The SPOT Period expanding to help women address all types of health, wellness

Their aim is to offer menstrual well being and help for underserved communities.

“These are a few of our merchandise which have been donated from our neighborhood,” mentioned Lynette Medley, founding father of the SPOT Interval.

However the SPOT Interval’s brick-and-mortar location addresses extra than simply interval poverty.

“We’re a full-service drop-in middle,” she mentioned. “We now have nurses on-site to do wellness checks.”

The group teamed up with Drexel College’s nursing program to offer wellness checks for issues like HIV checks, COVID-19 testing and booster photographs. Medley and her daughter opened the SPOT Interval in February 2021.

“These populations who do not have entry to ongoing medical insurance or sources round medical care, we carry the providers right here,” she mentioned. “I’ve created a triage. Though they’re coming for menstrual merchandise, they really feel secure. They speak to us and inform us no matter else they want.”

Medley says within the final yr, they’ve helped over 250,000 folks by delivering feminine requirements nationwide.

“The work is essential as a result of we’re permitting folks to reside in dignity,” mentioned Medley. “Though it is interval poverty, lots of the individuals who we serve should not in poverty. They work every single day, however there’s nothing set as much as bridge the hole to pay for menstrual merchandise. We want to verify folks have these as a traditional a part of life.”

Medley says the aim is to hopefully broaden the SPOT Interval to different components of town and nation, whereas additionally persevering with to struggle to have feminine merchandise coated by medical insurance.