Our mission is to Supply Menstrual Products.

Our objectives are threefold. Supply the need, destigmatize menstruation, and educate about and provide access to reusable products.

We started Sister Supply in April of 2015 after Eli heard about a homeless woman who had stumbled into a local business after-hours so covered in blood that the security guard thought she had been injured. This made us think, how do homeless women handle their period? So, we began supplying local shelters with products.

But once the schools found out about us, the calls poured in. Many school systems, including our own, don’t have a budget for pads and tampons. We found that teachers and guidance counselors were paying for pads out their own pockets to help keep their students in school. Many menstruators still go without effective menstrual products -- monthly necessities -- because they can't afford them. They miss work; they miss school. You can’t buy pads and tampons with food stamps. And in Tennessee, they’re taxed as luxury items. What?

Not only are we supplying the need, we’re constantly talking about periods. When we go to a restaurant and there aren’t tampons and pads readily available, we ask, why not? We do what we can to normalize the conversation around menstruation. We’re also working with our lawmakers on getting the tax dropped on products and adding a budget line for schools. In our ideal world, tampons and pads would be stocked in bathrooms just like toilet paper and hand towels.

And don’t even get us started on menstrual cups and washable pads. Imagine if a menstruator who was struggling financially didn’t have to purchase products for 10 years!!

Partners:

Walmart, Always, and Proctor & Gamble donated over 30,000 products in 2022 and over 26,000 products in 2023

International Paper Supplied 1,000 Period Kits, each containing 24 products in 2022

Superlo Foods -  sells us pads and tampons at cost. We love them!!

We supply the following schools, shelters, and organizations:

3 Wishes for Her

A Betor Way

A Way Out

Achievement School District

Achievement School District (Achievement School District) - Frayser Achievement Elementary

Achievement School District-Cornerstone Prep Denver

Achievement School District-Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary

Achievement School District-Hanley School

Achievement School District-Hillcrest High School

Achievement School District-Humes Middle School

Achievement School District-Journey Coleman School

Achievement School District-Kirby Middle School

Achievement School District-Lester Prep

Achievement School District-Martin Luther King Jr College Preparatory High School

Achievement School District-Memphis Scholars Caldwell Guthrie

Achievement School District-Pathways In Education

Achievement School District-Westside Middle School

Achievement School District-Whitney Achievement Elementary

Achievement School District-Wooddale Middle School

Adolescent Parenting Program - Shelby County Schools

Airways Achievement Academy K-8

Alliance Healthcare Services

Alzheimer’s Day Center

Appleseeds/LeMoyne Owen Community Fair

Arrow Academy of Excellence

Benjamin Hooks/Cloud 901

Bluff City High School

Bonds Kids

Booker T Washington

Boys and Girls Club Oakhaven

Boys and Girls Oakhaven Middle and High Schools

Brighter Day Church

Brooks House of Hope

Calvary Presbyterian

Carpenter Art Garden

Casa Global

Casa Luz

Christian Brothers University (CBU)

Central High School

Christian Brothers University

Coleman School

Communities in Schools - Kirby High School

Communities In Schools - Memphis College Prep

Communities in Schools - Westside Middle School

Communities in Schools Belle Forrest Community Elementary School

Communities in Schools Central Office/Headquarters

Communities in Schools- Fairley High School

Communities in Schools Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary School

Communities in Schools Partnership Fair

Compass Schools thru Period Power at Memphis Rox

Constance Abbey

Cordova High School

Cromwell Elementary School

Crosstown High School

CSA Community Service Organization

Cummins School

Customized Creations (homeless outreach)

DeSoto County Schools

Fairley High School

Feeding All Ministries

First Student Transportation (School Buses)

Freedom Prep

Friends for Life

G.W. Carver College & Career Academy High School

Georgian Hills Elementary School

Germantown High Cheer

Germantown High School

Gordon Achievement Academy

Grace House

Graceland Recovery Center

Greater Kerr MBC, health fair

Green Dot Schools

Hamilton High School

Hanley Elementary School

Hillcrest High School - Green Dot

Hope Academy, Juvenile Detention Facility

Hope House

Hospitality Hub

Humes Middle School - Communities in Schools

I AM MY Sister’s Keeper

Ida B. Wells Academy K-8

Idlewild Presbyterian (for Food Bank Food Drive recipients picking up at Idlewild)

Inspire Counseling

Inspire Hope - Chickasaw Middle School

JIFF

Kindred Place

Kipp Memphis Highschool

KIPP Memphis School District (7 Schools)

Kirby High School (Communities in Schools)

Kisha’s House

Klondike Smokey City

Last House on the Block

Latina Memphis

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Memphis CHiLD Children’s Health Law Directive – Research Center

Lisieux Community

Lives Worth Saving

Living Grace

Lowrance Elementary School

Manasses High School

Mariposa Collective

Memphis Academy of Health Sciences

Memphis Academy of Science

Memphis Area Prevention Coalition

Memphis Center

Memphis CHiLD

Memphis College Prep

Memphis Police Department

Memphis Rox Period Power 901

Memphis Scholars Academy

Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie Elementary School

Memphis Scholars South Campus

Memphis School of Excellence

MIFA

Millington Crisis Center

MLK High School

Morningstar Church Worldwide Ministries

Morris Wilson Campus School

My Cup of Tea

My Sista's House

Neshoba Unitarian Church

New Wrights Chapel, Clothes Closet Ministry

Newcomers International Center High School

Norris Road Baptist Church

Northeast Prep Academy

Northwest Prep Academy

One by One Ministries

One Heart

One on One Ministries

Pearl’s Pantry

Period Power 901 at Memphis Rox

PLUM Foundation

Porter-Leath

Power Center Academy

Power Center Academy ES (Gestalt School)

Power Center Academy Middle School

Presbytery of the Midsouth

Prince of Peace

Project Homeless Connect

Promise Academy

Promise Academy-Promise Pearls

Promise Land Church

Randolph Public Library

Renewing the Mind, Body and Soul

Restore Corps

Rhodes

Rhodes College

Room in the Inn

Room In The Inn (St. Patrick's Church)

Salvation Army

Salvation Army Purdue Center of Hope

Sans Child

Second Baptist Outreach Mission

SERVS

Shady Grove Presbyterian - restroom

Shelby County Juvenile Court

Shelby County Schools

Shelby County Schools Department of 1MPACT, Family and Community Engagement

Sherwood Middle School

Sister Reach (Pearl’s Pantry)

Snowden Middle School

Southern Avenue Charter School (Communities in Schools)

Southwind Elementary School

Southwind High School

SRVS

St. Georges Memphis Campus

St. Mary's Food Kitchen

Streets Ministries

Summerfield Baptist Church - school aged

Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program at Memphis Area Legal Services

Sycamore View COC Community Pantry

Taste of Memphis - City of Memphis Community Fair

Teach for America

Testament of Hope Community Baptist Church

The Community Alliance for the Homeless

The Hygiene Chic

The Salvation Army Back to School Fair

The Salvation Army Memphis

The Salvation Army Purdue Center of Hope

The Salvation Army Single Women's Lodge

Thistle & Bee

Three Wishes for Her

Trinity Community Coalition Outreach Inc

Two Doors Down

U Can Memphis

University of Memphis – Tiger Pantry

Urban Child Institute

UT Relative Caregiver Program

UTM Gender & Women's Studies

Walker Middle

West Memphis Police Department

Westside Middle School (Communities in Schools)

White Station High School

White Station High School Swim Team

Women's Advocacy Center

Youth Villages

Youth Villages Dogwood

Youth Villages Janie's House

Youth Villages Paidia's Place

Youth Villages Rose Center

Youth Villages Rose Center

Youth Villiages Dogwood

Youth Villiages Janie's House

Youth Villiages Paidia's Place

Zion CME Church