TAKE ACTION AGAINST PERIOD POVERTY
SERVICE
HOST A PERIOD PRODUCT DRIVE!
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STEP 1: CONNECT WITH A SERVICE PARTNER
Service Partners are local organizations who provide direct service support to people in need. Host a product drive to give products to them directly.
Reach out to a local food pantry, shelter, or community resource center and ask if they are in need of period products. Our Toolkit also has details and examples.
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STEP 2: COLLECT PRODUCTS
Tell your family and friends about your drive, and collect period products virtually or in person! Count the period products and prepare to drop them off.
Use social media, email, texts, and flyers to promote your drive.
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STEP 3: DONATE PRODUCTS AND CREATE AN IMPACT!
Distribute the period products you collected with the service partner. They will distribute the period products to people in need!
OTHER SERVICE EVENT IDEAS
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Screen a movie and have people bring products as admission!
PLAN: Find a service partner to which you will distribute the raised product. Find a location (this can also be done online on platforms such as Screenr) where you can show your movie! Pick a movie to watch (Period. End of Sentence is an excellent documentary, but any movie that gets your chapter members excited and aligns with our mission is a great option). Be sure to communicate with your service partner about which products they prefer. Tell your attendees which products you will be accepting as admission.
ADVERTISE: Spread the word! Make posters for your movie drive, post on social media, etc.
EXECUTE: Have your screening and collect products as admission! Deliver the products to your service partner.
SHARE: Show us the event you planned and the products you collected so we can share with our national community! Tag us @periodmovement.
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Write notes to your service partners and the community they serve!
PLAN: Ask your service partner if they would benefit from notes to menstruators. Purchase small thank you cards and envelopes. Find a communal space (this can also be done online on Zoom or Google Hangouts) to host your Thank You Note Writing Party!
ADVERTISE: Spread the word! Show chapter and community members what you’re doing and how to come help via Instagram and other social media.
EXECUTE: When everyone is there, pass around the materials and give examples of things to write. Be sure the notes follow PERIOD.’s language guidelines. Once you’ve written and decorated your notes, distribute them to the service partner along with your raised product.
SHARE: Show us the event you planned and the products you collected so we can share with our national community! Tag us @periodmovement.
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REMINDER - always ask your local organization if they want to receive individual PERIOD. packs. Some partners may prefer products donated in their original packing.
PLAN: If your Service Partner does want re-packaged products, ask them what make-up they would like (i.e. All tampons, all pads, a specific mix). Once you have your service partner, find a community event space and pick a date and time.
PREPARE: Gather your products: chapters can receive products via PERIOD.’s service portal, product drives, or by simply buying them with chapter funds. Brown paper bags and a PERIOD. Stamp are also recommended if you are packaging PERIOD. Packs (9 tampons, 6 pads). Staples are an excellent way to close bags.
ADVERTISE: Spread the word! Get your chapter member’s ready to volunteer. Post on social media.
EXECUTE: Have your packing party. Many chapters have success with an assembly line style. Be sure to track your PERIOD. Packs (9 tampons, 6 pads) for reporting periods served. Deliver your packs to your service partner and thank them!
** If your partner only wants pads (or tampons!), you can totally make the packs with just one kind of product (~15 pads/tampons). The above is just a standard but please make sure if you make any changes, to check with your service partner first!
SHARE: Show us the event you planned and the packs you put together so we can share with our national community! Tag us @periodmovement.
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Host a concert and accept products as admission!
PLAN: Find a (or more than one) local band or musician who will donate their time to play for your chapter. Book a venue or find a space to host the concert. You may want to reach out to multiple different spaces to find the right fit. Create a fun, engaging, and informative poster! Reach out to your service partner and ask what specific products they would like. Be sure to pass this information to anyone coming and include it on the poster!
ADVERTISE: Use social media to your advantage: post consistently and have your chapter members repost to their stories, etc.! Also, ask the venue and bands to advertise to their followers.
EXECUTE: In advance, decorate the venue and set up for the Benefit Concert! As people arrive, accept products as admission and give them a ticket or stamp their hand. Rock out!
SHARE: Tag us in your posts on social media or email us event photos!
WE DISTRIBUTE PERIOD PRODUCTS TO PEOPLE IN NEED
PERIOD.'s service program distributes both reusable and disposable period products to PERIOD. Chapters and youth-led organizations that directly serve menstruators in need throughout the US and the world. Additionally, PERIOD.'s 200+ chapters work to eradicate period poverty within their communities through their own product drives and distribution events.