is coming from Peru!!!

[Guest guest]

- Thanks! I just packed up the clothes and will ship them,

and I figure we can just layout what we get and see what happens. So

yes, bring whatever you have!

Glad you brought up . Donnell has been working wonders

(she speaks fluent Spanish). After too many emails, and multiple

letters that we had to write for the Embassy in Peru, we found out

on Friday that 's mother was approved for the Visa for she and

.

Families from the listserve raised a whopping $500+, and then a

church in Downer's Grove gave $500 ( J. - did you coordinate

that??), so we had just over $1,000. Then Callahan emailed

us to offer any balance out of her fundraiser funds. So the airfare

will be taken care of. Truly a beautiful joint effort.

> ,

> I think it is a great idea and I could get some clothes

together. We are

> going away today for 10 days and back a few days before the

conference, so I

> would probably just bring them along. How are you feeling? I was

also

> wondering if the family from Peru is coming? Can't wait to see

you.

> , Gene and Jonah

> How about gently used clothing at

convention???

>

>

> > OK, I have a really dumb question.

> >

> > First off, I want to apologize in advance for my postings. I

tend

> > to type very fast (80wpm) and so I tend to write quite short and

> > brief. Sometimes when I go back and re-read my postings, I'm

> > like " eewww, that sounds a bit short " . The tone of the email,

that

> > is. So I am apologizing in advance -- for those of you who know

me,

> > you know my natural talkative stage is anything but short with

> > people, HA!!!!

> >

> > Now, CLOTHING. I spent an hour going through the kids closets

> > yesterday -- I have at least 4 feet in piles of stain-free mostly

> > brand name shirts and sweaters. For girls, Roxy, Limited Too,

Gap.

> > For boys, mostly Gap.

> >

> > I just can not see giving these great clothes to Goodwill.

> > Normally, I have my big MAGIC garage sale, but no time for that.

> >

> > So I got to thinking, what if we spread out clothes on tables in

> > fromt of our Dr. H table -- maybe sorted roughly by size (but as

you

> > will see from all of us, we all look for clothes that

run " smaller "

> > than the size actually says....). My idea is that the clothes

> > aren't priced.

> >

> > Our MAGIC division will give you a tax deduction receipt where

you

> > record whatever the " value " of your clothes are for your own tax

> > records.

> >

> > Then, anyone at the convention can pick out the clothing they

would

> > like, and rather than priced, they simply " make a donation " to

> > MAGIC. We could set guidelines (e.g., a minimum of $1 for t-

shirts,

> > $2 for short-sleeved shirts). BUt I would rather know that a

family

> > that needed and Tyler's castoffs got them.

> >

> > Do you think this would work? Would it be too chaotic???

> >

> > Another idea would be to run it on Thursday night as a " division

> > fundraiser " in the EXHIBIT HALL -- with lots of tables. We would

> > need volunteers to staff it, but I have a list that could all do

1-

> > hour sessions. Then whatever is left, we could put on our own

Dr. H

> > visit tables on Fri or Sat nights.

> >

> > SO.... thoughts? If you are coming to the convention, do you

have

> > any gently used UNSTAINED (key part) clothing? IDeally, we could

> > ship the stuff ahead of time to MAGIC, but otherwise, just bring

it.

> >

> > Am I nuts? Am I taking on too much? Should I just take this to

the

> > local consignment store (who gives me $1 a piece, ripoff!!!)

> >

> >

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