Comma Cares: Organizations Creating Change
At Comma, we want to build what you want to see, and we want to improve what you want to change. A period shouldn’t be a hard stop; we are working to disrupt the narrative in menstrual health, and we’d love for you to join us if this is something you’re passionate about too. After all, volunteering starts with just one small step. Our team is hosting an upcoming Comma Cares Day, a chance for everyone to step out and get involved in causes that matter to them. We’ve pulled together a variety of important and worthy organizations that we care about and need your help in making a difference, too.
Service Organizations We Love
Days for Girls
Days for Girls expands access to menstrual care and health education globally through locally-led chapters and sustainable menstrual kits. Their community-based approach makes it easy to get involved—whether by sewing kits, donating materials, or starting a new chapter.
Girls Inc.
Girls Inc. empowers girls across the U.S. and Canada with research-backed programming focused on health, leadership, and academic success. Their approach includes comprehensive sexuality education, body autonomy, and advocacy skills, all through a supportive, local affiliate network.
I Support the Girls
I Support the Girls collects and distributes bras and menstrual hygiene products to people experiencing homelessness or poverty. With drop-off affiliates in cities across the U.S. and a model that encourages local drives and chapters, it’s an easy and meaningful way to give back.
Plan International USA
Plan International works to advance gender equality and children’s rights, with a strong emphasis on menstrual health, education, and protection from gender-based violence. Their programs operate in over 75 countries, and U.S.-based supporters can get involved through fundraising and advocacy.
The Pad Project
Born from the Oscar-winning documentary Period. End of Sentence., The Pad Project focuses on menstrual equity, breaking stigma, and providing product access through global and domestic partnerships. Volunteers can support through fundraising, storytelling, and awareness campaigns.
PERIOD.
This youth-led nonprofit is building a movement to end period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy. With hundreds of chapters worldwide and a clear action toolkit, PERIOD makes it easy to plug into local or virtual volunteer work.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
The hotline provides 24/7, confidential support to survivors of domestic violence across the U.S. They offer remote volunteer opportunities, awareness campaigns, and fundraising support that help sustain their critical hotline services.
Futures Without Violence
This nonprofit addresses gender-based violence through public education, policy, and programs that support survivors and promote healthy relationships. Their work spans healthcare, education, and justice systems, with opportunities to support advocacy, outreach, and resource development.
Indigenous Women Rising
Indigenous Women Rising is committed to honoring Native & Indigenous People’s inherent right to equitable and culturally safe health options through accessible health education, resources, and advocacy.
Make a Difference in Your Community
The Comma mission is all about changing menstrual healthcare for the better. As a grassroots group of clinical scientists, technologists, environmentalists, lawyers, medical device experts, and community builders, we are passionate about advancing and protecting reproductive health because it’s no secret that the period care industry has been designed without women in mind or at the helm. We’ve spent too long ashamed of our cycles, and healthcare has spent too long ignoring them. Let’s be the change we want to see.
If you’re looking for your own volunteering opportunities, reach out, ask questions, and dive in. Once you do, our team at Comma would love to see! Tag us on socials and use #CommaCares to share how you’re giving back! It all starts with you, and we can’t wait to see all the good you do.
