APS of SWFL distributes 2M pads to Southwest Florida women and girls

The Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL is pleased to announce it has distributed 2 million pads to financially-challenged women and girls.

The Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending period poverty in Southwest Florida, is the only organization consistently providing free period products to women and girls in Collier and Lee counties. Since it was founded in 2019, the organization has provided 83,333 healthy, dignified and worry-free periods for women and girls.

“This is an important milestone for our organization, but our work is far from done” said Dusti Beaubien, the president of the Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL. “We look forward to continuing our work to end period poverty in our communities and ensuring that a period is the end of a sentence, not a woman’s ability to work or a girl’s education.”

One in four women have struggled to buy period products because of a lack of income. The inability to access period supplies can force women to use rags, socks or paper products, which can lead to infection and create emotional anxiety.

Through partnerships with agencies throughout Collier and Lee counties, APS of SWFL distributes period supplies at 160 locations and serves about 5,000 financially challenged women and girls with an annual year’s supply of period products.

For more information about the Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL or to learn how you can help end period poverty in Southwest Florida, visit www.apsofswfl.org.