Community Resource Center

Dignity belongs to everyone.

This Pride Month, we stand with LGBTQ+ neighbors in the fight for equitable access to basic essentials like hygiene products.

No one should have to navigate barriers to accessing care simply for being who they are.

Why?

Because hygiene is a human need.
Because belonging matters.
Because every person should be seen, valued, and supported without conditions, without assumptions, and without labels.

🎉 Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Natalie, our new Office Manager at the Community Resource Center!

We are so excited to have her on board and already grateful for the organization, energy, and care she brings to our team. Natalie will play a key role in keeping our operations running smoothly so we can continue serving our community with impact.

Welcome to CRC, Natalie! We’re so glad you’re here!

📣✨ Shouting the biggest "Happy Birthday!!" to our Programs Manager, Lauren!

She's the one behind the scenes keeping our programs running and supporting our nonprofit partners every second of every day. We are so grateful for her ideas and drive to keep this mission focused on moving towards changing lives. Enjoy your day!!

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🌈 A volunteer night built for community, connection, and showing up exactly as you are.

Pride Night at the CRC creates a judgment-free space for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies to serve together, meet new people, and make a real impact in our community.

We’ll pack hygiene kits, share laughs, and remind each other that care and dignity belongs to everyone. ✨

As of early 2026, 18 states still impose a sales tax on menstrual products. Commonly referred to as the “tampon tax” in many of these states, pads and tampons are still classified as “non-essential” or “luxury” items, while necessities like groceries and prescription medications are exempt.

Tennessee is one of them at a hefty 7% taxation rate on these critical supplies.

During Period Poverty Awareness Week, we’re calling attention to the barriers that continue to make basic care harder to access. Period products aren’t optional. They’re not a luxury. They’re a necessity tied to health, dignity, and daily life.

Periods don’t stop for inflation.
They don’t pause for hardship.
And they shouldn’t be taxed.

Period Poverty Awareness Week is here and we’re proud to stand alongside to shine a light on an issue that impacts millions every single month.

Periods don’t pause for hard times. They don’t stop for disasters, missed paychecks, or impossible choices. Yet too many people are still forced to go without the basic products they need to move through life with dignity.

At the CRC, this week is more than awareness. It’s action. It’s stocked shelves, packed kits, community partnerships, and conversations that refuse to let stigma stay silent.

Because menstrual products are not a luxury.
Because nobody should have to “make it work.”
Because shame doesn't belong in a bathroom stall.
Because dignity belongs to everyone.

Join us this week as we advocate, educate, and work toward a future where period poverty no longer exists. 🩸

Young professionals groups should be more than name tags and small talk—they should mean something.

A place to find your people. Use your voice. Do work that actually makes an impact.

That’s what we’re building with The HEART Collective ❤️

If you’ve been looking for a way in, this is it.

Join us in the warehouse this month. Come see the impact. Come be part of it.

Save your spot at the link in our bio!

URGENT need for volunteers tomorrow!

We are needing some additional support tomorrow at the CRC to help with packing hygiene items kits! If you have some free time to spare PLEASE EMAIL: [email protected] to save your spot and let us know you're coming!!

🤔 What if “family time” looked like this?

Showing up. Giving back. Leaving better than they came.

That’s Family Day at CRC!

📅 May 16th
⏰ 9:15am- 11:15am
Sign up 🔗: https://bit.ly/3KwhCUD

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!!

If you’ve ever shown up, packed a kit, or been part of this mission — just know, there’s someone behind the scenes making sure your time turns into real impact and that someone is Ryan. She leans in every day to coordinate volunteers and volunteer projects, and makes sure every single act of service actually reaches someone who needs it. Today, and everyday, the CRC is grateful for her leadership, insight, and heart for service.

We hope your day is filled with everything that makes your heart happy.