Nearly 30,000 pounds of sanitary pads, tampons, food boxes and hygiene supplies will be dropped off in Selma tomorrow to help people impacted by the tornado that hit last month.

Women in Training, a non-profit organization founded by Brooke and Breanna Bennett – high school students in Montgomery who work to end period poverty in Alabama, — will distribute items at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1431 Broad St. in Selma.

All of the supplies, which include non-perishable food boxes, diapers, pads and tampons, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, toothpaste and deodorant, were donated to Women in Training by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

People can pick up food and supplies at Tabernacle Baptist starting at noon Thursday, Feb. 2.

Organizers of the event estimate that there will be enough supplies to serve 672 households.

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The Bennetts say they were inspired to do recovery outreach because of their own experience with a tornado that tore the roof off of their apartment complex, forcing them to seek help from community members.

“When we heard about this tornado that really hit Alabama, we felt this very, very personal connection, and we kind of related firsthand to what the people who were affected by this tornado were going through so that kind of like motivated us to help with disaster relief,” said Breanna.

The Bennetts hope to continue outreach efforts and focus on all the communities affected, including Coosa and Autauga counties and Flatwood.

They held an outreach event along with Selma, Education Literacy Math & Arts (S.E.L.M.A.) last week to distribute WITKITS, which include hygiene supplies, at Selma High School.

“We hope that we can reach these people and give them the products that they need and the food items that they need because disasters don’t stop periods,” said Brooke.