For the fifth year, Share the Dignity is running their biannual Dignity Drive in August to collect much needed donations of sanitary products to help women and girls in need.

The charity accepts all approved sanitary products such as pads, tampons, menstrual cups, menstrual underwear, reusable pads and incontinence products.

Share the Dignity requires all sanitary products to be in the original packaging.

"Helping people from all walks of life, Share the Dignity is looking to fill requests from around 2000 charities nationally," volunteer, Jacqui Hughes said.

"These charities will ensure the products go to the women and girls dealing with 'period poverty' giving them with one less thing to worry about.

Ms Hughes will be helping to collect and distribute the donations in Narooma.

"Here in Australia we have women using toilet paper and washers rather than pads and some of our are girls missing school as they cannot afford sanitary products and that's simply not okay," she said.

The charity's last Dignity Drive in March was cut short due to COVID-19 impacting the collection and ahead of the August Dignity Drive kicking off, Share the Dignity has received around 700 more charity requests for period products than they received during March.

The upcoming Dignity Drive runs throughout August with collection boxes placed in all Woolworth's stores and other registered business locations.

Information at www.sharethedignity.com.au