I Support the Girls collects and distributes donations of new and gently used bras, and individually sealed tampons and maxi pads to women and girls nationally and internationally. Whether they be homeless, refugees, in transitional housing, or fleeing domestic violence, women and girls should never have to compromise on dignity. Women and girls who find themselves homeless shouldn’t have to worry about finding bras, much less proper menstrual products. Yet they wear the same bra for years, potentially causing health problems, and each month have to make a choice between paying for meals or buying a box of tampons. Since its founding, ISTG has collected and distributed over 25,000,000 products to 3 million women through 5,000 vetted partners. ISTG has 50 affiliates across the United States and international affiliates in Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Germany, and Pakistan.
External link for I Support The Girls
P.O. Box 2736
Wheaton, Maryland 20915, US
When the whole night feels like our Wildest Dreams ✨! Last night at #ERASTour Indy, we got to show up as The Lucky Ones, passing out free menstrual hygiene products and friendship bracelets with our friends from Little Words Project 💖 Thanks to all the Swifties for dropping by-- you'll never go out of Style. We'll remember this night All Too Well!
On theme for #UnitedNationsDay, we are so grateful to share that our founder, Dana, had the honor of presenting at the United Nations HQ in #NYC to the amazing SONSIEL - Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders group. The #UnitedNations partners with and is in contact with so many amazing groups like SONSIEL, and we’re thankful that ISTG is among those groups! #UN #UNday
On this #WorldMenopauseDay, we're highlighting our FLASH Kits: personalized kits to support folks experiencing menopause. We're so thankful for conversation starters around menopause, and for those who push for more research and conversation. Periods may stop for #menopause, but support shouldn't. Requests for FLASH Kits: https://lnkd.in/dDphApku Donations to FLASH Kits: https://bit.ly/FlashKits
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In solidarity with those affected by breast cancer, our team is dressed in pink for #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. 💖 We're also so proud to be supporting GeekyGlamorous' bra donation drive via I Support The Girls! 🥰 📍 If you're based in LA, here's how to participate! https://lnkd.in/gu-m6hbi
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay2024! Celebrate #IndigenousWomen with us as we acknowledge some of the incredible women who have made history❤️ #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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At The Little Timmy Project we have always thrived on collaboration over competition and we make it a point to work with our community partners in many different facets of serving our clients. In the nonprofit world, there are limitations to what we can do as individual organizations (far too many to list) but when we work together we can accomplish more than we ever could alone. I encourage you to check out the incredible work of I Support The Girls #collaboration #workingsmarter #supportlocalcommunity
We love our partnership with I Support The Girls 🤩 This amazing organization supplies us with nursing bras along with so many other amazing things to stock our Little Mom Shop! Our clients love when they are able to receive these kinds of items while shopping 💓 Thank you to Sara and the rest of the team! Check them out on social media to see all the amazing work they do! #iSupportTheGirls
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Let’s end the shame of #Menstruation. Let’s ensure all have access to safe and sanitary products - at all times. It is time for men and women to engage in the conversation. Shout out to I Support The Girls for taking action on access. ❤️
#TakeItToTheStreet ✨ #PeriodActionDay is a global day of action to end period poverty and the stigma that still surrounds it. And this event goes for period-adjacent conditions too, like the “mysterious” endometriosis that affects 1 in 10 women. #Menstruation is part of life for more than half the world's population, and 800 million people menstruate daily – many of whom are without safe and sanitary facilities and menstrual products. Lack of proper menstrual education, products, and care leaves young girls out of school and women out of the workforce, deepening gender inequalities, and it's time for that to change. A 2019 study reported that menstrual care materials alone could reduce absenteeism in school by roughly 21%. As long as girls and women continue to pay the unfair price for this natural body function, equality can never be reached. Talking about these things is a big first step in ending stigmas, increasing education, and getting answers that lead to relief—so, as we do, we took to the streets to test knowledge and educate.
As we inch into Brat Fall, I Support the Girls is so happy to announce that we had the BEST #BratSummer thanks to the donation of 10k undergarments from the #CharliXCX and #BillieEilish "Guess" music video, directed by the extremely talented Aidan Zamiri. After receiving the avalanche of undergarments, we washed, sorted, and donated the donations to local DMV shelters that support survivors of #DomesticViolence, as promised in the credits of the iconic music video. We're so happy to have donated to My Sister's Place, DC, Stepping Stones Shelter, and Bridges to Independence to help support those in need. Our ISTG also had the opportunity to attend the #SWEATtour in Baltimore on September 26 and had the time of our lives seeing Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, and Shygirl right in front of us (and making some fun shirts to let everyone know about the extremely generous donation). Thank you so much to the Atlantic Records team, Marisa Aron, Charli, Billie, Aidan, and anyone else who made this donation possible. Brat Summer of 2024 is definitely going down in ISTG's history book 💚
In 2024, 20 states STILL tax period products. In a world where #periodpoverty is alive and prevalent, menstrual hygiene products are already costly- taxing these items doesn't help, especially when they're essential to the dignity of menstruators. On this #PeriodActionDay, help us continue our effort to fight period poverty and bust stigmas surrounding menstruation.
Today is #InternationalDayOfTheGirl. With the 2024 theme "Girls' Vision for the Future," I Support the Girls is proud to be busting stigmas and making safe spaces for girls to be open about taboo topics that impact their daily lives. ISTG's vision for not just the future but for every day, happening now, is a world where girls are supported for ALL their needs❤️