Dignity Matters

Did you know you can't purchase pads or tampons with SNAP/Food Stamps or WIC?

Every $50 you give provides a woman the menstrual care and underwear she needs to manage her period safely for a year!

In fact, there's NO state or federal programs that help women and girls in Massachusetts buy menstrual care. Menstrual care is expensive and rarely donated, so thousands face a difficult choice: use unhygienic alternatives like rags and toilet paper, or stay home and miss out on school, work, and life.

Dignity Matters is the largest nonprofit provider of free menstrual care and undergarments in Massachusetts. We help 15,000 women manage their period with dignity every month - and for most of them we are their only reliable source of these items.

Lack of access to menstrual care is a “deal breaker:" regardless of the other resources available to them, women and girls cannot stay healthy, work or attend school without reliable access to menstrual care. 

Dignity Matters supports gives women the dignity of choosing the type of menstrual care and undergarments that they are comfortable using, and we make a 12-month commitment to each partner so they know they can count on us for these products when they need them. And we use a manufacturing contract to buy menstrual care and underwear at wholesale prices to stretch your donations and help as many women as possible every month. 

We support women and girls through four programs:

Dignity at Schools provides menstrual products, underwear, and bras to students at public middle and high schools and after-school programs in Massachusetts.

Dignity on Campus provides menstrual care and underwear to students facing poverty at community colleges and state universities in MA. 

Dignity at Shelters provides menstrual care, bras and underwear to women at homeless and domestic violence shelters, low-income housing and community centers, and emergency family centers.

Dignity in the Community delivers menstrual care and incontinence underwear to women and girls through 42 food pantries and medical centers in Massachusetts.

Thank you!