EUCLID, Ohio — Tampons and pads are expensive, but a local nonprofit is working to make the products more accessible and free to Euclid City School District students. Euclid nonprofit aims to end period poverty
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In May, I told you about A Better Euclid packing feminine hygiene bags to pass out to women in need.
Since then, it has developed.
"We're trying to bridge the gap in the poverty cycle and make sure that the women in Euclid have their needs met," A Better Euclid co-founder, Natalie Pajak, said.
Pajak's idea of closing the gap on period poverty started growing on her birthday last year.
"She posted the registry on our Facebook page and said this is what I want for my birthday, and the first year was like maybe $2,000 to $3,