in a busy downtown
Why are menstrual hygiene products rarely offered in restrooms of downtown businesses? This is a question we asked ourselves, and then asked to management of a popular downtown restaurant. Her answer? She didn't have one. There was no good reason. We have successfully implemented "Dot House" pilots in 5 restaurants in Ann Arbor.
The idea of the Dot House is what started this organization. Although it has changed in design and concept over the years, it still embodies the stigma that surrounds menstruation, enters conversation, and highlights the struggles that come with being a menstruator; ideas that are central to our organization.
Now, the Dot House has taken the form of aesthetic dispensers for local businesses to implement in their restrooms to offer free products to their guests. The goal is to ensure no menstruators ever go without products that should be free and accessible. After all, when it comes to basic needs, what is so different between toilet paper and menstrual hygiene products?
The idea of the Dot House is what started this organization. Although it has changed in design and concept over the years, it still embodies the stigma that surrounds menstruation, enters conversation, and highlights the struggles that come with being a menstruator; ideas that are central to our organization.
Now, the Dot House has taken the form of aesthetic dispensers for local businesses to implement in their restrooms to offer free products to their guests. The goal is to ensure no menstruators ever go without products that should be free and accessible. After all, when it comes to basic needs, what is so different between toilet paper and menstrual hygiene products?
how it works
Businesses who partner with us will purchase products through us, allowing proceeds from these efforts to return to the community in the form of free monthly menstrual hygiene product package for those in need.
