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Wicomico partners unveil first Eastern Shore “Pink Pantry” at Newton Community Center
Summary
Wicomico Women's Commission, Reproductive Justice Maryland and Salisbury University students opened a free menstrual-products pantry at Newton Community Center, a community-driven effort partners said will expand countywide; organizers cited local poverty and period-poverty statistics to explain the need.
Wicomico Women's Commission Chair Megan Alton, joined by partners from Reproductive Justice Maryland and students from Salisbury University, unveiled a “Pink Pantry” at Newton Community Center to provide free menstrual products to residents in Wicomico County and the Eastern Shore.
The pantry was presented as a community-driven mutual-aid effort intended to increase access to menstrual supplies for women and girls in the county. "We are actively looking for more members," said Megan Alton, chair of the Wicomico Women's Commission, describing the commission’s role advising the county executive's office and county council on programs for…
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