End Period Poverty
Celebrate Period Poverty Awareness Week (May 22-28, 2022) by getting active for girls in need.
Get Involved: Sylvias Cyclones 2022
Every step, every mile, every lap will keep girls in school and women at work with dignity.
Set a goal and be a fundraiser! Or use the power of your dollars to sponsor one. Learn more.
Our Winter 2022 e-newsletter was published and it’s chock-full of great information. (Not subscribed? Keep up with us by signing up here (right column).
Most notably, we need volunteers! Sign up if you’re interested in volunteering with us. We especially need boots-on-the-ground volunteers to assemble period kits and deliver them to communities in need. There are two board positions opening soon. More information is forthcoming.
Also in this e-newsletter: information about our new branding, a recap of fun events, and product distribution impact numbers. We’re making a difference for menstruators in Central Virginia!
Need help talking openly with girls about menstruation and menstrual hygiene? Join Jennifer Taylor, president of Sylvia’s Sisters; Jennifer Gaines, program director of Alliance for Period Supplies; and Dr. Jellisa Timmons, family practitioner, St. Francis Medical Centers. They’ll provide expert guidance and answer your questions, so you can answer theirs!
Hosted by Pamunkey Regional Library. Registration is required. This program is hosted virtually through Zoom and the meeting link will be sent to the email registered 1 day before the event occurs. If you don’t receive your reminder email on Wednesday, November 3, please contact the library.
In order to bring awareness to our cause we decided to get moving! We started our very first biking challenge. As newbies to the non-profit “challenge” event we were needlessly nervous about its success. This event was so fun and energetic. Everyone upped their game doing many more miles and getting many more donations than expected! For next year, we may be expanding the event to include running or walking or any kind of activity you like. This event is all about personal challenges. You set your goal and make it happen!
We hope you will join us when we do it again in April 2022.
In 2020, Maggie Walker students partnered with Sylvia’s Sisters to help get legislation passed at the state level requiring public schools to provide free period products in restrooms. Those students have now established a chapter of PERIOD, a national organization committed to fighting period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy.
Read more about their efforts.
Sylvia’s Sisters partnered with World U.P. to distribute feminine hygiene products through their Mobile Produce Pantry. Community partners are critical to our success. World U.P. interviewed Jennifer Taylor, Sylvia’s Sisters president, about her life, mission, values and the importance of community.
Sylvia’s Sisters is in the news! WRIC Channel 8 featured our efforts to distribute hygiene products and PPE to a community in need.
The Virginia legislature passed a proposal that would require free period supplies to be available in all public school restrooms. The success of this initiative is due in large part to determined lobbying by Sylvia’s Sisters and their partners. Jennifer Taylor, president, spoke to the Times-Dispatch about the initiative.