Posted on February 21, 2024 by Lexi Gonzalez

Help a Girl Out Product Drive Drop Off Locations Announced

Locations across the county are now accepting feminine products and diapers donations to help area nonprofits serving those in need.

Help a Girl Out Product Drive Drop Off Locations Announced

by Help A Girl Out

The Help A Girl Out (HAGO) grassroots effort provides feminine products and diapers to women and girls served by our local nonprofits. Now in its third year, the 2023 drive collected just under 20,000 units of products. This year, HAGO is hoping for even more donations to split between Opportunity House, Children’s Home of Reading, Safe Berks, and the LGBT Center of Greater Reading.

Muhlenberg Greene Architects and Be Mine Boutique in West Reading are collaborating with Berks Women in Motion for the 2024 drive, and are accepting product donations through the end of February at the following locations:

Donations from all collection sites will convene at Muhlenberg Greene Architects in Wyomissing by noon on March 1. From there, the collected products will be counted and then equitably distributed between the four nonprofits.

Items may also be drop shipped from the Amazon Wish List to Berks Women in Motion c/o Coldwell Banker in Wyomissing: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2HOHJEY2B96QP?ref_=wl_share.

Period poverty is defined as inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products and education, which disproportionally effects lower-income families. According to the Alliance for Period Supplies, 1 in 7 women and girls between the age of 12 and 44 lives below the Federal Poverty Line in Pennsylvania. Without access to these products, many women who are already struggling to make ends meet cannot go to work. 1 in 4 teens in the U.S. has missed class due to lack of access to period supplies. Many women and girls resort to using other items on hand, such as shoe insoles, toilet paper, cardboard, or socks, which can lead to dangerous infections.

For more information about the drive visit: https://www.mg-architects.com/events/hago-berks or the Be Mine Boutique Facebook events page.

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