Thank You From Sliven, Bulgaria

No, I'm not in Sliven, Bulgaria. But I wanted to send out thank yous on behalf of the orphaned and abandoned children there. They may never know the many individuals who made it possible for them to have pajamas and socks this winter but I do and I want to say a huge "THANKS!" to the people who have come together and donated:

Beth, Ash, and Will M.
Laura A.
Barbara C.
Derek C.
Jessica S.
Loriann F.
Melissa G.

These 9 people have helped us cover nearly 80% of the shipping cost of the pajamas and socks.

I decided to pull a few pictures from the Special Helping School's Facebook page so you could see first hand the kids who will be enjoying the donations.

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If you are still interested in helping, every penny you donate to our giveaway will go to helping orphans, specifically the ones at the Special Helping School. And you can win some incredible stuff! All the items except for the iPod Nano are handmade in Romania, another Eastern European country with many orphans in need of help. Check out the goodies below and, if possible, share this giveaway with friends. There are only a few more days to enter!

 

 

 

If you cannot see the donation button above please email me at info@eerop.org to find out how to enter. You can also send a Paypal donation to melissambrown@hotmail.com to enter the giveaway.

Donations

Another round of thank yous for some wonderful donations to the Eastern European and Russian Orphanages Project! These were received in either August or September. I still have some more September packages to go through so if you don't see your name here, don't worry, there's more to come!

First off, a couple of hats and some socks from yours truly (I have in fact been crafting despite the apparent lack of documented progress):

Some baby mitts (super cute), socks, and hats from Beverly J. of Santa Fe, NM:

Tiina S. of Augusta, GA sent tons of blanket squares that look like these:

Carol L. from Kentwood, MI sent socks, hats, 4 gorgeous sweaters, and some mittens:

 B. J. M. from Salisbury, MD sent a blanket, some scarves, and some hats:

Valerie H. from Morris Plain, NJ sent 38 (!) pairs of mittens and a pair of slippers. These were given in memory of Dorothy Coombs whom Valerie tells me would have liked nothing better than to see these used by children in need:

Callista W. from Lakewood, CO sent some hats and a sweater:

Mrs. James W. of Kerrville, TX gave some darling booties, some hats, and tons of knitted toys:

 And LeeAnn G. from Denton, TX sent a large wrap, toys, mittens, scarves, cute headbands, and a hat:

Thank you so much to everyone who donated! Please remember that we are still taking monetary donations for the shipping to Sliven, Bulgaria. The shipment was pajamas for the orphans of the Special Helping School. Please check out their Facebook page and consider giving a donation below (if you are viewing this blog from a smart phone the widget will not appear, sorry!):

Thank You

The Eastern European and Russian Orphanages website is sort of "under construction" at the moment. There are some little things that need to be tweaked and fixed. One of the changes will be to integrate my personal blog with the EEROP blog. It's just too much to keep up two blogs at the same time. I'm interesting but not that interesting. So, I'm going to do some "thank you"s here for some wonderful EEROP donations. P.S. All pictures of donations can also be seen on the EEROP Facebook page in a few days.

Thank you to...

Mrs. Whitney from Texas for toys, a hat, some gloves, and socks.

 L. Wright from Ohio for hats and a scarf.

Cliff and Jennifer Jones from Georgia for some stuffed animals and a blanket.

Sue Maples for a blanket, some mittens, booties, tons of hats, and some scarves.

Melissa Grissom and the Elm City Center knitters for lots of toys, a blanket, some sleep sacks, a bib, *tons* more hats, a scarf, some cute necklaces, mittens, pants, tops, a vest, and a sweatshirt!

Judy Resh from Pennsylvania for some hats, a scarf, and a cowl.

 Sue Johnson and Barbara Crowell for some hats, scarves, a blanket, and a pair of socks.

And to Kelly Trevithick from Virginia for a whole whack of scarves!

Thank you so much to everyone who donated! Hopefully I got everyone credited for the right things. If not then please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due. The best part is that some of these items have already been shipped off to Moldova and Ukraine! I still have more boxes to unpack and more thank yous to send out so be sure to bookmark this page.