Junior High classes donate to menstrual product drive
After hearing about the Moon Time Sisters menstrual product drive recently, some Jonas Samson Junior High school students and their teachers wanted to get involved in the cause.
Teacher Annie Whittle said it was a great learning opportunity for her health class, and a positive lesson in helping others. Her class raised $125 and purchased over 40 boxes of feminine hygiene products.
“It was a chance for them to bring positive action into the community,” she said. “As soon as we presented to them and they realized girls [in the province] were missing school because they didn’t have feminine products, the students wanted to do something. They brainstormed some ideas for a fundraiser, and it was a series simple actions that we were able to make it happen.”
Another teacher, Leighton Chiverton, told his male students if they brought in 50 boxes of products, he would wear a dress for half a day. Whittle said they went above and beyond collecting 67 boxes, so Chiverton was clad in a dress until lunch hour today.