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A group of volunteers and businesses is working to combat the shortage of feminine hygiene products available for homeless women in the area with an online campaign that’s gaining traction on Facebook. Dianna Kretzschmar, founder of Friends of the Elder Justice Center, organized #Every28Days, a monthlong effort to collect pads and tampons for Share’s Women in Transitions Program. “Women don’t have access to these products,” she said.

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