Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#87 - From Lorraine and group

A parcel of 68 dresses and donation #87  is from a group of ladies from Inverell organized by Lorraine Brown. They belong to a craft group which is a haven for women and they do lots of projects such as sewing and knitting to make a difference. Here are the dresses that they sent -

and here are the members of the group.

This picture and their work was featured and published in the Inverell Times dated the 28th of February. A very interesting article on what they do and why they do it. Click on the link below to read the full article -

Crafts group a haven for women

To Lorraine and the rest of the members of the group (Ann O'Brien, Tanya Townsend, Tess Wardle and Di Tome),thank you so much for making Dress A Girl (Around the World) your project for the month. I hope the ladies who read your article will be inspired to do the same...making a difference. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#84 to #86 - From the two Bettys, Maureen and Lyn

Three more parcels for the month of June came from the two Bettys - Betty Barrett and Betty Paull, Lyn Granger and Maureen O'Brien. A mix donations of dresses, pairs of shorts, bags for school starter kits and school supplies. The bags and school supplies will be acknowledged separately.

1) Donation #84 is from the two Bettys - Betty Barrett and Betty Paull, It is a parcel of 11 dresses and 6 pairs of boys shorts - 

2) Donation #85 is from Maureen O'Brien - 6 boys t-shirts which is going to help me build up another  collection of t-shirts for boys - 

3) And donation #86 is from Lynette Granger - a parcel of 12 dresses, a baby set of clothes, 9 pairs of shorts, a girls' blouse which I paired with one of the shorts I received and a small fabric shoulder bag. One lucky girl is going to get a new set of clothes with a small shoulder bag with this parcel -

Again, my wholehearted thank you Ladies for the dress donations, t-shirts and shorts. Your kindness and generosity is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#81 to #83 - From Pat, Gaylene, Vanya & Friends

I have six more parcels to acknowledge before I closed off the month of June donations. First 3 parcels are from Pat Burton, Gaylene Herrmann and Vanya Bryant and her friends June and Val.

1) Parcel 1 and Donation #81 are 4 dresses from Pat Burton. Included in the parcel are 6 school bags which will be acknowledged separately -

2) Parcel 2 and Donation #82 are 11 dresses, hair ties and 4 soft cuties from Vanya Bryant and her friends June and Val when they had their sewing day and had great fun making the dresses.

3) Parcel #3 and Donation #83 are 9 dresses and 25 school bags from Gaylene Herrmann. The bags will be acknowledged separately.

Thank you so much Ladies for your dress donations and other accessories. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity. You make this world a better place for everyone especially for the disadvantaged kiddies around the world. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#80 - Handmade t-shirts from Monika

Number 80 on my list of donations is from Monika Osvald who did an awesome and fantastic job sewing 31 t-shirts .Also in the parcel were 3 dresses, head scarves, small totes, hankies, soft toys and stickers as shown on the image below -. 

To Monika, thank you so much for the t-shirts. I wished I knew how to sew one. Your effort is so much appreciated. And thanks for the dresses and accessories as well. 

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#77 to #79 - From Sharyn, Karen and Vanya

I started with 1 acknowledgement, then 2 and now from 3 donors and these are donations number 77 to 79.

1) Donation #77 is a parcel of 9 dresses, 5 t-shirts/shorts for boys set and a dozen undies from Sharyn Cafee -

2) Donation #78 is a parcel of 20 pairs of shorts from Vanya Bryant -

3) and the last donation received which is Number 79  is from Karen Neilsen. It is a parcel of 20 dresses. Karen is loving this project so much that she is planning to make more. Another addition to our sewing ladies, here is Karen with the 20 dresses she made -

A wholehearted thank you to Karen, Vanya and Sharyn. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for helping make this world a better place...with one small dress at a time. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#75 & 76 - From Margie and Pam

Two acknowledgements this time. Number 75 is from Margie McDonald which is a parcel of  13 dresses and 1 boys' shorts.

The second acknowledgement is number 76 on the list from Pam of Threading My Way. Here is the dress -

and again, 5 small bags for my school starter kits and some exercise books and notepads -

Ladies, thank you so much for these wonderful donations. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is so much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#74 - From the Golden Girls 2 (Kaye, Julie, Pauline & Betty)

Number 74 on the list is a parcel of 21 dresses of various sizes, 3 boys' t-shirts and shorts set (from Kay Innes), soft toys, undies and hair accessories for the kids which are inside the dress pockets from the Golden Girls with gold hearts namely Kaye, Julie, Pauline and Betty. Here are the dresses, t-shirts and shorts for the boys -

and here are the soft toys which will make great Christmas presents -

Thank you Golden Girls for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for supporting this campaign. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#73 - From 88-year old Elaine

Happy to restart donation acknowledgement once again for the month of June and the first acknowledgement and number 73 on the list is from 88-year old Elaine Dunemann who is very pleased to be contributing to Dress A Girl Australia. The parcel was sent in by Kay Innes and had 20 dresses and 2 bags -

To Elaine, thank you so much for the dresses and the bags. With what you have accomplished I hope you will get to inspire a lot of women to make a difference the same way you are making a difference to the lives of 20 disadvantaged girls around the world. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#72 - From Elaine

First parcel of donations received for the month of June and number 72 on my list is from Elaine Klein. It is a parcel of 23 dresses and 40 pieces of small bags which I can use for my school kits. I think some of these dresses were sewn by a group of ladies from their church. Here are the dresses and the bags -

To Elaine, Thank you for the wonderful dresses and for your support of this campaign. Please extend my thank you as well to the group of ladies from your church who did the sewing of some of the dresses. Much appreciated.