Join Dignity Matters to help college students in need learn with dignity!

Many college students are one financial emergency (a medical bill, car repair, or job loss) from leaving school. Menstrual care is expensive and can't be bought with SNAP/Food Stamps or tuition aid - so pads and tampons become a luxury they can't afford.

Dignity On Campus is our effort to give menstrual care to 1,000 college students facing poverty this year. We need $40,000 to buy and distribute these products; if our community can raise $30,000 together, a long-time donor will contribute the remaining $10,000. Will you help us raise these funds so students can learn with dignity?

Every $36 donated provides a student a year of menstrual care - and we need hundreds of donations to reach our goal. Please donate, share our campaign, and start your own fundraiser! Together, we can help these students manage their periods safely and focus on their education and their future!

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THANK YOU!

Your support will help students at these community colleges and state universities (and others) manage their periods safely and live and learn with dignity this year:

About Poverty on Campus

Students at local colleges and state universities are striving to improve their lives, uplift their families, and gain the skills that lead to better job opportunities. Completing their degree is a pathway to independence and a means to break free from chronic poverty.

20-30% of community college students face housing insecurity
40% are first generation students
Many are single mothers and the primary earner for their family

About Dignity Matters

Dignity Matters is the largest non-profit in Massachusetts dedicated to helping women and girls manage their period with dignity. We provide free menstrual care and undergarments to 15,000 people every month through a network of 175 shelters, food pantries, schools, and clinics - and we are the only reliable source of menstrual care for most of the women and girls we support.

Menstrual care is expensive, rarely donated, and can't be purchased with SNAP/Food Stamps or WIC. There is no state or federal funding for menstrual care, so every item we distribute is donated by our community or purchased with funds given by our donors.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Dignity Matters and our work to end period poverty, please visit www.dignity-matters.org or email meryl@dignity-matters.org.

Tampons or Tuition?

1 in 6 college students grappled with period poverty in 2022. Join us to help them live and learn with dignity in 2023! Every $36 you donate provides a year of menstrual care for one student.

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