Here are the parcels I will be handcarrying for the children in Siargao Philippines. A lady by the name of Neneng who is active in their local parish church will be organizing with the parish priest to help in the distribution of these dresses.
Here are the 50 dresses that make up the parcels above
made possible by the following donors -
1) Jenny Albiez
2) Monika Osvald
3) Judy Nicholson
4) Colleen Mundt
5) Year 12 Sewing Class of the Faith Lutheran College (c/o Vanessa Lane)
6) Chrysoulla Paradissis
7) Sandra Turnbull
8) Jayne Hogan
To all the dress donors, thank you. Much appreciated.
Today's donation is another batch of 50 exercise books from Judy Nicholson bringing my total to 100 exercise books.
Thank you Judy for your donation. Much appreciated.
Please do not send any parcels from today as I will not be available. Deliveries left outside the house attract unwanted visitors. If you want to help/donate school supplies and/or dresses for school-aged children for the next scheduled distribution(end April) you can send them starting 1st of April. I will not be responsible for any parcels sent between now and end of March. Thank you.
I have now reached 50 dresses and have reached the number of kilos I am able to take with me (including being able to lift the parcel myself due to medical restrictions) so the collection of dresses for next month's distribution (Mar 2019) is now closed. School supplies donation is open all year round so any donations in the next couple of months will still be included in the first distribution scheduled for May 2019 (to be shipped end of April) and any dresses donated between now and early April. Thank you to everyone who made the first parcel of dresses for 2019 possible.
Last parcel received today with 8 dresses inside was from Jayne Hogan.
Thank you to Jayne for the wonderful donation. Much appreciated.
These 50 exercise books were donated by Judy Nicholson. I happen to pass by Kmart and decided to purchase what I could carry. More to come.
Thank you Judy for this donation. Much appreciated.
Second parcel of the day is a parcel of 6 dresses from Judy Nicholson.
Thank you Judy for your generous donation. Much appreciated.
One of the parcels received this morning is from Kaylee Healy which had bunches of school supplies and 5 school totes.
Thank you for your donation, Kaylee. Much appreciated.
Today's parcel received came from Sandra Turnbull with 16 t-shirt dresses in the parcel.
Thank you to Sandra for a generous donation. Much appreciated.
Just a friendly reminder to anyone who made contact that they will be contributing dresses. Today and/or Monday, 25th of February should be the last day of posting your parcel so it reaches my postal address by weekend. Thank you.
This morning was delivered a parcel with 4 dresses and a bunch of school supplies (5 sets of pencil cases with pens and pencils) from Chrysoulla Paradissis.
Thank you Chrysoulla for your donation. Much appreciated.
I received this parcel with 15 dresses in early January from Vanessa Lane of the Faith Lutheran College, Qld. These dresses were sewn as a project of her Sewing class students. Two of the dresses will be included in the Dress Distribution next month and the rest will be put on hold until a distribution for small dresses can be scheduled.
Thank you to Vanessa Lane for inspiring her students to make a difference by sewing dresses for the underprivileged children. Much appreciated.
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f you are thinking of donating dresses, please be guided with the guidelines on how to make the dresses and most especially on the materials to use. You must not use fabric materials where you can see your hand or the outline of your hand if you put it behind the fabric. We are trying to dress girls and giving them dresses made of thin materials defeat the purpose of us providing them with dresses to make them look decent and respected. I do not have the time to fix dresses donated that do not meet the guidelines so please I am asking anyone who wants to donate to follow my guidelines. Any dress received that is deemed to be not appropriate to be worn by a child will not be included in any distribution. Click on the link below to for the guidelines on how to make dresses. Thank you.
Fifth donation for the year is a parcel of 51 totes, 35 undies (7 packs of 5) and a bunch of school supplies from Jayne Hogan.
Thank you Jayne for your generous donation. Much appreciated.
A parcel of 10 dresses, 12 pairs of undies, 8 totes and a bunch of school supplies (8pcs per item) was sent by Colleen Mundt as her donation to Dress A Girl Australia's next distribution.
Thank you for all the goodies, Colleen. Much appreciated.
Received this picture today of a dress distribution made last November in the Philippines (Barangay San Isidro of Cainta, Rizal) . This was a parcel that I handcarried in October and handed over to a good friend of mine to distribute. This picture shows a few of the dresses that were given away. Everything was given but the group was not able to take pictures of everyone receiving dresses and/or boys pair of t-shirts and shorts.
Thank you to everyone who made this distribution possible.
There are 2 parcels for Donation #3 from Judy Nicholson. The first parcel which had 6 dresses was received in January but only acknowledged today. The second parcel was received this month and had 14 dresses inside the parcel. A few of the dresses had undies in the pockets. This is the parcel of 6 dresses -
and the 8 dresses from the second parcel below -
So far I have a total of 20 dresses and 6 t-shirts from the 3 donations and a bunch of school supplies. Thank you to Judy for the generous donation. Much appreciated.
Second parcel received for February month is from Monika Osvald. Parcel included 4 dresses, 6 t-shirts and school supplies (pens, erasers,rulers and pencil cases). See below the contents of the parcel.
Thank you Monika. Much appreciated.
A parcel of 2 dresses from Jenny Albiez for the first dress distribution for the year 2019.
Thank you Jenny. Much appreciated.
I have opened a facebook store that will handle sponsoring of dresses for Dress A Girl Australia. To check out the store, click on the link below -
or click you can click on the :Dress Sponsorship Program" tab at the top of the page
or click on the "Sponsor A Dress" box on the right navigation pane.
Checkout for any sponsorships will be handled by Paypal checkout once you click on 'Buy Now' and once payment has been made in paypal you will be returned to the store screen where your transaction id from the sponsorship will be displayed. The process is very simple and straightforward so why not check out my Dress A Girl Australia store and sponsor a dress. Thank you.
