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About a quarter of women in the U.S. don’t have access to menstrual products each month, with many forced to choose between buying them and food, Jessica Zachs, Founder and CEO of Dignity Grows, said in Hartford Wednesday.
Everyone at the Gambian Youth Organization knew someone who died in the Bronx fire; now they are scrambling to sort through all the goods and figure out how to support a community still grieving and figuring out where to live.
Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – June 11 – June 29 Jewish organizations are invited to submit their upcoming events to the our What’s Happening section. Events are placed on the Ledger website on Tuesday afternoons. Deadline for submission of calendar items is the previous Tuesday. Send items to: judiej@ jewishledger.com. THRU JUNE 11 Art in Action: Young Artists’ Vision of 2020 The Mandell Jewish Community Center, in collaboration with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, will showcase “Art in Action: Young Artists’ Vision of 2020,” a collection...
UJA-JCC Greenwich donates 100 Dignity Grows packs to local food pantry GREENWICH – During the month of May, UJA-JCC Greenwich gave the local food pantry ‘Neighbor to Neighbor’ 100 totes filled with essential hygiene supplies. The do-nation was made as part of the organization’s Dignity Grows program, which provides monthly personal and feminine products to those who cannot afford such products. It is estimated that one in five American women lack the means to purchase menstrual supplies and toiletries. While such products are often taken for granted, for those who must go without th...
Simsbury Meadows summer lineup opening with benefit concert hosted by new restaurant Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center will hold its first live musical concert of the year on May 28, with a performance by the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. The show is sponsored by Roux, a Cajun eatery opening on May 29 in town. The Savannah, Georgia-based Big Band also will perform the next day at the jazz brunch on the opening of the restaurant, which is under construction at 10 Wilcox St. They also will perform in a parade at the restaurant’s ribbon cut...