This is a topic that around 50% of you might not think about regularly, but studies show it’s the number one reason girls miss school.
- Organizers of an event at Jake’s Network of Hope met Monday to fight hygiene insecurity.
- The NOW Foundation estimates women spend $20/cycle on feminine products — which can add up to more than $200/year.
- We Gotcha Girl packages feminine products into discreet bags young girls in need across eastern Wisconsin, and they’re looking to expand the program into the Milwaukee area.
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This is a topic that around 50% of you might not think about regularly, but studies show it’s the number one reason girls miss school.
I’m your Neenah Neighborhood Reporter Darby McCarthy, and here at Jake’s Network of Hope, organizers met on Monday to help fight a major problem by putting together kits for a program called “We Gotcha Girl.”
Lynn Hopfensperger is the community development officer at Fox Communities Credit Union, and on a trip to Colorado in 2019, she first heard that a lack of feminine products was the number one reason why girls miss school.