And speaking of unusual donations…last Thursday's mail brought with it – in addition to the usual wave of bills, donations, catalogs, and junk mail – a box from Seventh Generation, accompanied by a check for $200. Inside the box … several cases of tampons and pantiliners!
Interesting…Seventh Generation is a great company that specializes in environmentally-friendly household and personal care products. They market everything from laundry detergent to paper products to diapers and all of it uses renewable, non-toxic, phosphate free and biodegradable ingredients. And as an added plus, they are strictly anti-animal-testing. Huzzah!
Their motto is perfect:
“In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.” – From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy.
And now, Seventh Generation has launched a new initiative: chlorine-free feminine care products. The name of that initiative? Tampontification. Which would probably win the all-time-best-name-ever award, if such a thing existed.
And here’s the cool part – and how it is that we came to receive a box of tampons here at EECM – as part of their Tampontification initiative, Seventh Generation has created a nationwide shelter donation program. The fact is, feminine care products are expensive and many poor people (especially the homeless) find it difficult, if not impossible, to afford those oh-so-necessary products. Enter Seventh Generation.
On their website (which is absolutely fabulous and You Must See It) they established a “click to donate” page, much like the one used on the Breast Cancer Site to fund free mammograms. They’ve had such an overwhelming response that they’ve suspended the clicking option for a few months while they get all of the feminine products shipped to shelters around the country. They also send a financial contribution to be used for immediate shelter needs.
Wow.
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