Sugar Land Prep Senior Receives President’s Volunteer Service Award




Sugar Land Prep Senior Receives President’s Volunteer Service Award

Danielle Turk, a senior at Sugar Land Preparatory Academy, recently was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her involvement in the Homeless Period Project: Houston Chapter. The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is the premier volunteer awards program, encouraging citizens to live a life of service through presidential gratitude and national recognition. Although Danielle wasn’t seeking recognition for her project, we are incredibly proud of her achievement. Here’s what she had to say:

“The Crimson Wave, Aunt Flo, Shark Week, that time of the month: The amount of euphemisms is endless, because regardless of her station in life, it’s an issue every woman deals with, many of which are underprivileged and unable to afford even the basic necessities. These women must face this –every – single – month.  Believe it or not, menstrual products are the least donated items to shelters, although the need for them is endless.  As a woman, this struck a chord with me, and I decided to do something about it.  Thus, the Homeless Period Project (HPP) Houston was born.

As Founder and President of this chapter, I collect and drop-off donations for shelters and schools, manage the project’s social media accounts, and network with volunteers and other non-profit organizations.  After the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, we partnered with the Unmentionables, a non-profit similar to the Homeless Period Project, to host a “free shopping event” for Harvey’s victims.  At this event, I was able to witness first-hand the effect that HPP had on women’s lives; as they walked by my station, the women’s eyes would light up as they stuffed their shopping bag with items that were seldom found in the donation bin. I was truly making a difference in my community.

To this day, we have distributed over 40,000 period products.  I hope that with my help, women will be able to focus on the future and not that one annoying week of the month, because being a woman should never be a disadvantage. Period.”

For more information about the Homeless Period Project, visit homelessperiodproject.org.




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