The first session of May with Care4Calais brought a lot of clothes sorting. A regular activity for the Care4Calais volunteers. New donations had been gathered from other groups all over London and now needed to be sized and squeezed into the Ealing stock room.

The new donation bags were hauled into the sorting room where Steph, Kash and Sevan worked their way though each one. The first few contained a lot of women's dresses, a cat suit, a extra large jump suit and a bride's maid shirt, probably from a hen do. The bride's maid shirt and everything else needed to be measured up and stored in the right place... meaning overflow bags as the stock boxes were - still - mostly full to bursting.

Next up were the men's donations, which were much less interesting than the women's, as usual. There were some nice denim jackets and a leather-ish one whose best days were in the past. It was leaving a trail of black flakes all over the floor, so it went into the pile of rags to get rid of. Sevan went to help find sports clothes and PJs for children, aided by an unexpected find. There was a small bag labelled "Women's Pyjamas" in exactly the size he was looking for. That never happens at Care4Calais.

Less seasonal pieces like scarves and thermals were put to one side as making people feel toastier wasn't a priority in May. Other unusual finds included a magic cape and a Minion top that had everyone saying "bananas" for the rest of the task.