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How Women’s Foundation philanthropy is making a difference
Due to stigma, nobody will discuss the need and cost of feminine hygiene products. CFCC WFCC wants to ensure that women and girls in Collier County do not have to make a choice between the basic needs of food or feminine hygiene products.
The WFCC awarded $15,000 to Meals of Hope to supply 686 Collier County women and/or girls with much needed feminine hygiene products. Meals of Hope will purchase and distribute bags of individually wrapped sanitary napkins and sealed boxes of individually wrapped tampons to at-risk teen girls, homeless teen girls and women, and women who are in need of such products, but cannot afford them. These products will be distributed without fanfare or stigma to those in the most need. Clients at the Meals of Hope food pantry in Golden Gate, the East Naples mobile pantry location, and the Greater Naples YMCA will have the ability to obtain the products they prefer on a weekly basis. We provide food in an environment filled with dignity and want to address the subject of basic feminine needs with that same dignity
Additionally, Meals of Hope will work with other not-for-profit organizations which have expressed an interest, including, but not limited to: The Collier County Hunger and Homeless Coalition; Friends of Foster Children Forever, and Baby Basics.
Meals of Hope believes in out-of-the-box strategies when it comes to ending hunger. Due to stigma, nobody will discuss the need and cost of feminine hygiene products. Meals of Hope wants to ensure that women and children in Collier County do not have to make a choice between the basic needs of food or feminine hygiene products. They provide food in an environment filled with dignity and want to address the subject of basic feminine needs with that same dignity.
If you’d like to help make a difference in the lives of women and girls in Collier County, please consider a charitable gift to the Women’s Foundation of Collier County. To learn more about how you can help, please contact us.