Free menstrual care products program
In fall 2018, the Binghamton University Faculty Senate voted to support a University Faculty Senate (SUNY-wide) resolution that called for campuses to develop and fund programs to provide access to free menstrual care products in campus restrooms.
A cooperative initiative between Binghamton University’s administration and the Student Association at Binghamton University in spring 2019 resulted in such a program. This pilot program to provide free menstrual care products to students who might not otherwise be able to afford them began with making products available to students through an online ordering system and by picking products up at a few locations.
In summer 2019, dispensing machines were installed in many campus restrooms, and now, in addition to online ordering and pick-up locations on campus, the program includes free product-dispensing machines in designated public restrooms on campus at the following locations:
Order online
Products also remain available at the Bear Necessities Food Pantry in Room 168 of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center and at the Decker Student Health Services Center.
For more information about the program, contact JoAnn Navarro, vice president for operations, at jnavarro@binghamton.edu or Johann Fiore Conte, Chief Health and Wellness Officer, at jmfconte@binghamton.edu.
To report no product in a bathroom, contact Facilities Management Customer Service at 607-777-2226 or pfcsc@binghamton.edu.
To report an issue with an online order, contact bhealthy@binghamton.edu