So there were boxes of clothing picked up from Alaska in the storage area of the hospital...we needed to do something with that. Kathy and I had never done a clothing distribution and SP usually doesn't do them, so a new experience for us :)
By now the Pediatric patients in one tent had been moved back into the hospital so we set up a little shopping area in the tent. Multiple huge boxes, a huge job! It took 5 of us a whole day to sort through them all - seperating womens, mens, & childrens clothing, blankets and shoes.
Alex and Klint, two of our nurses found matching sweaters.
Sorting...
and more sorting.
We first allowed SP national staff to 'shop', then the hospital staff, patients, family members, and the local church. People were limited to 20 items so there wouldn't be resale on the street and we only had maximum 10 people at a time in the tent to prevent overcrowding. It was so funny to hear the people outside the tent cheer when the first group of people got their clothing. I love these people!
At the end all that remained were XXL and XXXL clothing...too big for the Filipino population. They were given to local seamstresses to use for other clothing purposes. :)
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