Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#35 - 50 t-shirts from heyboom

Around August of last year my sister Joan Wolf of heyboom brought me a parcel which was supposed to have 50 t-shirts inside. These t-shirts I would have used to make into t-shirt dresses. (She supplies all the t-shirts I used to make into t-shirt dresses). But when I opened the parcel it only had 31 pcs inside. It turned out that she actually splitted them into 2 parcels and one was left behind in Oman where she lives with Andre her husband who works over there. Yesterday she handed over the remaining 19 t-shirts -now I cannot remember if I actually acknowledged the 31 last year but they still are intact, still in the same packaging. And also now I have 50 t-shirts to make into t-shirt dresses for the rest of the year.

Thank you Joan Wolf. Here is one of the t-shirt dresses I made in 2012 from the first batch of 50 t-shirts you brought worn by one of the girls from India. I was told that she loves the dress so much she wants to wear it everyday. She reminds me of our neighbour Vimla who used to ride with us when Daddy used to take us to school everyday. Vimla unfortunately passed away last year.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#34 - Accessories from Pam, Monika, Sarah and Carol

I think I like combining posting of similar items being donated and just split them by category such as dresses and pairs of shorts or dress accessories or arts & craft supplies or quilts or by charity drive. Not really sure though if it makes the job quicker but does saves space. :-)

Anyway, this category is new which I call dress accessories. It could be anythng from fabric tote bags, undies and small toys and handmade softies which I include as extras to dresses when making a distribution. Light items that do not add that much weight to parcels. In the future this will also include items which every now and then I get to receive from generous donors to sell in order to raise money for postage.  Maybe am just too organize and creating more work for myself!! But being organized sometimes makes things easier for me especially when it is time to pack. :-)

Donation #34 are small tote bags from Pam of Threading My Way (10), string bags from Monika Osvald (44), undies from Carolyn Walker and Sarah Tanmahapran and small softies from Monika.  

Thank you so much Ladies for your kindness and generosity. The time and effort you spend making these small items is very much appreciated and for some kids finding new pairs of undies in the dresses' pockets or being handed a mini toy or softy makes them giggle more. Thank you for making this world a wonderful place for the less fortunate children. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgements FY14/#26 to 32 - From a group of 7 wonderful ladies

I better start my donation acknowledgements and finish by 8:30pm if I am to join the Earth Hour campaign. Since there are only 7 acknowledgements to make I am again combining all acknowledgements in one posting and I think it does save me a few minutes. Not that much but still helps. 

This time from a group of 7 wonderful ladies - Sharron Arnold, Monika Osvald, Eileen Brogan, Pam of Threading My Way, Sarah Macraild, Sarah Tanmahapran and Vanya Bryant. Please note that these acknowledgements are only for dresses and pairs of shorts. Separate acknowledgements will be made for the other items such as for the winter appeal program, arts and craft supplies, dress accessories and even handmade toys. And also this posting closes my collection of donations for the month of March.

1) Donation #26 is from Sharron Arnold - a parcel of 19 dresses and 12 pairs of shorts -

2) Donation #27 is a bunch of 7 dresses and 3 pairs of shorts from Monika Osvald -

3) Donation #28 is a parcel of 10 dresses from Eileen Brogan -

4) Two dresses from Pam of Threading My Way is Donation #29 -

5) Donation #30 is from Sarah Macraild. Here is Sarah with her 4 dresses and a pair of shorts. She thanks her mum for leaving her some beautiful materials which she can make into dresses, her husband for giving her a great sewing machine and God for giving her sewing skills -

6) Donation #31 is a parcel of 5 dresses from Sarah Tanmahapran -

7) And last but not the least is Donation #32 from Vanya Bryant who can't seem to stop sewing. 13 dresses and 3 pairs of shorts this time -

A wholehearted thank you to all of you who made these dresses possible...for keeping the dream alive of owning at least one dress and perhaps a new pair of shorts for some less fortunate children around the world. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for bringing more smiles and happy faces into this world through the dresses and pairs of shorts you make. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#23 to 25 - From Linda, Vanya, Terri & Marie

Wow! Looks like I did a good job of opening up parcels These are the last 4 I have received from Linda Smyth, Vanya Bryant and Terri Rose and Marie Dale.

1) Donation #23 are two separate parcels from Linda Smyth. The first parcel had 17 dresses -

and the second parcel had 5 dresses inside -

2) Donation #24 is from Vanya Bryant and the last parcel I have received too since January. It had 11 dresses, 6 pairs of boys' shorts, 2 beanies, 8 drawstring bags, 3 packs of girls' socks with 5 pairs on each pack and 20 head scarves.

Also this parcel came with 3 handmade bags for postage fundraising -

3) The last donation #25 came from Terri Ross and Marie Dale. The parcel had 12 pairs of boys' shorts, 4 dresses and 22 sets of boys' t-shirts, pairs of shorts and undies -

Again, thank you so much Ladies for your efforts, kindness and generosity in making a difference to the lives of the less fortunate children who will be recipients of these wonderful gifts. A wholehearted thank you to all the donors who helped make a good start for the year 2014 for Dress A Girl Australia. Thank you so much.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#18 to 22 - From Sharyn, Vanya and Kapunda Sewing Group

More dresses from Sharyn Paull, Vanya Bryant and the Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Group. Here they are -

1) Donation #18 is from Sharyn Paull - 7 dresses -

2) Donation #19 is from Vanya Bryant. There are 2 parcels from Vanya on this batch. The first parcel includes 8 dresses and 7 pairs of boys' shorts

and this is the second parcel which had 10 dresses, 5 pairs of boys' shorts and 6 beanies inside

3) Donation #20 are 3 parcels of dresses from the Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Group. For this first parcel came 22 dresses, 12 pairs of boys shorts and 4 hats -

and the contents of this parcel came from Margaret Adair, Shirley Bell, Loris Pullen, Mary Lauke, Helen Blane, Dianne Cain, Loretta Vodic, Vera Jeffs, Sally Giles and the hats came from Lyn Williams.

The second parcel came with 21 dresses, 1 girl's t-shirt and 8 pairs of boys shorts -

and the contents of this parcel #2 came from Deborah Parish, Margaret Adair, Shirley Bell, Loris Pullen, Dianne Cain, Mary Lauke, Helen Blane, Vera Jeffs, Paisley Parish, Robertstown General Store, Sally Giles, Julie Quast and Chris Redden.

Parcel #3 had 24 dresses and 9 pairs of boys' shorts -

and the contents cam from Shirley Bell, Dianne Cain, Margaret Adair, Loris Pullen, Mary Lauke, Julie Quast and Helen Blane.

4) Donation #21 came from Linda Smyth with 9 dresses inside -

5) and Donation #22 came from Evelyn McCarthy with 8 dresses as well -

Thank you so much Ladies. Thank you for the time, money and effort you spent making these dresses. Your kindness and generosity is unstoppable. Thank you. I also would like to take this opportunity to wish the Ladies of Kapunda Sewing group all the best for the future in their new endeavours. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#13 to 17 - From Kay, Virginia, Vanya, Sharyn and Betty

Third batch of donations to be acknowledged comes from Kay Innes, Virginia Smith, Vanya Bryant, Sharyn Cafee and Betty Barrett. More wonderful dresses to generate more bigger smiles from around the world.

1) Donation #13 is from Kay Innes, A parcel of 13 dresses, 2 boys shorts, 4 singlets, 1 t-shirt and 1 sun hat. the dresses each came with hair ties.

2) Donation #14 came from Virginia Smith which is a parcel of 4 dresses and 11 pairs of boys' shorts

3) Donation #15 came from Vanya Bryant. This is the first of four parcels she has sent in since January. First parcel of 16 dresses, 10 beanies and 9 pairs of boys' shorts.

4) Donation #16 is from Sharyn Cafee - a parcel of 11 dresses, 6 pairs of shorts and 3 packs of girl's undies -

5) and Donation #17 is from dear Betty Barrett - 4 pairs of shorts -

Again, thank you so much, Ladies for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for showing such a consistent unwavering support of the Dress A Girl (Around the World) of Australia. It is so much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#8 to 12 - Donations from LakesAnglican Quilting Group, Sharon, Lyn, Karina and Bett

This is so much quicker. :-) Acknowledging the second batch of five donations to Dress A Girl Australia made between the months of January and March of last week -

1) Donation #8 is from the LakesAnglican Quilting Group of Kanwal NSW sent in to me by Jean Knowles. This group used to be known as the Quilting Group of the Church of the Holy Spirit. This is a parcel of 15 little dresses -

2) Donation #9 is from Sharron Arnold - 8 dresses and 3 pairs of boys' shorts

3) Donation #10 is from Lyn Granger - 16 pairs of boys shorts, 9 dresses and 1 girl's skirt. The parcel also came with one more lavender bag for postage raising. This time the postage of the parcel was paid for by MaryAnn Conway of Kiama Downs. MaryAnn always helps  for this great cause.

and the lavender bag -

4) Donation #11 came from Karina Tomlinson - a parcel of 20 dresses -

5) and last but not the least is Donation #12 from Bett Holmes - a parcel of 18 dresses -

Again, thank you so much, Ladies for all the wonderful donations. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity. It is so much appreciated. Thanks!

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#3 to 7 - From Heather, Elaine, Jo, Jane and Bluebird Vintage & Boo Boo Dee

For this time, I have decided to combine a few donations in one posting due to the number of parcels I have received since January of this year up to last week. This will lessen the number of postings which might be boring for some to read but acknowledgements have to be done. This is one of the tasks I have committed to do for Dress A Girl Australia. I have been doing this at night time for the past two weeks (opening parcels, sorting and taking pictures) so hopefully I have them right -  

1) Donation #3 is from Heather Harris - 3 dresses and 5 pairs of boys' shorts -

2) Donation #4 is from Elaine Klein - 22 dresses, 5 boys' pants and 2 pairs of boys' shorts

3) Donation #5 is from Bluebird Vintage and Boo Boo Dee - 6 dresses 

4) Donation #6 is from Jane Daley - 3 dresses

5) and Donation #7 is from Jo Holt - 4 dresses which came with 4 headbands and 4 undies. 

Thank you so much Ladies. Thank you for your unwavering support of this campaign. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is so much appreciated. Thanks!

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#1 - From Monika

This is the start of acknowledging donations for the year 2014 and am starting with parcels that I think have contributions to the winter appeal and art supplies for the Indi_Kindi project. First on the list is a parcel of 13 dresses, soft toys, socks and undies from Monika Osvald. Here are the contents of the first parcel of dresses for the year - a bit tired now at this time but I hope I get this right.

The soft toys, 4 pairs of shorts and 5 sets of t-shirts/shorts will be allocated to the children of the hinterland areas of CDO Phils for Easter distribution. The 13 dresses will be allocated later in the year to targeted locations for distributions this year by Dress A Girl Australia.

To Monika, thank you for your consistent support of Australia's Dress A Girl Around the World campaign and other charity drives it organizes. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.