Through a connection with friends, the list of clothes I needed for the orphanage was passed on to the Jarrett Value Centre in Sudbury. This centre recycles and sells clothing and goods, and offers training and employment to the developmentally challenged.
They received my list of items and pulled together two big bags plus one box of clothes - for free! We crammed it into the car and I unpacked it today, and I am so happy to say that not only were there some great clothes in good condition for the kids, but also a box of soccer uniforms!! There are at least 20 pairs of soccer shorts plus some jerseys, which is an amazing donation because some of the jerseys are still new in the packaging. It's going to be fun to see the next soccer game in Rwanda -- you can never have enough uniforms with that many kids! It will also be great to see them running around in uniforms that say "Sudbury" all over them - Northern Ontario meets Rwanda on the soccer field.
I haven't weighed all the clothes yet but I'm pretty sure I can't bring any more with me, as I also picked up some clothes at the church yard sale this week (donated for free!). The GCC church here in town is still be accepting cash donations which I will take with me to buy whatever clothes are still needed once I arrive.
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