SIOUX CITY — Junior League of Sioux City is making menstrual products more accessible to Siouxland middle and high school students through a period pantry the organization founded.
Kayla Kellen, co-chair of the Period Pantry Project, shows zippered pouches that can be used to keep period products discrete at Sioux City schools at the Junior League Discovery Shop in Sioux City.
Shelves of period products are waiting to be delivered to schools and organizations to combat period poverty as part of Junior League of Sioux City's Period Pantry Project.Â
Kayla Kellen, co-chair of Junior League of Sioux City's Period Pantry Project, said statistics show that one in five girls will miss a day of school due to not having adequate menstrual products.Â
Kayla Kellen, co-chair of Junior League of Sioux City's Period Pantry Project, said statistics show that one in five girls will miss a day of school due to not having adequate menstrual products.Â
Leti O'Kane, co-chair of the Period Pantry Project, talks about the logistics of donations and delivering period products to schools at the Junior League Discovery Shop in Sioux City.
Shelves of period products are waiting to be delivered to schools and organizations to combat period poverty as part of Junior League of Sioux City's Period Pantry Project. The supplies are shown at the Junior League Discovery Shop in Sioux City.