I need to find two (2) Distribution Volunteers and I need permission to display a flyer on the public library bulletin board. This is the absolute minimum, outside of what I can provide myself. I can build and host the website, I can acquire and pack at least one (1) clothing box per month. It's not a lot, but that is a starting point.
✓Choose what types of clothing to start with. This will be baby clothing, specifically starting with the 0M-3M range. Why baby clothing? Because it is inherently short-term use; the child outgrows the clothing while the clothing is still usable. Why the 0M-3M range of sizes? Because we might as well start at the beginning and work our way to older/larger sizes.
✓Build a website that will record requests for clothing and connect those requests to the volunteers' efforts. No problem, I know how to build websites and I estimate I can build this one in 6 weeks of after-work time (no surprise, it took longer than that). A domain name and web hosting can be had for less than $150/year, which is an amount I can cover.
✓Write detailed instructions that will explain the plan to potential volunteers and give guidance to active volunteers. Already started, this document is a part of that plan.
✓Determine what a clothing box will contain. This involves researching existing clothing libraries, researching how many items of clothing an infant goes through in a day or week, and talking to people in the community about a baby's needs. Did a tiny amount of research, going to just jump in with a first guess and adjust as we go.
Build the first clothing boxes. I will be the first Cleaning-and-Packing volunteer. I will buy the first sets of clothing and boxes and get them labeled and ready to give to community members. I have a little expendable income each month I can devote to this, so even if no one else donates clothing or money, there will be at least 1 clothing box per month added to the clothing library.
Enlist Distribution volunteers. Find volunteers to handle the distribution tasks - collecting completed clothing boxes from Packing volunteers, setting up a distribution time and location through the website, and being at that place-and-time to pass the clothing boxes to the community members who requested them. At minimum, we need 2 Distribution volunteers who can work together (2 so that they are not alone).
✓Find a distribution location where the Distribution volunteers can pass the clothing boxes to the community members who requested them. As a minimal starting point, we can use public parks. They have parking, they have bathrooms, they are free, they are neutral locations. Anything fancier than that will be up to the Distribution volunteers to scout out and acquire.
Advertise the clothing library to community members so that people can put in their requests. I'll probably start with the public library post board and any community contacts I made during the research phase.
Fulfill requests as often as possible, based on clothing library inventory and when Distribution Volunteers can distribute. Rinse and repeat.