Nearly 1 in 4 Canadian people that menstruate say they have struggled to afford menstrual products for themselves or their children.

Run a Period Promise Campaign

The period promise campaign by United Way is another easy way to help everybody live with the dignity that we all deserve by getting menstrual products to people who need them.

Run a workplace campaign to collect tampons, pads, and other menstrual products to support vulnerable people in our communities.
Make a financial donation to the United Way to support the campaign
Make your own Period Promise and sign on to the United Way’s Period Promise policy, committing to providing free menstrual hygiene products to anyone accessing your workplace, business or organization’s facilities.

Join us from May 6 to June 7 and be part of the solution.

Workplace Toolkit

Marketing and communications material to run your own Period Promise Campaign.

Financial Donation

Donate today or start your own online fundraiser to support the United Way campaign.

Period Promise Policy

Read our Period Promise policy and make your own period promise.

Become part of the solution

Sign the Period Promise and join fellow Central Alberta organizations fighting period poverty in our community

Local response to a global issue

The Period Promise Pilot Project by United Way and the Soroptimist International Central Alberta is a local response to a global issue. We can reduce the isolation created by period poverty, in our own neighbourhoods.

More than a product drive

Our mission is to provide barrier-free access to hygiene products for all humans. To destigmatize menstruation and work towards helping more people get access to the products they count on with the dignity they deserve.

The project is funded by a $20,250 gender-equality grant from the Red Deer District Community Foundation and all additional costs funded by United Way Central Alberta. Product sponsorships have also been granted by HOSPECO’s Period Partner and Procter & Gamble, makers of Always and Tampax. Always has championed girls’ confidence for over 35+ years and is committed to help #EndPeriodPoverty to ensure that lack of access to menstrual products doesn’t hold young people back.

The Fund for Gender Equality is supported by a collaboration between Community Foundations of Canada and the Equality Fund, with support from the Government of Canada.