Goodbye Purses

It all started with one purse, helping one person. It was a beautiful thing and it blossomed into something so much bigger than we could imagine. 

A wise person once told me, “the only constant in life is change”. As TPP grows, we continue to evolve in order to better contribute to our community. We said goodbye to purses a while ago. The pandemic cemented that decision and we don't collect any more purses. And we aren't going back. 

Purses were a lovely touch and wonderful when we were just getting started. But now, we service thousands of menstruators a month and purses aren't a good fit for us anymore. We now donate period packs, a one month’s supply of products for a healthy period.

We made a conscious decision to shift our focus to collecting period products for a few reasons. Purses were heavy, took up a lot of storage space and were hard to ship. Unfortunately, this created a lot of burden on our amazing volunteers. As well, various shelters have different rules; they often had to empty the contents of the purse, and had very little storage space to take our large filled purse donations. We continue to take pride in our mission of menstrual health and this transition will only make us stronger. 

If you ever donated a purse, Thank You. We will always be The Period Purse in memory of our one idea that grew into something beautiful. But now it's time to formally say goodbye to the purse. Change is good. It, too, is a beautiful thing.