Annual campaign aims to send menstrual products to northern Sask. communities

When Nicole White learned some girls miss school due to not having access to menstrual products, she knew she had to do something.

White, who is Métis and lives in Saskatoon, founded Moon Time Sisters in 2017 to send menstrual products to northern Saskatchewan communities.

Now called Moon Time Connections, it's grown to become a national Indigenous-led menstrual equity organization.

Every October, it holds a donation drive in Saskatchewan to collect products that will be sent to Indigenous communities.

Moon Time Connections sends menstrual products to Northern Indigenous communities all over Canada. (Submitted by Moon Time Connections)

White said period products can expensive in northern communities compared to those in southern cities.

“If you are a family who is navigating a ti