Saturday 25th October
Report written by Sevan
There were 6 people working away at Care4Calais today, which made the space very busy. Especially the stock room. They were split into 2 teams, with Maria working with Tamzin and another C4C volunteer to bag requests for beneficiaries while Kash, Anita and Sevan sorted the new batch of donations that had magically appeared since last week.
The pack builders were running low on certain men's sizes and shoes, meaning that Maria came hunting for freshly sorted clothes to complete her packs. The sorting started with lots of children's clothes though, then men's (mostly XXL), then women's, also mostly XXL. Some of them still had their tags on, so had never been worn!
With Kash and Sevan heading to a mission in north London, all the clothes were stuffed into boxes in the stock room before they ran off. There were so many 2XL clothes that Tamzin may need to build another room to house them! No doubt there'll be more supernatural clothing multiplication between now and GoodGym's next visit in November, meaning there'll be plenty more for the team to work through.
Care4Calais is a volunteer run charity delivering essential aid and support to refugees living in the UK, Northern France and Belgium. We believe in a fair and tolerant British society and advocate for a welcoming and inclusive attitude towards refugees. Operating year round, our focus is to provide warm clothing, bedding, food and medical assistance to people in desperate need. We also provide social support and interaction, including language lessons and sports and music workshops.
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