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94.3 the Wolf Country That'll Make You Howl!
Tim McGraw - Red Ragtop
One of my favorites 😍
Nathan J.
Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All
To the one that change everything. She knows who she is. Looking forward to the rest of our lives together.
Judith Miller
Montgomery Gentry - What Do Ya Think About That
For all of us out in the country! Thank God we don't have neighbors.
Baptist Health Hardin Obstetrician and Gynecologist Dr. Shannon Holt says one of her motivations to pitch the PinkDot Project to the Central Kentucky Community Foundation’s Heels Together initiative was when one of her patients asked her to stop her periods because she couldn’t afford the cost of menstrual supplies. After finding other patients were dealing with similar issues, she did more research on how deep the struggle really was.
“Of the 71 million women currently in the United States actively menstruating, 17 million live below the poverty line, and they are decimated by period poverty,” Holt said. “It affects one in four students who don’t have the ability to go to school or they use their products for so much longer than they’re intended to, risking infection and other problems.”
The PinkDot Project will allow area residents to donate period products for women and girls who cannot afford them. Period products can be dropped off at the first two donation locations, Gathering Bakery in Radcliff and HubHaus in Elizabethtown.
During a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning, Gathering Bakery owner Deb Suratt said when the project was first brought to her attention she was reminded of her own experiences growing up, and it was the first time she heard the phrase “period poverty” and learned she wasn’t the only one who struggled.
“I would steal,” Suratt said. “I stole feminine products, and I had a boyfriend and he stole contact lens solution, and that was a Friday night. It’s embarrassing, and until this happened, nobody knew. My daughters didn’t know.”
In addition to donating products, area residents looking to support the PinkDot project can make a donation via the Community Foundation’s website www.ckcf4people.org. Schools and non-profits who serve women and girls in need of products can also sign up for support on the website.
A Jefferson County man is in custody after a robbery investigation in Hardin County. Charles Austin of Louisville faces multiple charges including Receiving Stolen Property, Robbery, and Fleeing or Evading Police, among other charges, following his arrest Friday. According to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, at around 2:29 p.m. on October 24 deputies were dispatched to the 700 block of Star Mills Road after a report came in of a […]
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