Antipodean Books Against Floods Drive - Update!
Dear kind sirs and madams,
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to the Antipodean Books Against Floods Drive! As of February 10, 2011 we have all recovered 862 books from Sharron's library and many more not in the library. None of this could have happened without the overwhelming thoughtfulness and generosity of each and every one of you. The boxes and packets of books have started flowing in to Emily in Michigan and myself here. I'm getting to know my postman very, very well! There are many more books to come from those who have put in donation claims and we're looking forward to stacking them all up and presenting them to Sharron as soon as she's able to move back into her home. We'll do our best to reply to our donors as soon as your books arrive or as soon as the PayPal notification arrives. If you're concerned that your package hasn't been acknowledged yet, please feel free to contact us!
We would love to send all of the drive contributors a thank you note, so please remember to include your return address and a little note telling us your online alias so we can be sure that we can get in touch with you!
Sharron has been told of your contributions and she is completely overwhelmed. She's busy preparing her house for rebuilding (so soon! She's thrilled!) but she did want me to pass on to each and every one of you her heartfelt thanks. To remember your contributions, she plans on using our record of who sent what in order to write the name or online alias of each donor inside the book cover so that she can always remember the people who dug deep and were kind to her when she lost everything.
Sharron's insurance company has decided that she was not covered specifically for this type of flood, so she's starting from scratch. Her mortgage that was paid off will now be brought back to life in order to fund the rebuilding of the house. The good news is that local builders, plasterers, electricians, plumbers and many other handymen of all sorts are doing their very best to do right by these flood victims and give them the best possible deal they can afford. The house's frame has now dried and construction on the house will begin this week! It's still a long road ahead, but things are getting going for her and hopefully she'll soon be able to think about buying new bookcases to shelve her new library.
If you find yourself with more books that might be on the list, it's not too late to contribute! If you find that you can no longer send a book that you claimed, thank you for trying and for your good intentions! Please just let us know as soon as you can so we can put it back on the needed list for someone else to claim. We're still collecting and will be in coming months. All books sent to the Australian address are being stored here on the Gold Coast. All books collected locally are being stored either here or in Brisbane. All books sent to the US address are being stored in Michigan until such time that we can start mailing them off in the most economical way and until such time that the flash flooding and humidity here in south-east Queensland backs off a bit!
Thank you again so much for restoring a lot of peoples' faith in humanity. When lit geeks unite, you'd better believe we do it with gusto.
Until next time, happy reading!
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to the Antipodean Books Against Floods Drive! As of February 10, 2011 we have all recovered 862 books from Sharron's library and many more not in the library. None of this could have happened without the overwhelming thoughtfulness and generosity of each and every one of you. The boxes and packets of books have started flowing in to Emily in Michigan and myself here. I'm getting to know my postman very, very well! There are many more books to come from those who have put in donation claims and we're looking forward to stacking them all up and presenting them to Sharron as soon as she's able to move back into her home. We'll do our best to reply to our donors as soon as your books arrive or as soon as the PayPal notification arrives. If you're concerned that your package hasn't been acknowledged yet, please feel free to contact us!
We would love to send all of the drive contributors a thank you note, so please remember to include your return address and a little note telling us your online alias so we can be sure that we can get in touch with you!
Sharron has been told of your contributions and she is completely overwhelmed. She's busy preparing her house for rebuilding (so soon! She's thrilled!) but she did want me to pass on to each and every one of you her heartfelt thanks. To remember your contributions, she plans on using our record of who sent what in order to write the name or online alias of each donor inside the book cover so that she can always remember the people who dug deep and were kind to her when she lost everything.
Sharron's insurance company has decided that she was not covered specifically for this type of flood, so she's starting from scratch. Her mortgage that was paid off will now be brought back to life in order to fund the rebuilding of the house. The good news is that local builders, plasterers, electricians, plumbers and many other handymen of all sorts are doing their very best to do right by these flood victims and give them the best possible deal they can afford. The house's frame has now dried and construction on the house will begin this week! It's still a long road ahead, but things are getting going for her and hopefully she'll soon be able to think about buying new bookcases to shelve her new library.
If you find yourself with more books that might be on the list, it's not too late to contribute! If you find that you can no longer send a book that you claimed, thank you for trying and for your good intentions! Please just let us know as soon as you can so we can put it back on the needed list for someone else to claim. We're still collecting and will be in coming months. All books sent to the Australian address are being stored here on the Gold Coast. All books collected locally are being stored either here or in Brisbane. All books sent to the US address are being stored in Michigan until such time that we can start mailing them off in the most economical way and until such time that the flash flooding and humidity here in south-east Queensland backs off a bit!
Thank you again so much for restoring a lot of peoples' faith in humanity. When lit geeks unite, you'd better believe we do it with gusto.
Until next time, happy reading!