SHAPE OF
JUSTICE
JUSTICE IN ACTION
YOUR DONATION BENEFITS
THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS
OF WOMEN IN NEED
JOIN US IN MAKING LIVES BETTER
How do we efficiently serve food pantries and women’s shelters spread out over more than 1,000 square miles?
What we do:
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Raise money
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Communicate with each shelter or pantry about their needs
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Order products on-line
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Ship direct to each pantry or shelter
Why this approach?
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It is easily replicated in every community
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It allows anyone to donate to help people anywhere (it's not location-specific)
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It avoids the logistical nightmare and inefficiency of collecting and distributing tampons and pads
How does Shape of Justice help food pantries and shelters?
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100% of donated funds are used to buy sanitary products
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We raise money online (PayPal), from members (direct debit), or by cash or check
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The pantry or shelter emails or phones us with orders
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We place periodic orders with Amazon:
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Products are shipped directly to the pantry or shelter
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No shipping fees are incurred
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2-day delivery is guaranteed
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What does it cost?
A Typical shipment:
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200 each of tampons, pads, and liners
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Costs about $75 per shipment
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Food pantry or shelter in small town:
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Four shipments per year
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About $300 per year to provide full support
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Regional food pantry
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One shipment per month
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About $900 per year to provide full support
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WHO YOUR DONATION HELPS
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Bloomsburg Food Cupboard
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Loaves and Fishes (Selinsgrove)
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Reaching Out Food Pantry of Northumberland
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Pottsville Area Food Pantry
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Schuylkill Women in Crisis (Pottsville)
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Transitions of PA (Lewisburg)
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Union-Snyder Community Action Agency (Selinsgrove)
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Women’s Center of Bloomsburg
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Agape (serving 6 food pantries and other shelters and service organizations in Columbia county)
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Ringtown Valley Food Pantry
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Good Samaritan Mission (Danville)
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Mount Carmel Area Ministerium Food Pantry
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By Grace Transitional Home (Middletown)
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(more being added every week)
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Donate!
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One-time or monthly subscriptions are currently available
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Your donation of just $25 a month keeps tampons and pads on the shelves of one smaller food pantry or women’s shelter!
Share!
Spread the word to friends & family here in Central Pennsylvania and around the country!