Post by: swill on Tue, 24 November 2015, 22:35:27
My wife is helping organize the collection of soft baby carriers here in Montreal as part of the Carry The Future refugee support project. Here is the facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/events/1631407053799747/) for my wife's collection.
You can learn more about the parent project at their facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/carrythefuture/), their website (http://www.carrythefuture.org/) or in the news (http://www.today.com/kindness/simple-way-one-american-mom-helped-thousands-refugee-children-t55701).
My wife and a friend of hers wanted to get 10 carriers together to send the parent project, but within the first 2-3 days, they already have almost 50. They were only expecting to be shipping about 10 carriers when they started this, so they were not really taking the cost of shipping into account. Now that we are going to be shipping in quantities more along the lines of pallets, the costs have started to really add up.
If you would be interested in helping out with the shipping costs, I have put my PayPal details below. I will be keeping a tally of the total donated in the OP and I will make a post on my wife's facebook event page to credit GeekHack with the donation. If I happen to collect more than the cost of shipping (highly doubtful), I will donate the excess to the parent project since they have to ship them all from North America overseas.
Here is my PayPal (http://paypal.me/swillkb) if you would like to contribute a $5 donation to go towards the shipping costs.
If you have any reason not to trust me, feel free to post. I have no problem fielding questions about my reputation or integrity.
If you don't agree with the cause, please keep it to yourself. This thread is not a forum for your opinions. Simply don't support the cause and move on...
Thanks to everyone who actually read to the end.
Post by: Sent on Tue, 24 November 2015, 22:39:12
Post by: swill on Tue, 24 November 2015, 22:48:34
Hmmm...I think you're a shifty fellow but what the hell. :))
Haha. Thanks dude. I appreciate the donation. :P
Post by: nathanrosspowell on Tue, 24 November 2015, 23:03:07
Post by: swill on Tue, 24 November 2015, 23:06:02
Which kind of dollars? The local monopoly money? Or those pricey Freedom Dollars? :D
USD or CAD preferably. Either is fine...
Edit: You are in Montreal, so obviously CAD. No reason to pay the fees given the already crappy exchange rate. :P
Post by: nathanrosspowell on Tue, 24 November 2015, 23:13:55
Which kind of dollars? The local monopoly money? Or those pricey Freedom Dollars? :D
USD or CAD preferably. Either is fine...
Edit: You are in Montreal, so obviously CAD. No reason to pay the fees given the already crappy exchange rate. :P
Cool! Just didn't want it to seem bizarre that I sent $3.37 USD :thumb:
Post by: swill on Tue, 24 November 2015, 23:14:32
Which kind of dollars? The local monopoly money? Or those pricey Freedom Dollars? :D
USD or CAD preferably. Either is fine...
Edit: You are in Montreal, so obviously CAD. No reason to pay the fees given the already crappy exchange rate. :P
Cool! Just didn't want it to seem bizarre that I sent $3.37 USD :thumb:
haha, no worries. any amount is welcome. thank you for the donation. :)
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 25 November 2015, 16:25:48
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Post by: inanis on Wed, 25 November 2015, 17:07:02
is a baby carrier a professional person that carries babies?That would be a nannie, dumdum.Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/confused-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862495)
Great cause, Swill! I just sent you a small donation. Good luck. :thumb:
Post by: swill on Wed, 25 November 2015, 17:08:02
Got it. Thank you very much for the generosity. :)is a baby carrier a professional person that carries babies?That would be a nannie, dumdum.Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/confused-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862495)
Great cause, Swill! I just sent you a small donation. Good luck. :thumb:
Post by: swill on Wed, 13 January 2016, 15:39:50
We will be sending these off soon so I figured I should put a little bump in here. :P
Post by: Glenmael on Wed, 13 January 2016, 15:44:05
Post by: swill on Wed, 13 January 2016, 16:05:50
Nice cause, donated, best of luck with the shipping :)
Awesome. Thanks for the donation. :)