WGC's 4.28 Break the Cycle Period Product Drive Up & Drop Off - Thank You!
Wow! Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for our WGC "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive! We collected over 100 pounds of products to support students at HCPSS! “Rain didn’t stop us from coming out for our community" said Paula Seabright, Chair of the WGC "Break the Cycle" program. "Our amazing WGC Break the Cycle interns successfully surpassed their goal of collecting 75 lbs. of period products for HCPSS community schools ... thanks to everyone who came out to support us!” Couldn't make the drop off today but want to support? You can donate here: |
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WGC's 2025 "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive
Since 2022, the WGC has supported women’s health and highlighted period poverty in Howard County through the WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Period Product Drive, an effort to highlight period poverty through education, donations, fundraising, and grantmaking to support women and girls in Howard County.
The WGC has chosen to continue our focus on this important issue because it's a need that is easily and often overlooked and we believe it is time to break the cycle of period poverty”
This effort is important to the WGC because:
WGC’s “Break the Cycle” has Three Components:
Connect with us on Instagram to follow our efforts and learn more about this important issue and how you can get involved!
The WGC has chosen to continue our focus on this important issue because it's a need that is easily and often overlooked and we believe it is time to break the cycle of period poverty”
This effort is important to the WGC because:
- We need to “Break the Cycle” of less than 2% of philanthropic giving going to women and girls.
- We need to “Break the Cycle” of being silent about how the continuum of women’s health and the unique challenges we face as women and girls impact our lives, and
- We need to “Break the Cycle” of period poverty for women and girls.
WGC’s “Break the Cycle” has Three Components:
- Education: WGC leaders and student interns are spreading the word about period poverty through learning, marketing, and events.
- Donations: WGC leaders and student interns are working with partners across the community to collect and deliver period products.
- Fundraising/Grantmaking: WGC leaders and student interns are raising money and providing funds to nonprofit partners working to alleviate period poverty.
Connect with us on Instagram to follow our efforts and learn more about this important issue and how you can get involved!
WGC's 2025 "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive Student Interns
WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Student Intern Program:
We are excited to host 7 “Break the Cycle” Student Interns throughout the 2024-2025 school year.
WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Student Intern Program Goals:
We are excited to host 7 “Break the Cycle” Student Interns throughout the 2024-2025 school year.
- The focus of WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Student Intern Program is on women’s philanthropy, the continuum of women’s health, and in particular period poverty.
- The goals are to engage student interns through a nine month program of exploration with learning and activities that will highlight the power of women’s collective giving, the continuum of women’s health, how philanthropy is making a difference, and highlighting period poverty.
- The activities are focusing on student intern’s monthly educational opportunities, support for the product push, fundraising efforts, and grantmaking through the “Break the Cycle Mini Give!”
WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Student Intern Program Goals:
- Education: Increase student intern awareness and understanding of women's collective giving, the work of the WGC, the continuum of women’s health, period poverty, and how philanthropy is addressing these issues.
- Empowerment: Empower student interns to take leadership roles in advocating for women’s health and period poverty through the power of women’s collective giving.
- Engagement: Engage student interns in education, donations, fundraising, and grantmaking through the Product Drive and the “Break the Cycle Mini Give” effort to collectively give $5,000. Our student interns will be presented with information about three WGC nonprofit partners working in women’s health and will be given the opportunity to evaluate them around a list of criteria and award one with a Mini Give grant of $5,000 in May 2025.
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WGC's "Break the Cycle" Period Product Partners & Support
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Connect with us on Instagram to follow our efforts and learn more about this important issue and how you can get involved!
Many thanks to our partners at the Columbia Association, Community Foundation of Howard County, Howard County Library System, Howard Community College, Howard Hughes Corp., Bra-La-La, Luminus, The Pearl, The 3rd, Vectorworks, WKDKarate4Girls, and Aurum Aesthetic Atelier, all of whom are hosting WGC "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive boxes and collecting products regularly. "The WGC has chosen to continue our focus on this important issue because it's a need that is easily and often overlooked" said Paula Seabright, WGC's "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive Chair. "It's time to break the cycle of period poverty and we invite our community to join with us." Thank you to everyone who has donated money and/or products at locations around Howard County. To date, we've been able to donate hundreds of pounds of products and over $6,000 dollars to WGC nonprofit partners to purchase products for their clients. Our goal this year is to raise another $10,000 to support our nonprofits partners on the ground. Please join with us! Contact: WGC "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive Chair, Paula Seabright |
