A CAMPAIGN supporting women has been boosted by a partnership with a major supermarket chain.
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The Share the Dignity campaign will partner with Woolworths during the month of August to help deliver personal hygiene products to women in need.
Donation bins will be set up at Woolworths' Tamworth and Eastpoint stores.
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Woolworths will take the partnership a step further by donating five cents from the sale of pads, tampons and liners in August to Share the Dignity, to help the charity fund more vending machines that dispense free sanitary items to women experiencing homelessness.
Share the Dignity's Leanne Pitt-Barile said the COVID-19 pandemic had caused a spike in the number of women in need.
"Through no fault of their own, more women and girls in Tamworth are not going to be able to afford basic essentials and will have to resort to toilet paper, socks or washers to deal with their period," Ms Pitt-Barile said.
"Together with Woolworths Tamworth and Woolworths Tamworth Eastpoint, we're calling on the local community to support our August Dignity Drive by purchasing their sanitary items at Woolworths or donating what products they can to our collection boxes."
Woolworths has partnered with Share the Dignity since 2019 and has raised more than $1.3million for the charity.
The funds raised have helped for the installation of 80 Dignity vending machines across Australia.
Woolworths Tamworth and Eastpoint group manager Stephen Guoite said it was more important than ever to support local women in need.
"At a time when community support and kindness is more important than ever, we are incredibly proud to be partnering with Share the Dignity for the August Dignity Drive," Mr Guoite said.
"We're always amazed by the generosity of our customers and the support they show for our Dignity Drives.
"It's this small act of kindness that goes such a long way in supporting vulnerable girls and women across Tamworth."
The August drive comes after a drive in March collected over 43,000 sanitary items for women in need.
The partnership also comes after local volunteers called for more volunteers to help support the cause in Tamworth and across the region.
For more information on becoming a volunteer visit the Share the Dignity New England Facebook page.
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
