Flint Registry mailing free reusable masks to residents wnem.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wnem.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dr. Mona’s Period Poverty project gives 12,000 menstrual products to Flint students
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Facebook Share
FLINT, MI A team of medical and pediatric residents and Flint Southwestern High School staff delivered more than 12,000 menstrual products to a local high school.
The goal of the Period Poverty project, spearheaded by Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, is to reduce school absences because of a lack of period supplies and the high cost of obtaining them. An often-ignored public health crisis, nearly one in five girls miss school for lack of period supplies, according to a MSU-Hurley Children’s Hospital press release.
Flint families invited to virtual summit on health, home and employment resources
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
Genesee Health System s main campus in Flint is shown in this Flint Journal file photo.Sarah Schuch | MLive.com
Facebook Share
FLINT, MI – A virtual event is planned to increase the knowledge on a variety of resources and services available to Flint residents and families struggling to make ends meet.
The Hope Starts Here virtual resource summit is scheduled from from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.
Families will have the chance to learn about health care resources, rental assistance and housing needs, and employment and job training.