Recieving tons of uniforms

My friend and I have 7 children between us, I have 5 and my friend 2.
When we went to shop for school uniforms in the 1st year that we met we we horrified that it cost the best part of £500 to kit out each of 6 children(one being too young for school) and we realised that many other parents must be struggling so we approached all our local primary schools and asked them to ask parents to donate uniforms that were outgrown but in good condition, we started all of this with one very small carrier bag of seconhand uniforms.
It soon became obvious that the need was far larger than we had anticipated so we set out trying to source uniform items, how fortunate we were that a very well known uniform manufacturer listened to us and decided to help.
That was the start of us receiveing everything they couldnt use and when I say everything I mean coats, trousers, rugby shirts, football socks, shirts, dresses, skirts, you name it we had it, not by the single item we had ton after ton of it!!!!!!!
We formulated a plan whereby we took everything out that could be used here for children and the items that had logo`s on that were for schools miles away we contacted various charities who were very happy to take them abroad.
We managed to kit out a whole school in Sierra Leone, some went to children in Nepal, Kenya,Zambia, we also has the honour to be able to give some to the Children of Chernobyl who were over here for respite, these children are brought over to the UK for one month a year and are given fresh fruit and vitamins to try to stave off the lasting effects of the radiation, they are all very pale when they arrive but they thrive off the good food and clean air.
We were invited to go to our local high school where these children would be performing a dance routine for invited guests.
We arrived and nothing can prepare you for the emotional effect of meeting these children, they were so polite, well mannered and all of them smiled.
My friend and I stood and watched the children perform and they were wonderful.
When they had finished, we were called to be presented with a medal by the children to say thank  you for helping them by providing a mini bus full of clothes for them to both wear here and to take home with them.
It is difficult to convey how hard it was to accept the medal from the children, we would much rather have been presenting them with one.
That was about 7 years ago now and to this day it is one of my most treasured items, we often wonder how the children we met are doing and how life will turn out for them as they become adults.