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Chiflada’s and PeriodPalooza are asking for donations of menstrual hygiene merchandise.
West-of-downtown nightspot Chiflada’s is launching a interval pantry to offer free menstrual merchandise for underserved communities in San Antonio.
Organizers are asking for donations of menstrual hygiene merchandise on the pantry’s Friday, Nov. 10, launch and ribbon-cutting. The occasion will happen from 6-8 p.m. on the bar, 1804 W. Martin St.
The pantry is a collaboration between Chiflada’s and San Antonio-based PeriodPalooza, a bunch that gathers interval provide donations for underserved Alamo Metropolis ladies. Throughout the occasion, Chiflada’s additionally will search money donations to learn PeriodPalooza’s work.
One in six Texas ladies ages 12-44 stay beneath the poverty line, which may make it tough to afford female hygiene merchandise, in response to The Alliance for Interval Provides. Till a brand new Texas regulation went into impact Sept. 1, the state taxed interval merchandise as luxurious objects.
“We’re devoted to breaking the stigma round interval poverty and making certain that everybody in our neighborhood has entry to important interval merchandise,” PeriodPalooza officers mentioned in an emailed assertion.
The launch occasion is free and Chiflada’s — which opened with a concentrate on serving the West Aspect residence of its founders — will provide themed treats and drinks for the period. The interval pantry will function onsite at Chiflada’s indefinitely, bar co-owner Natasha Riffle informed the Present.
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