Summer Donations

mrs-moneypenny · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 148 Location: East Midlands

i love looking at the photos. everyones work looks fantastic Very Happy

well done all, and to lou for pulling it all together and getting it where it needs to go.

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Fife

I have been adding the totals for bears and bags to the countdown figurs Louise - I knew everyone would be keen to see how the targets are growing!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Fife

So here we are girls at the finishing line for the summer challenges of 2008. I have a few donations to get posted tonight as I have just put up the totals - well done toall of you for such great work! Laughing

Donna from New Zealand has sent another amazing package of 17 baby hats and 17 pairs of bootees - these are really beautiful Donna!

Pauline (PaulaJ) has sent us 2 crochet blankets, 8 angel pockets, 5 gowns - 2 of these were crocheted and then lined with fabric - very pretty indeed! 9 baby hats and 1 baby cardi - fantastic Pauline!

Maureen has sent along 5 teddies, 2 baby hats, 2 sleeping bags and 1 v neck jumper - Maureen asks if we can remember her lovely mum in our prayers sadly her cancer has returned with complications this time - our thoughts are with you and your family Maureen - they can work wonders these days :0)

Louise (bellydancer) has made another 15 teddy bags! Great contribution Louise - they always need these as they tend to get more bears than bags in! Razz

Molly has sent in 1 teddy, 1 gown with matching bonnet, 1 pram star and 1 blanket - these are great Molly - thank you! :0)

Annette has sent in 3 cardigans, 1 pair of bootees, 1 bear and 1 blanket - perfect timing for the challenge ending Annette - these are fabulous!

Rhona has sent us 4 jelly babies, 3 bears, 1 pair of bootees, 3 baby hats, 1 cardigan, 4 blankets as well as some wool, fabric and trimmings! Wonderful Rhona - just what we needed!

Gemma's mum has been bsuy and has knitted 16 baby hats for us - give her a big hug and a thank you from us gemma!

Joan has sent us a blue school jumper - I am sure these will be sooo appreciated in Kenya - we have actually managed to make quite a few! Thank you!

Sandra has made 4 jumpers, 2 hats and 2 pairs of bedsocks - love these - the colours are lovely and bright too!

From Cathy (Gladcat) we have 1 school jumper, 1 scarf and 2 teddies - these are just brilliant Cathy - thank you!

Ann in Cambridge saw us on the web while making a jumper and decided to send us two lovely jumpers for the challenge! Welcome to Loving Hands Ann! Thank you!

Joanne (JEM) sent a parcel with 2 blankets, 1 teddy and 1 burial gown - wonderful Joanne!

From Helen and her mum we have 3 blankets, 1 jumper and 4 baby cardigans - these are great girls - thank you so much! :0)

Nita has forwarded a wonderful donation from a lady called Veronica - Veronica visited Nota's patchwork group and was so impressed by our Teddies appeal that she went home to Wales and posted 3 bears and 3 nags to Nita for us! Thank you Veronica these are great! Hopefully Veronica will see this and decide to join up with us too and keep up the good work! Laughing

Diana (Mrs Money Penny) has sent in three bears, 3 bags, 1 blanket and 5 baby hats these are wonderful Diana - thank you so much for these!

and finally from Jo (jellybeansjo) we have 1 blanket, 8 baby hats and 4 bears - fantastic contribution Jo - thank you!!! Razz

Don't worry if your parcel is in the post - I will add the last few updates over the next few days as they arrive - this has been a fantastic challenge girls and you have all done soooo well! You should all be very proud of your efforts - I am sure all of our charities are going to be over the moon when they see all this wonderful stuff you have made! Very Happy

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Molly Lawton · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 323 Location: Hampshire

Hi Everyone

So many beautiful things. What a joy it is to see them all.

Molly

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mrs-moneypenny · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 148 Location: East Midlands

brilliant work everyone. considering the short notice we got for the teddies hasn't the response to those been fantastic. im so glad there will be lots of happy little children whe these arrive

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Fife

We still have 3 weeks to go with these so hoping for great things on the teddy front! Keep it up girls! Laughing

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mrs-moneypenny · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 148 Location: East Midlands

Lou wrote:

We still have 32 weeks to go with these so hoping for great things on the teddy front! Keep it up girls! Laughing

i thought the teddies had to be in for mid july, i'll have to get some more brown wool so i can do some more

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littlelou1975 · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 312 Location: Fife

I think she might have meant 3 1/2 weeks! Wink

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mioliere · Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 73

I thought we were coming to the end of the challenge, too. If it is only 3 and a half weeks, I'll start another Ted today.

All the donations have been wonderful - the Teddies are fantastic; just imagine what joy they'll bring to their new owners! It melts your heart, doesn't it?

Kathy

Pippa.s · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 70 Location: South Birmingham

Hello everybody, the teddy army is great havent we done well, I thought the time was up too, glad its not I can get another couple done now. Smile

The donations are lovely and the variety is wonderful, there will be a lot of very happy people when these are distributed.

I just want to say a big THANK YOU to Lou for bringing us all together.

Anne
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mioliere · Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 73

I'd like to echo Pippa and say thanks to Lou for all your hard work and organisational skills which are amazing!

Kathy