Women In Training, Inc. (WIT)

When 12-year-old Brooke Bennett learned that one in five American girls “spot” on their clothing because they cannot afford sanitary pads or skip school because they are ashamed of their classmates seeing their soiled clothing, she was very sad. “This isn’t right,” Brooke told her twin sister, Breanna. “Every girl needs sanitary items to stay clean and healthy during their period.” Together, the girls started Women in Training, Inc. (WIT), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, on their 12th birthday in July 2019. WIT’s signature program is the #WITKITS® Campaign to help alleviate “period poverty.” Each WITKIT includes free period products, hygiene items, and dental products. Impoverished girls, women, and non-binary youth often use socks, toilet paper, paper towels and washcloths to stay healthy and clean during menstruation. Even worse, they use the same tampon or sanitary pad repeatedly, which can lead to toxic shock syndrome and bacterial infections. Women in Training, Inc. provides monthly donations of #WITKITS® -- canvas bags full of menstrual and hygiene products -- to underserved and homeless girls, young women, and non-binary youth living in foster care and low-income public housing projects.