Nappies for Russia

Dear Nicole,

Hey. Just wanted to let you know I got two more nappy packages that arrived today. One had been opened but it appears all was in tact as nothing that I can see was missing. I am thrilled for the cream also as we have one baby here who has TERRIBLE NAPPY rash and I was asked a week ago for this cream but of course, didn’t have any. G timing is perfect.

I have now been getting requests since I have returned for these packages as word has gotten out that they have been arriving. Also found out that some went to a local Women’s shelter while I was gone so they are getting into the hands that are needing them. Yeah… I will distribute these items this week to a couple of poorer families.

Love to you and thank you for all that you do. Love,

I just thought some of you might like to see the response we’re getting in Russia. I’m sorry that I have to remove names to help keep our parcels and Russian friends safe.

On our front here, I have been a bit distracted by baby stuff and my other charity work. The charity office that shares my house is moving out next week, which will mean I have enough room to spread out the nappies (which have now been moved here) and get the remaining packages sent!

I have also been unable to check the nappiesforrussia email address. Apologies to anyone who has been trying to get in touch with me this way. I should be able to respond now shortly. Thanks everyone!

Sorry folks, have been super busy, you know what it’s like!

Well we have still been packing and posting away here, I think we’re up to 33 parcels sent now. some have arrived (all intact, yay!) others are still on the seas….

2 big announcements:
1: The first round of the nappies for Russia auctions raised about $993 dollars (including postage money paid.)!! Brilliant, that sends about 30 packages!

2: More auctions to come next month!

Even better, we can now finally announce that we have received enough donated items for the appeal! WOOT!
(I can’t believe I used that word, that’s my sister’s word. oh well, too late now.)

To all those who have donated, a HUGE thank you. To those who have emailed offering more, thank you so much for your generosity, but at this stage we do not need any more nappies.

If situations change (if we find, for instance, that in the end we have too much of one type and not enough of others) we will change the website to reflect this.)

HOWEVER, we are still very keen to accept items of value for auction next month, please contact me if you have something to donate for this purpose.

That’s all for now folks.

actually, I thought of one more thing….

If anyone in Brisbane has a few hours to come and help me do some parcelling and posting, PLEASE get in touch and I’d be so glad of your help! nicole@therapydogs.org.au

The comments page on this site goes to webmail that I rarely get a minute to check, so this email address above is better.

THANKS ALL!

Just a quick update to say that our auctions went really well last week. I haven’t got a total amount raised yet, as i”m still waiting for a few purchasers to check out, but I think it’s about $1000!!! woo hoo!

As a result, more parcels were mailed this week, with more on the way soon.

We also got some EXCELLENT news that our newborn loan packs have arrived in Russia, safe and sound without any tampering or tariffs!

We have been asked to send some more newborn items to the local maternity and children’s hospitals as well by the woman who received the newborn packages for distribution. This is just a great opportunity!

I must sincerely thank all those who bid on auction items and especially the stores that donated items for us to auction. Without you we wouldn’t be able to send the rest of our items!

Our auctions have started at Nappies for Russia on our great new store kindly donated by…. www.minicuteture.com.au

Just go to that site and have a look around! All of our items’ titles start with “Nappies for Russia”. To see all our items, click on “all products” on the left hand menu and scroll down until you reach our store.

We have nappies, wetbags, slings, custom spots etc. Some new, some used, and some unavailable anywhere else!

This is the time when we hope to raise much needed cash for postage money. Any item sold will make a difference.

Why don’t you check it out now!

We have reached our nappy target!!! YAYAY!

Ok, so we will still need some more once some items are sold for postage money, but we are basically there!

Just to clarify what is still needed, and not:

-We will still need a few nappies, but until sales have been sorted out we won’t know how many or what type - more info can be provided later.

-we are just short a few creams and PUL covers (it says we have more than enough on the table, but this includes a good number of very newborn sizes so we need a few more small or mediums with bigger size ranges.)

-We are a few snappis short

-We are now most desperately needing postage money!

I am tempted to say that we are no longer needing terries (flats) however I won’t do that; what I will say is that perhaps if you were plannign on sending in terries just hold off for the next update as we have seriously run out of room and most of that is terry flats, which are great, but actually relatively heavy to send. I will let people know via this site if I still need terries after the final sales and then you can decide whether or not to send them in. (If you’ve already put some in the post - don’t worry!)

I was just so excited about (Basically) reaching our target I had to post.

Once again a huge thank you goes out to every single donor and volunteer!!! You should give yourselves a pat on the back!