Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#69 to #71 - From Vanya, Diane and Jo

Donation acknowledgements for the last three parcels for the month of May from Vanya Bryant, Diane Ware and Jo Holt. Without wasting time here they are -

1) Donation #69 from Vanya Bryant is a parcel of 5 dresses, 4 boys' t-shirts, 3 elephant softies and 24 pairs of shorts -

2) Donation #70 from Diane Ware is a parcel of 7 dresses -

3) And last but not least Donation #71 from Jo Holt which is a parcel of 15 dresses, 6 school backpacks and 1 baby shirt. Each 15 dresses comes with an undie and a headband.

Thank you to Diane, Vanya and Jo for the wonderful donations. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#68 - From Bett Holmes

I want a clean slate of donation acknowledgements next week so I can focus on the dress parcels so here is I think the last parcel of dresses donated for the month of May. This is a batch of 31 dresses from Bett Holmes -

To Bett, thank you so much for your unwavering support of Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia's campaign to make dresses a reality and not just imaginary for the disadvantaged girls around the world. Thank you for making this world a better place to live in through your kindness and generosity. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#65 to #67 - From Catherine, Virginia and Antoinette & Group

Three parcel donations for this week for a total of 39 dresses and 36 pairs of shorts kindly donated by Catherine Jenkins, Virginia Banks and Antoinette Stuart.

1) Donation #65 is a parcel of 36 pairs of shorts from Catherine Jenkins -

2) Donation #66 is a parcel of 31 dresses in various sizes from Virginia Banks -

3) Last but not the least is Donation #67 from Antoinette Stuart and a group of ladies who I believe were attending a sewing workshop held at the Remnant Warehouse in Alexandria. Antoinette is the president of the Australian Sewing Guild whose main goal is to share and further the art of sewing through membership. Here are the dresses they made when they met for a day at the Remnant Warehouse -

 To all the ladies who made these dresses possible, thank you so much for your support, kindness and generosity. Thank you for helping make this world a better place through the dresses you make. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#61 to #64 - From Margaret, Sharyn, Nicole and the two Bettys

A continuation of last night's donation acknowledgements and last parcels to open until the next pickup from the postoffice are 4 donations from Sharyn Paull, Nicole Neeves, the two Bettys - Betty Barrett and Betty Paull and Margaret Willoughby, another Margaret charity campaigner for Dress A Girl Australia. After the acknowledgements I will then be able to focus on packing and sending of parcels. So without further ado -

1) Donation #61 is a parcel of 7 dresses from Sharyn Paull -

2) Donation #62 is a parcel of 12 dresses, 2 sun hats and 21 mini bags from the two Bettys - Betty Barrett and Betty Paull. Betty Paull, by the way is the mum of Sharyn Paull -

3) Donation #63 is a parcel of 15 dresses from Margaret Willoughby. Margaret comes from a family who have been sewing over the years and have acquired materials she made into dresses.

4) Donation #64 is a parcel of 3 dresses, 4 undies, bundles of fabric materials, ribbons and embellishments from Nicole Neeves -

To all the ladies responsible for these dresses, thank you so much for your time and effort in making these dresses. Thank you helping make this world a better place, making the less fortunate kiddies around the world own at least one dress. Much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#58 to #60 - From Virginia, Vanya and the two Margarets

For today are 3 donations from Virginia Smith, Vanya Bryant and the two Margarets namely Margaret Blanch and Margaret Leech. I thought I could post 2 sets of 3 donations tonight but could not finish it as I left early for a practice bushwalking this morning and did not arrive home till 2pm. If some of you are wondering why am doing a practice it is because together with a few members of the family we will be going to Peru in July and will be doing the Inca 4-days and 3 nights trek to Macchu Picchu. ☻

1) Donation #58 is a parcel of 14 dresses and 22 pairs of shorts from Virginia Smith -

2) Donation #59 is a parcel of 22 dresses, 12 pairs of shorts and 6 packs of undies from Margaret Blanch and Margaret Leech who from now on I will be referring to as the two Margarets ♥

3) Donation #60 is a parcel of 8 dresses, 6 pairs of shorts and 15 bags from Vanya Bryant -

Thank you so much Ladies for these wonderful dresses. Thank you for your unwavering support of this charity campaign to dress the less fortunate children around the world, making owning at least one dress a reality rather than just imaginary. Thank you so much. Your efforts are much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#55 to #57 - From Di,Sharon and Rowena and family

It is almost midnight but I want to continue on acknowledging. Next batch of May donations come from Di Menzel, Sharon Spilsbury and Rowena Turk and family.

1) Donation #55 is a parcel of 22 dresses from Di Menzel - 

2) Donation #56 is a parcel of 2 dresses from Sharon Spilsbury -

3) Donation #57 is a parcel of 13 dresses from Rowena Turk and family where Dress A Girl Around the World was the charity their family had chosen for their Crafty Charity challenge for the month of April. Two of the dresses were made by Rowena and each of her two daughters Lauren and Bethany made one dress. Some of the dresses they made were from fabric donations like the dress with little owls which was made by Judy, sister-in-law of Rowena's mother and a few from the 8 dresses made by Barbara, Rowena's mother. Donated fabrics came from Barbara's friends and she also did a good job of spreading the word around. Wow! What a great family of craftivists!

Thank you so much ladies for making these dresses possible. Such a job well done. Much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#53 to #54 - Boys' t-shirts from Catherine and Karina

This is the start of the May donations to Dress A Girl Australia and what a better way to start with boys' t-shirts from Catherine Jenkins and Karina Tomlinson. These t-shirts will be matched with pairs of shorts to provide a complete outfit for disadvantaged boys. I hope I got the numbers right as I did not write it down and they have been sorted and packed.

1) Donation #53 is a parcel of 24 t-shirts from Catherine Jenkins -

2) Donation #54 is a parcel of 17 t-shirts from Karina Tomlinson -

My heartfelt thank you to Catherine and Karina for responding so quickly to my call for t-shirt donations. It is so much appreciated. Thank you Catherine and thank you Karina.