Good Cause Alert: Tampons for Charity
After my little vent yesterday I’m actually feeling much better. It’s nice to just get stuff out of your head every once in awhile. And now that that is outta the way we can move on to much more important things *smooths hair and straightens dress*
Whilst surfing the webs a couple days ago I crash landed at the Seventh Generation’s tampon charity website called TamPontification. Now all you boys reading this stay right where you are and don’t you go running off because this is important and you shouldn’t be scared of a little ol’ word like tampon. Just take a deep breath and hear me out 
So, these great people have a program set up on their website where you can make a free virtual donation of a pack of organic cotton tampons or chlorine-free pads to a women’s shelter in the state you choose! Click here to go to the donation area, it’s two steps and only takes a second of your time to make a donation or two, or ten…and lord knows it ain’t costin’ ya a dime!
I really wanna spread the word on this not just because it’s a nice thing to do but also because of my past experiences with shelters. When I was about 6 years old my parents divorced and it was a rather ugly ordeal. To make a long story wicked short my mother had to take my younger brother and I into a women’s shelter in order to keep us and her safe. The shelter we stayed in was a true lifesaver and I don’t think any one of us will ever forget the help they provided our family.
To this day my mom champions for women’s shelters in her town and hosts an annual drive for personal care items for the women in the shelters. I don’t have the connections or the networking to pull off such a big project (yet) but I can post this link to hopefully get some women’s shelters around the country some free tampons.
And on a more humorous note regarding tampons I also found the Tampon Crafts. I don’t know if I’d actually want to make anything from this site but the pictures are pretty funny
Have a great day y’all!
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Serra said:
on February 28, 2007 at 2:50 pm
“Use a little menstrual magic to enhance your romance.”
Oh my hell–although the Tampon Blowgun could be useful. Wonder if you could rig loads consisting of a dose of Midol for them puppies?
Canopenner said:
on February 28, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I had to go stay at a womens shelter when I was a kid too.
My Dad is a real psycho (Like he has actually been comitted) and he used to beat my mom and us and blah blah blah.
BUT
The moral of this story is that when we went to a womens shelter once, we stayed one night. And the next day he was there, the womens shelter people let him intimidate my mom into going home with him and it was years after that things finally came to an end. I dont know why they even let him through the door. :^(
So yeah, now I dont trust womens shelters.
:^(
Ill be keeping all my tampons, thanks. Because things arent always how they seem to be.
Amadeus said:
on February 28, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I’m happy to complete the process a time or two. I’ve never had to stay at a women’s shelter, but have a friend who works at one. While there are certainly some bad experiences out there, I don’t mind helping those who help others.
Bunny said:
on February 28, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Unfortunately I can be a bitchy girl, but usually only if the person has done me and mine wrong.
Anyway, I donated to a ton of the states. Good on you for finding this! That’s awesome!
ANO said:
on March 1, 2007 at 6:54 am
Hmm, ironic, my word is Squishy!
Anyway, great idea! When I get home this weekend I’ll be sure to make a post about this to help spread the word!
J David said:
on March 2, 2007 at 12:50 pm
I got scared and ran right to the comments after I saw the word tampon… What did I miss?