Sorting Rady bags-Day 1

We are still receiving donations for the hospital gift bags.  And by the way, THANKS to everyone who has helped so much.  I’ll be posting stuff after we deliver these on Friday so make sure to check back Saturday.

On Sunday, we started laying out all the things that people have sent.  We still weren’t sure what size of bags to buy until we sorted through everything.

Yesterday, we finally bought the 50 bags we needed to organize all the toys, games, books, color crayons, DVD’s, etc. for the kids at Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego.  Then it was trying to figure out what to put in each bag.  Some things were better for little kids and other things were good for older kids.  Then we had items donated that were good for all ages so those went in each of the 50 bags. 

Sorting Rady bags-Day 2

Then we had to figure how many for each age category and start putting the gifts in the bags.  Here’s what our system looked like.  It’s a good thing we have a spare play room at home with not much furniture in it because that’s where we were able to spread everything out.  Once the bags were filled, we had to see how many large games and toys we had that will go in their community playroom for all the kids.

My dad called Enterprise rental car in town to see if they would donate a small van for the day since all this might not fit in his car.  We haven’t heard anything back from them yet though.

Now that we have the bags sorted, filled, and put into age categories, we’re going to make tags for each one so that when the hospital staff distributes them, they can look at the tag and see if it’s better for a boy or girl and what age.

I really do feel like Santa.  I just hope it’s not raining on Friday when we need to go there.