I’m sitting in our MoonCatcher office/storage space (dubbed MoonLandia by Ginger). It’s quiet here and warm. I’m preparing for the MoonBee at the Tang in Saratoga. Skidmore students will help us make MoonCatcher kits and we’ll talk to them about the project. I love the energy of college students. They are hardworking, positive and desperately want to see change in the world. I love this!

In my living room are a few big rolling travel bags that I’m starting to fill with Tyvek, waterproof fabric, calendars, and various other MoonCatcher needs in preparation for our trip to Uganda and Kenya.

We’ve sent an email to our local volunteers asking for scissors, iPhones (unlocked and erased), reading glasses and a few children's clothes to bring with us. We will need these things for Malawi and India too. I’ll bring a few gifts for friends as well.

Maureen and I leave on March 4 for Entebbe, Uganda and start two weeks of back to back visits to sewing guilds and schools. We’ll also meet with the Rotary Club of Namugongo and shop for crafts and fabric. We’ll see old friends and meet new friends that we know only via email. We’ll meet baby Ellie who just turned one month on Valentine’s Day. It will be a full schedule, but we’ll accomplish a lot and hopefully return with new ideas.

We’ve been doing quite a few MoonBees lately and have run the first of two facilitators trainings to increase the team of volunteers who can help run these events. With more help we can increase our outreach and those of us who are running too many MoonBees can take a needed break now and then. I am so grateful for the amazing women who have offered their skills and support for this.

We’ve sent more kits to Liberia, Cambodia and Haiti. We also recently partnered with a nonprofit called African Children Opportunities to send kits to the Cote d’Ivoire. I ndia’s distribution is expanding, and we’ve crossed the border into Nepal. We will visit there in October. We are in more than 20 countries now. So many girls get to stay in school during their periods because of this project and all the help given.

Our Birthday Bash is coming up. April 3 and we’ll once again collect disposable menstrual supplies for people living in our own community, whose days are interrupted due to a lack of access to menstrual products. Bonnie Bertrand has another outrageous idea for this year’s cake. You won’t want to miss seeing this. Her cakes are always wonderfully delicious too.

I hope everyone sends good thoughts my way. It’s always an adventure to do this traveling but it’s also a little stressful. Your good wishes mean a lot to me. Thank you all.