OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE NO-COST MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS TO AT-RISK PEOPLE IN LOWER MICHIGAN.

Free menstrual products for all menstruators.

Goal One: To develop a larger and more diverse board for the organization to enhance our resources, gain areas of expertise, establish more divergent thinking, and provide a broader outreach.

Goal Two: Explore the staffing needs, allow for expansion of the organization, avoid burnout of individual members of the organization and allow areas of expertise to be fully utilized and deepened.

Goal Three: Develop long term and consistent funding resources to support the sustainability of the organization and continue to expand and educate the clients that are served.

Our Executive Director participated in a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program through Florida State University and received a certificate. The board provides $500 a year for conference and classes for the Executive Director.

HWP lost many volunteers during the pandemic. Most were over 60 and didn't want to participate until they were fully vaccinated, and the others were college students who were sent home. We re-organized our systems so that we needed fewer volunteers, offered volunteer projects that could happen at home, or in a socially distanced area (like packing period kits), and instituted porch drop offs of product for those without transportation. We closed our drop off locations and started accepting donated products through the mail, or through porch pick ups. Luckily, our donations were not impacted. We did have an increase of distributions of product - up almost 200,000 items over last year.