Filling a truck with menstrual products: Collection happening at Wortley on the Green Saturday [Video]

A London charity has a goal of filling an entire U-Haul truck with menstrual products Saturday afternoon.

Fairy Godparents, a London and area charity, has set up shop at Wortley on the Green to collect tampons, pads, incontinence products, pregnancy tests, unused reusable pads, period underwear or menstrual cups.

“The Period Equity Project is a free program where anybody can ask for menstrual products and there’s no questions asked,” said Stevie Brocksom, president of Fairy Godparents.

“We don’t judge. We don’t care who you are. Everybody is welcome to reach out and ask for what you need.”

Brocksom, who is non-binary, is a gender doula and transgender activist in London, Ont.

Brocksom is passionate about equity for all marginalized communities, especially concerning reproductive justice.

“One in three people have gone without menstrual products during their period,” said Brocksom.

“We found out that people were using newspaper, plastic bags, paper towel, …