Aldergrove man Ernie Jantzen introduced his widespread clothes drive occasion, Garments 2U, again to Aldergrove on Saturday, Jan. 21.
The occasion, held at St. Dunstan’s Church, noticed a gradual stream of residents in search of gently used clothes and home items.
Jantzen, the founding father of Garments 2U, was assisted by a youth group from the church who helped with arrange.
“It was wonderful,” Jantzen mentioned. “A bunch of teenagers with nice attitudes, hard-working. We received the job completed very quickly after which these guys had been like ‘okay, time for pizza.’”
Jantzen estimates that by means of the final two weeks, 50 luggage of garments and a number of other packing containers of toys had been donated.
“It was an excellent turnout,” he mentioned. “Folks had been lined up earlier than we opened after which it was simply oncoming regular.”
This occasion marked the primary Garments 2U occasion of the yr, and Jantzen is already planning for the following one in White Rock in two weeks, adopted by occasions in Guilford and Chilliwack later within the yr.
“I’m working eight areas twice a yr,” he mentioned.
When it comes to donations, Jantzen charged $3 per grownup, with all proceeds going in direction of the bills of working the occasion.
“It prices cash to run the van, to go choose up donations, to do my occasions,” Jantzen mentioned. “It prices cash for phone strains, web site internet hosting, printing. I subsidize each occasion out of my very own pocket.”
Jantzen began Garments 2U in 2002 in Langley as a single-parent help group, however it rapidly developed right into a community-wide occasion.
“I noticed a necessity locally and I needed to assist,” Jantzen mentioned. “I’ve been doing this for nearly 20 years now and it’s been a real labour of affection.”
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