Pittsburgh Chapter New Home

We are “sew” excited to announce that the Pittsburgh Chapter/Collection point has a new home! First United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh

Our new address is:

First United Methodist Church, Attention Karie Charlton, 5401 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Our new Phone number: (412) 681-8222

Our email is the same: pittsburgh@daysforgirls.org

You may remember that we sent kits to Cuba with Global Links in September and we can report that all our kits have arrived in Cuba, and they are thrilled with them. After we filled the 2023 order for Global Links, we continued to fill other orders and ship inventory to other collection points and teams to help fill their orders. We were thrilled to help and to lower our inventory so we had less to move.

On moving day, we also dropped off kits to Global Links to get started on the 2024 order.

Now that we are settled into our new location, we are in need of all of the DfG components, especially women’s small and medium underwear.

We have a new order from our friends at Global Links

for 10,000 kits that will be distributed it Cuba in 2024.

We hope you can help us.

DfG Pittsburgh Wish List

500 Boxes from Uline 15x13x12
Packing tape
Sharpie Markers
Women’s small and medium underwear (we need 20,000)
- Order through DfG please email resources@daysforgirls.org to coordinate orders.
- Order through fruit of a loom women’s sizes 5 and 6
  - Please double check the underwear are at least 50% cotton.Bikinis, briefs, hi cuts, and hipsters are all fineNo boy shorts or thongs (our pads snap around the crotch and these styles do not work to hold our pads in place)
  - Use code: FRUIT20 to get 20% off of your total
Amazon wish list or donate through DfG website
Gift cards for JoAnn Fabrics are always appreciated.

Check out our facebook and instagram pages for more pictures of our move.

This announcement was sent out to our new friends at FUMC:

Greetings Friends!

We are “sew” excited to be moving in with you!!!

The Days for Girls Mission is simple: creating a more dignified, free and educated world through access to lasting menstrual health. Their tagline is: Every Girl. Everywhere. Period.

The Days for Girls Pittsburgh Chapter is made up of community volunteers, women from the CCC house, and college students. In addition to the DfG mission, we consider it our mission to build relationships with those volunteering with us. We hope that soon that will include some members of FUMC.

We have an order for fill for Global Links for 10,000 kits by the end of 2024. Many DfG teams from around the USA will be sending us components to complete this order. Each standard Days for Girls washable kit includes: 2 waterproof shields, 8 liners, 2 panties, 1 carry pouch, a 100% cotton wash cloth, a small bar of soap, and an ovulation chart and directions, all packaged in a drawstring bag. Those are the things you can see. What you might not notice immediately is that those kits also contain: dignity, education, and independence. These kits and their accompanying education can lift entire communities out of poverty.

To complete these orders we fundraise, request items on our Amazon wish list, and hope to collect JoAnn Fabric Gift cards to purchase supplies.

We are packing up in our current location and will be moving into the Wesley Quad slowly over the next month. Once we are settled, we hope to welcome new volunteers to work with us and to shop with us. We will be watching the sale flyers and will let you know when you can join us at Joann’s to learn about how we choose fabric and of course to shop. We will keep you posted about those opportunities as they arise.

For now, you can check out our Facebook and Instagram @pgh_dfgchapter

Karie Charlton is our chapter leader. You can check out her blog, Period Pastor or follow her on Facebook or Instagram @periodpastor. Karie is ordained in the PCUSA but currently isn’t serving a church.

Thank you again for the opportunity. We look forward to meeting you!