Greenwood Women Care Awards 2025 Women’s Health Grant!, March 2025
Greenwood Women Care (GWC) is pleased to announce the recipient of the GWC third biannual Women’s Health Grant. The Period Project has received $5,750 to buy period supplies to those whom it is a hardship to purchase what they need monthly.
The Period Project’s mission is to facilitate better access to menstrual hygiene products to individuals in need and to raise awareness of period poverty. Since its founding in 2015, they have worked tirelessly to advance menstrual equity in the Upstate and throughout South Carolina by distributing period products to public schools and agencies assisting those living in poverty. The work addresses the essential, continuous, yet often neglected need for period products.
Though unimaginable to many of us, not having period products is a common reality for thousands in low-income households in Greenwood. The average retail cost of period supplies is $20 per month. These products are not covered by the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or its specialized SNAP for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits, nor by Medicaid or any other form of public assistance.
The GWC Women’s Health Grant was first offered in 2021. The grant supports holistic care and health education to improve the physical, mental, or social health and well-being of women in our community. It is funded by a Field of Interest Fund endowed by Jim and Denise Medford and held by the Greenwood County Community Foundation. Interested non-profits were asked to send a letter of intent as to how they would use the funds. Next, the committee chose those whose intention most met the purpose of the fund to complete the application process. With supporting information, the grant award was finalized by the Women’s Health Grant GWC subcommittee. The grant will be offered again in 2027.
Members of the 2025 Women’s Health Grant subcommittee are Anne Craig, Debra Moton, Marilyn Murphy (Chair), Mamie Nicholson, Terry Pait, Jan Puzar, and Michelle Stallworth.
