“It began as a personal need and then developed into a national and international project.”
About us…
PeriodPower Panty was started in 2019 after a personal need of menstrual products. Our founder, Meg Baertl Brown’s, home flooded from a hurricane waters the same day she started her period. With her menstrual products underwater along with local stores being underwater, access to menstrual products was non-existent.
Menstrual periods are untimely and inconvenient. Through this experience, she developed disaster relief bags for distribution for any menstruator needing supplies due to a natural disaster.
Soon the disaster relief menstrual bags expanded into our period packs that are distributed to schools, women shelters, and prisons through out Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.
We recently worked with our state legislature to end the Tampon Tax in Texas and continue to work with the local city government to find ways to make menstrual products accessible.
At PeriodPower Pantry, we strive to help all menstruators know that they are not alone and they are powerful individuals in charge of their lives!
Our Founder
Meg Baertl Brown
As a medical professional, Meg has been providing healthcare and health education for over 15 years. Not one to shy away from uncomfortable topics, Meg found that the lack of menstrual education was severe in her community and started to create opportunities to talk about menstruation and period inequities.
“Our vision is to create a world where menstruation holds no one back. We fight for menstrual freedom. We fight for those who bleed.”
Our Mission
Is to provide a fresh start by distributing menstrual supplies to the girls and women of Southeast Texas and beyond in order to keep them involved and enjoying their life.
Our Goals
Goal 1
To provide menstrual products to women shelters, schools, and women-focused organizations across the United States and beyond.
Goal 2
Empower persons who menstruate that a period should not stop them from achieving their goals or living out their dreams.
Goal 3
Provide menstrual education and promote women’s health across the United States and beyond.
“One in five teens have struggled to afford, or not been able to purchase, period products, and 25% have missed class because of lack of access of period products..”
— Period.org and THINX
Our Partners
Our Partners
Helping our community is the force that drives PeriodPower Pantry. We not only serve the Golden Triangle which includes Jefferson and Orange counties, we also serve Southwest Louisiana and Harris County. If you know of a charity or school that would benefit from receiving our menstrual products, please email us.
Schools and School-Related Organizations
Odom Middle SchoolM. L. King Middle School
West Brook High SchoolCommunities in Schools of Southeast Texas
KIPP Nexus Primary, Houston, Tx
Community Non-Profits
Girls’ Haven
C.A.S.A. of the Sabine Neches Region
Harvest House Ministry
Family Services of Southeast Texas
Some Other Place
Catholic Charities’ Market to Hope
Local Fundraising Events
Survivors of Hurricane Laura
