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New Haven Jewish federation launches 'Dignity Grows' jewishledger.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jewishledger.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Connecticut charity Dignity Grows spreading nationwide in mission to fight period poverty Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant Jessica Zachs of West Hartford founded Dignity Grows almost two years ago to help those experiencing “period poverty” in the Hartford area. Since then, Dignity Grows has grown, to 16 chapters nationwide, with 22 more coming soon. Volunteers in these chapters distribute thousands of free hygiene tote bags to adults and teens whose budgets are stretched too thin to make room for sanitary pads. The need has heightened as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which saw many jobs lost and many families’ incomes take a nosedive. When money is tight, paying for rent and food takes priority over buying menstrual products. So what are people who need those pads and panty liners supposed to do? ....
Connecticut charity Dignity Grows spreading nationwide in mission to fight period poverty courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jewish Ledger CT NEWS 2020 – The Year in Review JANUARY • More than 300 guests fill the Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase on Jan. 25 for an elegant gala honoring Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz for his 25 years as spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Greenwich. Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz with the evening’s emcee, Stacey Delikat, Fox News 5 anchor and Temple Sholom member. MARCH • The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with Madison residents Bob and Amy Stefanowski, create “Masks for Heroes,” a grassroots, volunteer effort to deliver surgical masks to hospitals, nursing home residents and caregivers, medical personnel and first responders, in over 125 towns throughout Connecticut. More than 500,000 masks are given out. ....