

About Us
About Us
At the Red Basket Project, we work to ensure that every person in our community has access to period products when they lack the funds necessary to purchase. Having your period can be a harrowing experience, but if you are homeless or one with insufficient financial resources to purchase what you need, it can be horrific. What does one do when they don’t have tampons or pads? They improvise, or worse, go without. Middle and high schoolers are forced to stay home from school and women stay home from work.
According to the 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, 39.7 % of the homeless population in America is women. Of those 39.7%, 28.9% were not housed in shelters and were living in the streets. Dubuque is not immune to these statistics and our local shelters and agencies are struggling to get the supplies needed for the services they already provide and are rarely able to offer period products to those in need. The Red Basket Project was founded in Dubuque, Iowa, in 2016, by Beth Gilbreath and Ann McDonough to bridge this gap.
Donations of products are gratefully accepted at any of our drop off sites. Please see our list of current needs.
Monetary donations can be made on line or mailed to
Beth Gilbreath
665 Perry Street
Dubuque, IA 52003
The Red Basket Project is a 501(c)3 Organization
Thank you for visiting The Red Basket Project
Officers
Officers
Beth Gilbreath
President/Co-Founder
Amanda Munger
Vice President
Gabriel Less
Treasurer
Lynne Hemmer
Secretary
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Colleen Callahan
Marie Panozzo
Heather Clark
Proud Recipient of a
Dubuque 365ink Impact Award
for Non-Profit Innovation in 2016
Proud Recipient of a
Dubuque 365ink Impact Award
for Non-Profit Innovation in 2016
Founded in 2016
Ann McDonough
&
Beth Gilbreath
Dubuque, IA