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The pantry, located in the college's health science building, is stocked with a cereal, pasta, soups, rice and other non-perishable and perishable food items, as well as personal care products.

More college officials and state lawmakers are addressing this once-taboo issue. Some colleges already provided free menstrual products for students, and many are increasingly being required by law to do so. “Period poverty,” a lack of access to or inability to afford menstrual products, was something Elizabeth Blumberg had not heard people discuss until she attended a student government meeting at MassBay Community College in 2019. “I go to their meetings throughout the year. One of the q...

Today, nearly 3,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") employees will be volunteering at service projects to support 57 not-for-profit organizations that reflect Blue Cross' commitment to supporting healthy, equitable and sustainable communities as part of the company's 13th annual Service Day.

There is still time to avoid self-sabotage, to negate the sense that she is always on the losing side

More than 100 women and young women in the Blackstone Valley Massachusetts Stake spent a day making thousands of menstrual care kits for women and girls who are homeless or living in poverty in their area.

Women in Blackstone Valley, Massachusetts, assembled 2,500 menstrual kits, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated $10,000 to Dignity Matters to help women and girls experiencing period poverty.

The 2022 Alternative Gift Market returns to an in-person format and will be held on Saturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13, from 11 AM to 3 PM at the

Dignity Matters delivers the products to more than 160 organizations for 14,000 homeless women and girls across eastern Massachusetts every month.

If you are a woman, you know how rough life gets when you dont have enough menstrual supplies. This former nurse/midwife in Great Barrington is trying to help.

The Newton Community Freedge, a free refrigerator and pantry, is marking its 1-year anniversary. It provides food and personal care items.