~ Days for Girls ~
Gay Kiker, Lorrie Healey, and Connie Brown.
Lorrie Healy is the head of the Rogers Chapter of Days for Girls and the organization's State Coordinator. Lorrie's chapter distributes 15 – 50 kits to Venezuela every two to three months. The kits are made according to precise directions about size, fabric patterns, and each countries' shipping restrictions as well as the culture and religion of the people who are being served. They are currently establishing a relationship and making in-roads in Bolivia. A local Altrusa club received a $2,000 grant from the Altrusa International Foundation, to support Days For Girls. The check was presented to Lorrie Healy at a club meeting.
The kits allow girls to get to school and women to go to work while their having their periods. Before getting their first kit, the girls/women attend a class where they learn about the menstrual cycle, the value of hand washing, and self-defense. If the kits are made and used correctly, they will last up to 5 years. Completing a kit takes 3 sewing tasks and about 20 non-sewing tasks where Altrusa Club members volunteer assistance.
The kit contains a draw string bag, panties, 8 liners 2 shields, a bag for soiled liners, a bar of soap, a calendar, and a pamphlet.
To learn more, go to Days for Girls.
