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Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:23:53 GMT
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Here's a snippet from the Red Cross website:
We regret the American Red Cross is unable to accept used
clothing, canned goods, or other such gifts from
individuals. Firms
wishing to donate new, bulk goods should call
1-800-7-IN-KIND.
It states above "firms" not individuals wanting to donate. It sounds like
they may need to be talked into accepting our gift, I don't think I'd be the
best person to take on that duty. Anybody volunteering to call? Anybody
here a "firm"?
Julie
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Julie just reported back from the PO and it will be even MORE to ship
> than we had first thought. Quoting from an email she sent (with
> permission)
> >
> >
> > Sigh :-/
> >
> > I went to the p.o., and my boxes were too big. I did not use
> > huge boxes. I have
> > received boxes in the mail 2 or more times bigger than what
> > I used. Here is
> > what I was told is the rule: max length 42 inches; max length
> > and girth combined
> > 79 inches.
> >
> > I don't have any acceptable size boxes sitting around here.
> >
> > I could go out and get some at Office Depot, they have some
> > 14x14x14 listed on
> > their website. That would be a total of 70 inches. That
> > really isn't a very big
> > box. The p.o. charges by the pound.
> >
> > I have one smaller box here 54 inch total, I just put 6
> > purple buckets and some
> > misc. bulk in there. It weighs 9 lbs, which would cost $39.13 to ship.
> >
> > The way I had things boxed, I estimated $444 to ship based on
> > 123 pounds. If I
> > could get the 14x14x14 boxes and was able to fit 10 pounds in
> > each box, that
> > would be 12 boxes x $42.15 per box = $504 in shipping.
> >
> > I have spent $512 on Lego. Do you want to check with other
> > donators to see if
> > this is still a good idea, as far as this being money well
> > spent? I thought I
> > read a post that said the cost of Lego is double in Turkey.
> > At this point, "we"
> > are paying double as well.
> >
> > Feel free to repost/email what ever part of this email you
> > feel necessary.
> >
> > Julie
>
>
> To the group... what should we do? It chaps me to spend 1/2 the total
> just on postage. Should we send money to Selcuk instead? Assuming that
> Julie can get refunds on most of the stuff, that is...
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
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>
> NOTE: I have left CTP, effective 18 June 99, and my CTP email
> will not work after then. Please switch to my Novera ID.
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