In just one day last month , more than 80 QMCG Volunteers counted, sorted and allocated over 8222 knitted and handmade items, 6517 new donated items and 22,866 pieces of manufactured clothing and bed linen in the lovely surroundings of St James’s Palace.
The Treasurer, Secretary and key people worked so hard in the run up to our two days at the Palace to ensure that each charity received the types of clothing that they had requested and really need. The volunteer team proved that we can handle 37,599 items of clothing with care and respect and can get them distributed to 39 UK charities in an incredibly short turnaround timetable.
The knitted and stitched items were so beautiful, handmade with love, and have now gone to those charities who requested and need knitted and sewn items.
During the View Day many of the guests and visitors could see what it is QMCG does and how it is achieved it every year. And in the afternoon of the second day 37,599 items were collected by many happy van drivers, their vehicles filled to the gills with lovely new clothes for their charity and their clients.
Thanks to many volunteers, QMCG have been able to help so many people in need this coming winter, as it has done for 140 years.
