I wanted to share a quick update on how well this went! I could hardly believe it. I had anticipated 10-20 donations and was prepared for that. I went to bed shortly after posting my giveaway/fundraising attempt to several different sewing Facebook groups. While I was sleeping my post went crazy! I checked first thing in the morning and found we had received nearly 70 donations. I went to work vowing to find lots of boxes and start a list of donors. Two hours into work and we received close to another 30 donations. At that point, I posted that I had to stop accepting donations. Where was I going to get 100 boxes to ship? How was I going to fit 100 packages in my car?
100 DONATIONS!!!
It took a couple of hours once I got home to sort through all the donations. I also researched alternative shipping options and I decided on shipping in those Priority flexible envelopes. It will be easier to transport them this way. So I ordered 100 of these envelopes from the USPS website and they should arrive within the next day or two. The other thing I decided was that I am going to have to do multiple shipments. When I was thinking 10-20 donations I knew I could easily handle shipping that, but 100 is going to be way more than I had intended. So the fabric goodies will have to go out in waves. Please be patient with me in that respect. I did get a few envelopes from the post office this past weekend and have started packing up the first orders, which will ship out tomorrow.
The picture above is a fraction of the fabrics I have pulled out ready to be packaged! I am keeping track of how much is actually going out. I am excited to see what that final tally will be! I promise to share that with you all too.
So are you curious as to what our donation total is?
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After Go Fund Me and PayPal took out their fees we received a total of…
$1029
Can you believe it?!?!? I know I couldn’t when I first added it up. I am so incredibly blown away by the support of our online sewing community once again. In less than 24 hours we became 1/10th of the way closer to our adoption goal! There are some other things in the works that I cannot talk about that are very promising as well. For the first time since starting our fundraising journey, I feel like I can see the light at the end of this tunnel and the beginning of our adoption journey.
This is so amazing! 😀
I agree! I am feeling very blessed!
HooooooooooooRAY!!! YAYAYAYAYAY! Like I said when I did the paypal for this – I will re-visit your site and donate again! 🙂
Congrats on the $1K! YAY!
Thank you!
So happy to hear it!
Thank you! 🙂
This is wonderful, and I am looking forward to following your story.
Thank you! I am looking forward to being able to share pictures with everyone who has donated along the way.
I am so glad to be apart of this, maybe in a couple weeks I can donate again :{I live on disability}
Thank you! I am glad to have you apart of it!
Yipee! How wonderful to have recieved such support and to have raised so much. I’m in for the second round of your stash bust!
Thank you! I could not agree more!
Congratulations on the success of your “Share My Stash” fundraiser! What a clever idea! I was a participant and I wanted to let you know that I will refund your postage expense when the package arrives.
Thank you! That is very kind of you!
If you open it back up for larger pieces, 100% natural fabric, and maybe trim at a higher cost level, I would JOIN THAT in a NEW YORK second.
Thank you! I absolutely will do this again!
Im glad I was able to donate to such a good cause, I hope once you take care of the first round of donations you will consider doing this again. Its a win-win for all
Thank you for donating! I am definitely considering it again once I have these all shipped.
That’s awesome. This is a great initiative and looks like something others are interested in – big time. Congratulations.
I’m going to look into this from my neck of the woods.
Cheers
Thank you!