Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health Donates $500,000 to Moon Time Connections
Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health Donates $500,000 to Moon Time Connections
Partnership with period equity group to advance menstrual health amongst northern Indigenous Communities across Canada
與period Equity Group合作，促進加拿大北部土著社區的月經健康
BRAMPTON, ON, May 28, 2024 – Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health (SFWH) – the charitable arm of Shoppers Drug Mart – has committed an additional $500,000 to extend its partnership with Moon Time Connections (MTC), Canada's only national Indigenous-led period equity organization. Delivered over two years, this funding will accelerate MTC's programming and ability to support menstruators across Turtle Island with vital menstrual education and access to much-needed period products.
安大略省布蘭普頓，2024 年 5 月 28 日 — 女性健康購物者基金會（SFWH）— Shoppers Drug Mart的慈善機構 — 已承諾再提供50萬加元，以擴大與加拿大唯一由土著人領導的全國性時期股票組織Moon Time Connections（MTC）的合作伙伴關係。這筆資金將在兩年內提供，將加速MTC的計劃和能力，爲海龜島的月經者提供重要的月經教育和獲得急需的經期產品。
"We're incredibly grateful to both Shoppers Drug Mart and Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health for allocating additional funding to ensure we can continue reaching remote and northern Indigenous menstruators with much-needed support," said Nicole White, founder of Moon Time Connections. "This funding will allow MTC to continue offering our new Moon Time Facilitator training program, which Indigenizes menstrual education and empowers Community with vital and culturally relevant resources, while also supporting us with product distribution."
“我們非常感謝兩位 Shoppers Drug Mart 以及婦女健康購物者基金會撥出額外資金，以確保我們能夠繼續爲偏遠和北部的土著月經者提供急需的支持。” Moon Time Connections創始人妮可·懷特說。“這筆資金將使MTC能夠繼續提供我們新的Moon Time主持人培訓計劃，該計劃將月經教育本土化，爲社區提供重要和與文化相關的資源，同時還爲我們的產品分銷提供支持。”
Since the start of 2024, Moon Time Connections has already received over 90 new requests for period products from Community across the country; nearly half of the total number of requests that the organization received in 2022 and 2023 combined. MTC has already formed deep relationships with and supports more than 160 Indigenous Communities in all three territories and seven provinces across the country.
自2024年初以來，Moon Time Connections已經收到來自全國各地社區的90多份新的經期產品申請；佔該組織在2022年和2023年收到的申請總數的近一半。MTC已經與全國所有三個地區和七個省的160多個土著社區建立了深厚的關係並提供了支持。
"While one in five menstruators in Canada struggle to afford essential menstrual products1, there is a massive and growing need for support in remote Indigenous communities where recent research conducted by Moon Time Connections uncovered that a staggering 74 per cent of menstruators sometimes or always face issues accessing period products2 [i]," 1 said Paulette Minard, Director of Community Investment at Shoppers Drug Mart. "Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health is committed to making a difference in the advancement of menstrual equity across Canada by supporting the incredible work being done by our partners at Moon Time Connections."
Shoppers Drug Mart社區投資總監保萊特·米納德說：“儘管加拿大有五分之一的月經者難以負擔基本的月經產品1，但偏遠的土著社區對支持的需求卻巨大且不斷增長。Moon Time Connections最近進行的研究發現，驚人的74％的月經者有時或總是會遇到獲取經期用品的問題2 [i]。”。“購物者婦女健康基金會致力於通過支持我們的合作伙伴在Moon Time Connections所做的出色工作，在促進加拿大各地的月經公平方面有所作爲。”
Since 2022, Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health has donated nearly $1.3M in funds and supplies [SK(2] [SK(3] [SK(4] to increase access to menstrual products and care for all women and gender diverse people across Canada through partnerships with Moon Time Connections as well as organizations such as The Period Purse, The Journey Neighbourhood Centre Brampton, Alberta Council of Women's Shelters, BC Society of Transition Houses, Spruce Grove Public Library and more. In addition to the work of its charitable arm to further menstrual education and product accessibility, Shoppers Drug Mart donated 14 million period care products in 2023 to schools in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan so menstruators can access necessary care while continuing to attend class. Additionally, Shoppers' donations are received by shelters providing accessible period care products to some of Canada's most vulnerable women.
自2022年以來，女性健康購物者基金會已捐贈了近130萬美元的資金和用品 [SK (2] [SK (3] [SK (4])，通過與月光連接以及諸如The Period Purse、布蘭普頓之旅鄰里中心、艾伯塔省婦女庇護理事會、不列顛哥倫比亞省過渡房屋協會、斯普魯斯格羅夫公共圖書館等組織合作，增加加拿大所有女性和性別多元化人群獲得月經用品和護理的機會。除了其慈善機構在促進月經教育和產品可及性方面所做的工作外，Shoppers Drug Mart還開展了工作 2023年向安大略省、曼尼托巴省和薩斯喀徹溫省的學校捐贈了1400萬種經期護理產品，這樣月經者可以在繼續上課的同時獲得必要的護理。此外，向加拿大一些最弱勢的婦女提供可獲得的經期護理產品的收容所接收購物者的捐款。
To learn more about the work of Shoppers Foundation for Women's HealthTM, please visit: ShoppersFoundation.ca(Open in a new tab).
進一步了解購物者女性健康基金會的工作TM，請訪問： ShoppersFoundation.ca（在新選項卡中打開）。
To learn more about Moon Time Connections, please visit: TrueNorthAid.ca(Open in a new tab).
要了解有關 Moon Time Connections 的更多信息，請訪問： TrueNorthaid.ca（在新選項卡中打開）。
For media inquiries, please contact: pr@loblaw.ca(Open in a new tab) or mtcmedia@truenorthaid.ca(Open in a new tab).
媒體垂詢，請聯繫： pr@loblaw.ca（在新選項卡中打開） 要麼 mtcmedia@truenorthaid.ca（在新選項卡中打開）。
About Moon Time Connections
關於月球時光連接
Moon Time Connections (formerly Moon Time Sisters) is a flagship project of True North Aid, and is Canada's only national Indigenous-led period equity organization. MTC began its work supplying 1 school board and 1 Community with pads and tampons. As of today, Moon Time Connections is a national organization supplying a full spectrum of period products and vital menstrual education to more than 160 Indigenous Communities in all 3 territories and 7 provinces of Canada. MTC has shipped over 4 million menstrual products to Indigenous menstruators from coast to coast to coast since 2017.
Moon Time Connections（前身爲Moon Time Sisters）是True North Aid的旗艦項目，也是加拿大唯一一個由土著人領導的全國性時期股票組織。MTC開始向1個學校董事會和1個社區提供衛生巾和衛生棉條。截至今天，Moon Time Connections是一家全國性組織，爲加拿大所有3個地區和7個省的160多個土著社區提供全方位的經期產品和重要的月經教育。自2017年以來，MTC已從一個海岸到另一個海岸向土著月經者運送了超過400萬種月經產品。
About Shoppers Foundation for Women's HealthTM
關於購物者女性健康基金會TM
Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health– the charitable arm of Shoppers Drug Mart - is committed to helping Canadian women lead healthier lives, by making care more equitable and accessible. The Foundation will invest $50M by 2026 to address some of the most pressing health inequities facing women, including lack of representation in health research, barriers to accessing mental healthcare, and the urgent consequences women disproportionately face due to poverty and domestic violence. Learn more at ShoppersFoundation.ca(Open in a new tab) [SK(5].
女性健康購物者基金會——Shoppers Drug Mart的慈善機構 -致力於通過使護理更加公平和更容易獲得來幫助加拿大女性過上更健康的生活。到2026年，該基金會將投資5000萬美元，以解決女性面臨的一些最緊迫的健康不平等問題，包括在健康研究中缺乏代表性、獲得心理保健的障礙以及女性因貧困和家庭暴力而面臨的緊急後果。要了解更多，請訪問 ShoppersFoundation.ca（在新選項卡中打開） [問 (5)。
About Shoppers Drug MartInc.
關於 Shoppers 藥房公司
Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. is one of the most recognized and trusted names in Canadian retailing. The company is the licensor of full-service retail drug stores operating under the name Shoppers Drug Mart (Pharmaprix in Québec). With more than 1,300 Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores operating in prime locations in each province and two territories, the company is one of the most convenient retailers in Canada. The company also licenses or owns 70 medical clinic pharmacies operating under the name Shoppers Simply Pharmacy (Pharmaprix Simplement Santé in Québec). As well, the company owns and operates 43 corporate Wellwise by Shoppers Drug MartTM stores and an ecommerce site Wellwise.ca, making it the largest Canadian retailer of home health care products and services. In addition to its retail store network, the company owns Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network Inc., a provider of specialty drug distribution, pharmacy and comprehensive patient support services, MediSystem Inc., a provider of pharmaceutical products and services to long-term care facilities and Lifemark Health Group, Canada's leading provider of outpatient physiotherapy, massage therapy, occupational therapy, chiropractic, mental health, and other ancillary rehabilitation services. Shoppers Drug Mart is an independent operating division of Loblaw Companies Limited.
購物者藥品市場 Inc. 是加拿大零售業中最受認可和最值得信賴的公司之一。該公司是以Shoppers Drug Mart的名義運營的提供全方位服務的零售藥店的許可人 （Pharmaprix 在魁北克）。擁有超過 1,300 名購物者的藥品超市 還有 Pharmaprix 該公司在每個省和兩個地區的黃金地段經營門店，是加拿大最便捷的零售商之一。該公司還許可或擁有70家名爲Shoppers Simply Pharmacy的醫療診所藥房 （Pharmaprix Simplement Sante） 在魁北克）。此外，該公司還擁有並經營着43家由Shoppers Drug Mart旗下的Wellwise公司TM 商店和電子商務網站Wellwise.ca，使其成爲加拿大最大的家庭保健產品和服務零售商。除了零售商店網絡外，該公司還擁有特種藥物分銷、藥房和綜合患者支持服務提供商Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network Inc.、爲長期護理機構提供藥品產品和服務的MediSystem Inc.和加拿大領先的門診物理治療、按摩療法、職業治療、脊椎療法、心理健康和其他輔助康復服務提供商Lifemark Health Group。Shoppers Drug Mart 是洛布勞公司有限公司的獨立運營部門。
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