A Kentucky organization is looking to help anyone in need of free menstrual products through a network of pantries it plans to set up across the Commonwealth.
Period Y'all is a statewide organization sponsoring these pantries through community partnerships. The group's organizers work with community liaisons to keep the pantry boxes stocked with free menstrual products, like tampons and pads, as well as educational materials and other resources for those in need. It hopes to have 13 locations open by the end of the year.
Period Y'all founder and Lancaster native Skylar Davis said she wanted to find a project that could capitalize on her organization's ability to support grassroot efforts.
"We're a really small organization. It's basically me and some volunteers, and we were just having