For all women, the one dreadful week per month where we're surfing the crimson wave is a rough one. But for the many homeless women across America, it is a week of living hell. We often don't appreciate the access we have to pads, tampons or even a clean bathroom to use.

90 percent of homeless families are female-lead, and when you're scraping up everything you have to put food on the table and a roof over your head, spending 6 dollars on a small box of pads is not realistic. We don't realize what we have until it's gone, that is why it's not a common thought to donate these items to your local homeless shelter. This is very serious issue that needs more awareness, and here are ways you can help these women in need.

1. Donating Pads to Local Homeless Shelters

Because of the conditions most homeless women live in, products like tampons and menstrual cups are not convenient due to unclean bathrooms and health issues. That is why it is so important to stick to pads when donating. The next time you're at the grocery store and you're picking up pads, grab an extra pack and donate it to your local homeless shelter and make a woman in need's life a little easier knowing her next few periods are taken care of.

2. Purchasing Your Tampons From Conscious Period

Conscious Periodis an all natural and organic cotton tampon company who will donate one box of pads to a homeless woman in need for every box of tampons you purchase!

3. Spread Awareness!

This is a very important issue that is not spoken about enough. Women are told from the beginning that we must hide our periods as if we should be ashamed of them. That needs to end, for periods are a natural way for a woman's body to take care of itself, and it's time for period shaming to end. There are women in need all around our country and the world who do not have the resources we do, it's time to spread awareness of this issue and have our sister's backs.