United Way community impact officer Elisha Rubacha
The United Way’s annual collection of menstrual products surpassed all expectations with 41,556 period items now destined for distribution by Kawartha Food Share.
On Monday at the United Way on Stewart Street, Period Promise donations with an estimated value of $20,725 were loaded into a van for delivery to Kawartha Food Share’s Neal Drive warehouse.
United Way community impact officer Elisha Rubacha says the goal was to collect 25,000 items but new partnerships resulted in the final recorded-breaking tally.
Rubacha says the goal was to make the campaign about more than collecting products.
Kawartha Food Share general manager Ashlee Aitken spoke to the client need met by the campaign.
This was the 10th annual drive for donated menstrual items, which was previously held under the name of Tampon Tuesday.
(Written by: Paul Rellinger)
