2019 Winner

Shoppers Drug Mart

The Monthly

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GoldPublic Service - Direct

SilverPublic Service - Experiential/Special Events/Stunts

Homeless women struggle to buy tampons and pads. As a demonstration of its commitment to all women’s health, Canada’s largest pharmacy retailer wanted to provide a discreet way to help women in need. By using repurposed newspaper boxes with subtle branding (The Monthly), it found a way to make products available around the clock, and for free, in Toronto neighbourhoods where the need was greatest. Tampons are locked inside each box, accessible only by an access code given to women through shelters and outreach programs. The boxes sit on busy street corners next to other newspapers, useful only to those in the know.

Agency Credits:
Executive Creative Director: Cher Campbell
Creative Director: Mark Scott
Copywriter: Stephie Coplan
Art Director: Lia MacLeod
Producer: Neal Owusu

Production credits:
Paus Woodwork Design Fabrication Inc
Heyd & Seek (Behind the Scenes Capture)