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p.s. Boyfriend Bail Out
When I was 16, I slept at my boyfriend’s house for the weekend. I was quite surprised to wake up Saturday morning to the realization that I had gotten my period and stained all of their good guest room sheets! I wracked my brain about how I could possibly launder them...
1,398,446 Menstrual Products Later…
In a million years, we would never have imagined that six years after our first donation of pads and tampons to a local food pantry, we would be counting the items we've donated in the millions. It is just beyond 🍌🍌🍌. I thought it would be fun to share a few fun facts...
Vacations and Periods
Ahhh, vacation. After a year+ of online school and workdays without beginnings or endings, the Girls Helping Girls. Period. team finally got a chance to take a much-needed break. We (the Joy family, founders of GHGP) are exceedingly lucky, and we know it, to have been...
Monica, Museums and Menstrual Cups
Most of us may know her as Monica Geller, but long before Courtney Cox became the best-known BFF on "Friends" in 1994, she had already gotten noticed for a big first. Still, it's hard to imagine she was the first person to say the word "period" on television in a 1985...
Have You Met Gina?
Most likely you don't know Gina. That's the name of the image of the girl in the Girls Helping Girls. Period. logo. She got her name on a blustery March day, in 2015, when the three co-founders of Girls Helping Girls. Period. went into New York City...
Men, Money and Menstruation
The manager of the "personal care items" section of one of the major grocery store chains we deal with is more than happy to talk about pads, tampons, liners, and all things period care. And he does it on a level most women couldn't. He has a deep understanding of the...
Men Must Be Part of the Solution
We were doing a big donation at a food pantry and stopping each and every client (regardless of age or gender) and asking, as we do, “Is there someone in your home who would benefit from a donation of period products?” The two male friends who were picking up...
GHGP is on ShopRite Shelves! What?!
🏃🏻♀️🏃🏾♂️🏃🏻♂️🏃🏿♀️First... run, don't walk, to ShopRite (for those of you in the northeast) and PICK UP all things PLAYTEX, STAYFREE and CAREFREE! You have until 6/19 to get 25% off of products AND see our logo on the displays!!!! This campaign benefits Girls...
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