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A Team-Building Experience for a Worthy Cause
Are you looking for a unique and impactful team-building experience that will not only bring your corporate team, book club, group of friends &...
1 June 2023
How are you committed to Menstrual Health Day?
Many people around the world who experience periods are shamed and excluded even though it is a normal bodily function. May 28 is International Men...
19 April 2023
A Shared Passion to Eliminate Period Stigma
Periods don’t have to be an uncomfortable topic.  Hi, I’m Shaunna (She/her), new to The Period Purse (TPP).  One of the amazin...
19 March 2023
Shifting Gears with a Period Purse Mini Drive
Let’s take a ride and discover what it takes to run mini drives with Queen City Diva’s (QCD). This all-female motorcycle club is made u...
18 February 2023
The First Step in Ending Period Stigma is Education
I talk about periods a lot, even before I stepped into the position of education coordinator at The Period Purse last September. At parties, book e...
10 January 2023
Donations, Dymon and Storage
Updated on 13 December 2024 The Period Purse (TPP) has a storage unit in Toronto, that provides you a drop off location year round! (Sorry, y...
27 December 2022
Choosing Sustainable Period Products
Period products like tampons, liners and pads, are made with plastic, which has negative ecological impacts on our environment. These products can ...
25 November 2022
Why are periods harder for some than others?
Periods have no gender. But many of us don’t think about that. Hi, I’m Sammi Ho (she/her) and I am the Community Engagement Strategic As...
30 September 2022
The Ins and Outs of Creating an App
  It was one idea, and many months later we created a period tracking app! It was the summer of my grade 11 year, when I learned about youth...
15 September 2022
Why I Joined The Period Purse as a Chapter Leader
On my way to work one morning, I was listening to “Metro Morning” on CBC Radio and heard Jana Girdauskas being interviewed about The Pe...
20 June 2022
A Team-Building Experience for a Worthy Cause
1 June 2023
Are you looking for a unique and impactful team-building experience that will not only bring your corporate team, book club, group of friends & family closer but also contribute to a vital soci...
How are you committed to Menstrual Health Day?
19 April 2023
Many people around the world who experience periods are shamed and excluded even though it is a normal bodily function. May 28 is International Menstrual Health* Day (MH Day), an annual day of awar...
A Shared Passion to Eliminate Period Stigma
19 March 2023
Periods don’t have to be an uncomfortable topic.  Hi, I’m Shaunna (She/her), new to The Period Purse (TPP).  One of the amazing things that brought me to TPP is the desire to e...
Shifting Gears with a Period Purse Mini Drive
18 February 2023
Let’s take a ride and discover what it takes to run mini drives with Queen City Diva’s (QCD). This all-female motorcycle club is made up of, “a diverse group of intelligent, sassy...
The First Step in Ending Period Stigma is Education
10 January 2023
I talk about periods a lot, even before I stepped into the position of education coordinator at The Period Purse last September. At parties, book events, in casual conversation—it doesn&rsquo...
Donations, Dymon and Storage
27 December 2022
Updated on 13 December 2024 The Period Purse (TPP) has a storage unit in Toronto, that provides you a drop off location year round! (Sorry, you probably need access to a car.) 1. Come w...
Choosing Sustainable Period Products
25 November 2022
Period products like tampons, liners and pads, are made with plastic, which has negative ecological impacts on our environment. These products can take up to 450 years to decompose in landfills, se...
Why are periods harder for some than others?
30 September 2022
Periods have no gender. But many of us don’t think about that. Hi, I’m Sammi Ho (she/her) and I am the Community Engagement Strategic Associate at Friends of Ruby. Friends of Ruby is ded...
The Ins and Outs of Creating an App
15 September 2022
  It was one idea, and many months later we created a period tracking app! It was the summer of my grade 11 year, when I learned about youth participation with The Period Purse (TPP )- it wa...
Why I Joined The Period Purse as a Chapter Leader
20 June 2022
On my way to work one morning, I was listening to “Metro Morning” on CBC Radio and heard Jana Girdauskas being interviewed about The Period Purse. This was the first time I heard about ...

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