Here are fifteen fast factoids about IHC:
- Number of people who began collecting usable items in 1997 = 1
- Number of founding members = 11
- Date of the first meeting = August 16, 2001
- Number of IHC volunteers today = 92
- Number of volunteer hours annually = 6,000—10,000
- Number of third party volunteer helpers = too many to count
- Amount of donated storage space at inception = 1 corner of the family garage
- Number of square feet of donated warehouse space today = 40,000
- Number of shipped 40-foot container loads = 70 (+ two 20-foot containers) & more planned
- Number of smaller deliveries on pallets, in cartons, or suitcases = hundreds
- Number of tonnes of materials delivered = 800+
- Number of beds delivered = more than 2,000
- Number of recipient countries to date = 44
- Value of goods delivered = priceless
- Number of people served = millions