Many many thanks to LOG1385 and mygrandmasayskool for the fantastic donations... much needed winter clothing and haircare items as well as hats, gloves and socks .... YOU ARE THE BEST Thank you update to totals will come tomorrow
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Many many thanks to LOG1385 and mygrandmasayskool for the fantastic donations... much needed winter clothing and haircare items as well as hats, gloves and socks .... YOU ARE THE BEST Thank you update to totals will come tomorrow
wondering what u still need too
I will be honest..I am struggling to aquire the 100 bars of soap. For anyone that has some spares to contribute. Reguleonis and I purchased without coupons all the toothbrushes today and previously I contributed all 100 shaving creams.
I also know rikas hardest challenge is to find cheap backpacks. Last year she found them in a dollarstore. So if anyone goes to them and spots them please let her know..and me for mine lol
I'll go and raid my closet for some soap. I have a backpack full of 40 pairs of socks that me and rewogd are trying to make arrangements to get them to Rika. I'll toss the soap in the backpack too.
I threw in a half dozen bars of soap (Dove of course!). If I can get to the store this week I'll bring along my coupons and get some more, it depends on my kids, the earliest I can probably go is Thursday.
Much appreciated...I was starting to worry as I promised her them..but things got hectic for me and i havent done much shopping
I wonder if it's worth it to try thrift shops for the backpacks. Some of the smaller shops may give you a good deal if you tell them what you are up to.
If only I had known, I sent five good condition backpacks to the thrift shops in the middle of October. Really wish I had something to give you, but it's just not something that can happen this year.
Rika:
Firstly THANK YOU for the inserts!!
Secondly I can do ya for some of the containers and body wash/shampoo etc ... please PM me and let me know exactly how much you need (I am not sure if you've updated) and I will put it together and find a way there this weekend :-)
A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.... today I am pulling all the donations together and counting them so I can update the post... everything is difficult to move around as the boxes are piled up to save space... see photos on my personal page. anyway today it all gets sorted properly back in to the boxes so that I can count again and bring my totals up to date. the most important items I need are the UNDERWEAR and winter gear like hats gloves scarves. Wool or winter socks would be great too.
A great week for donations last few days have been busy
UPDATES TO DONATIONS AS of November 23, 2011
HOMELESS MEN PROJECT
CURRENT DONATIONS:
39 backpacks - Let me know if anyone finds a deal please
100 Deodorant - Completed
100 Toothpaste - Completed
100 Shaving cream - Completed
100 Soap -
100 Toothbrushes -
100 Hair combs -
100 NEW pair’s socks - complete but need WOOL SOCKS
10 T-shirts
12 NEW undershirts
16 NEW underwear
6 winter hats or toques
36 pairs of gloves
5 scarves –
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DONATIONS
items in red are the items really really needed.
Rika,
The Dollarama has backpacks for $2 at West Edmonton Mall, there were tonnes of them so maybe they just put them out? Might be worthwhile to see if the location near you has them out.
I will go through my stockpile this weekend, I am sure I have some Dove soap and toothbushes to donate and possibly some gloves and hats.
Reguleonis or whatever her name is and i bought all the toothbrushes just havent dropped them off yet.
walmart southcommon had backpacks on clearance for cheap, but they were kids prints.
I picked up one at Staples this past week, in the $5 range, I think it was regular around $20 - I don't know exactly, Rika can check, the tags were still on it when she picked it up. I'd pick up more but after the 40 pairs of socks and having worked a whole nine hours in a 2 1/2 month period, well, cash is low.
Out or curiosity though, what is the big deal with Nexxus coupons? Do they give a big overage at Walmart or something??? If they do I have a couple of those I can pass onto someone to use if they want to put the overage towards a backpack.
I think the big deal on Nexxus is just that you can get the trial size for free... I might be wrong but someone will correct if so. I like the Dollorama backpacks if they are the same ones as last year it is a great deal. Will hope to get there tomorrow and check it out GREAT TIPS LADIES THANK YOU