GladRags in Zambia!

This spring, we asked the GladRags community to help us supply girls in Zambia with cloth menstrual pads.  Tons of you stepped up to the challenge and donated over 300 GladRags to the Elizabeth Bowers Zambian Education Fund (aka Beth's Girls).  Linda Bowers, Beth's mom and executive directory, sent this email today to share with all of us the response from Zambia:

Our trip to Zambia was more successful than we could possibly have imagined! Beth's Girls were thrilled with their GladRags packets, especially since they were prepared by the South Salem High School Beth's Girls Club.  To think that women on the other side of the world were concerned about their health, safety, and school attendance touched them deeply. In addition, they were delighted by how beautiful the GladRags were, and knew immediately how to use them.  There were actually enough left over after each Beth's Girl received her packet for each of the female teachers-- who were also just thrilled with the gift.

The packets contained (everything donated):

Three GladRags
Pamphlet composed by SSHS Beth's Girls
Plastic bag for used napkins
Soaps
Comb
Emory Boards
Toothbrush and Toothpaste (in separate plastic bag)

Thank you again for a most wonderful and appropriate gift for these extraordinary young women who are making a new future for themselves through education.  You simply cannot imagine what it means to them to be cared for by people halfway around the world.