Seventh Generation’s “Let’s Talk… Period” Day
August 31, 2009 by Jennifer
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and it’s an important month to recognize as 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year. That’s a shockingly high number of women who will be affect by ovarian cancer and unfortunately many women have no idea about the risk factors, support options, or issues surrounding this topic.
Because of this, Seventh Generation has teamed up with the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) to dedicate one day as “Let’s Talk… Period” Day which aims to place more focus on this important issue and to educate women about ovarian cancer. Another goal of this event is to raise the donations needed to help educate women on the signs of ovarian cancer.
If you go to the “Let’s Talk… Period” Day website on September 1st (yes tomorrow) and register your email address, Seventh Generation will make a $1 donation to the OCRF, with an overall donation of $22,000 representing the women that will be diagnosed this year. The website has information on ovarian cancer signs, symptoms, risk factors and prevention, because the best way of prevention is through education.
As a thank you for logging in and participating, Seventh Generation will be giving each registrant a coupon for their organic cotton tampons that are not bleached with chlorine, free of rayon and don’t contain added perfumes or dyes. See the video below to find out what’s in most tampons…
Great info Jennifer! And timely for me. I just had my first period on reusable menstrual pads and LOVED them!! (I got them from http://www.fussybutt.com/category.php?category_id=27). They are surprisingly comfortable and absorbent, and I do mean REALLY absorbent. I went 5 hours on one of them on my second day (accidently, got caught in a meeting) and was worried what I would find when I finally got to the ladies room. But it was totally fine, absolutely no sign of leakage and I could have probably worn it longer. And cleaning was a snap — I just soaked them for a day or two in cold water and all the waste came out. I then threw them in the wash with my regular load and they came out just fine. For those who like tampons, sounds like the organic ones from Seventh Generation are a good alternative too. I’d definitely recommend trying some sort of more natural form of sanitary product during your period. It makes your body feel more comfortable and gives you peace of mind about what you’re using on yourself.
It’s great that they are doing this and donating the money, but it would be even better to help get women off disposable products altogether. I use the DIVA cup and it’s fantastic. Plus I don’t risk getting TSS and I can leave it in for half a day at a time. I highly recommend women look into alternatives to mainstream disposable (money making for the companies) products. There are some great ones out there!
Thank you for posting this! I have used homemade laundry detergent, cleaners, cloth diapers, etc for years but never thought to look for something more natural for myself.