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The Salem Cloth Project, which supplies hundreds of reusable diaper kits to local families, is seeking 8-10 community members for a volunteer task force to research and develop a new program for period products.
The launch comes after the project received a $10,000 boost from Marion Country Environmental Services, through the Materials Management EarthWISE Grant. $2,000 of the funds will be used to pilot the period product program, and purchase the reusable supplies.
The program will have an equity focus, and plans to distribute the products free-of-charge.
“Our hope is to begin to address period poverty in our community by providing individuals with a long-term solution, in reusable period products,” said Kaileigh Westermann-Lewis, the project’s founder, in an email to Salem Reporter.
For six months starting in late-October, the task force will meet monthly for around three hours.
“Ideally, we would like to include members from across the community, including students, teachers or school district employees, other community based organizations, BIPOC, LGBTQIA and those that have experience with housing insecurity,” Westermann-Lewis said.
If you’re interested in joining the task force, sign up online or email [email protected].
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The Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday split 5-2 on a policy reaffirming the board’s commitment to antiracism.
13 Sep 2023
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The Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday split 5-2 on a policy reaffirming the board’s commitment to antiracism.
13 Sep 2023
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CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: New school leaders, the school year ahead and Dolly Parton comes…
11 Sep 2023
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CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: New school leaders, the school year ahead and Dolly Parton comes…
11 Sep 2023
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Salem’s legislative committee plans to recommend that the city stop its years-long effort to fund a sobering center. The facility was intended to divert drunk or intoxicated people from hospitals…
11 Sep 2023
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Salem’s legislative committee plans to recommend that the city stop its years-long effort to fund a sobering center. The facility was intended to divert drunk or intoxicated people from hospitals…
11 Sep 2023
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