distribute period products,” states the proclamation, which was read by Mayor Pro Tem Susan Romaine on Tuesday night.
Carrboro is proud to be home to trusted community-based organizations, including On the Spot, a program of the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, a member of the Alliance for Period Supplies, a network of more than 100 active period supply banks in that are raising awareness of the importance of period products in ensuring health and providing economic stability, and thus distributing period products through various channels.
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