Former WNBA player Tamika Catchings (left) and WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert work to assemble period packages on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of WNBA Changemaker Day. The event, hosted in partnership with the WNBA All-Star 2025 Host Committee, Indy Hygiene Hub and Project Period Indy, produced 25,000 hygiene packages. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyTable captions Abbigail Peterson (left) and Laila Christmon volunteer to assemble period packages on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Peterson and Christmon are recent graduates of Central State University and are HBCU Fever Fellows. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyTrenda Harris (right) cheers as her employer, Deloitte, is announced as the beginning of the WNBA Changemaker Day on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyWNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert welcomes volunteers July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyKendall Thomas shoots a period package into an overflow bin July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Kizmet Mills (left) and Supriya Mimani laugh while working to assemble period packages on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyVolunteers help assemble period packages on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyMarissa Leggitt (left) and Joe Rivelli, a Visit Indy employee, volunteer to assemble period packages on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror Indy
Makenzie Query helps apply stickers to the period packages.
Tables filled with pads await volunteers to place them into a period package. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror Indy
Volunteers help assemble period packages on July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of the WNBA Changemaker Day. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror IndyMikayla Crabtree compacts a bin filled with period packages to make more space July 17, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the WNBA Changemaker Day. Credit: Brett Phelps/Mirror Indy
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