A Holiday Plea

[bunnymcfoo]

Hey Y'all,

So there's this meme going around, where people post their wishlists for the December Holidays. You know the one? Where people say that they want fic, or a pony, or whatever.


I'm too poor to give anyone anything this year, so I'm not really gonna play that game. Instead, here's my twist:

One of my housemates works with/at a local homeless shelter for teens. From what she's said, they run around 15-20 kids at any time, and several of them live there on a fairly permanent basis.

Here's the thing. These kids pretty much don't have anything new, and the vast majority of their clothing and belongings are donated. Sounds pretty ok, right? Yeah, if you're interested in wearing clothing that's several years out of date, or about three decades too old for you - nobody really wants to dress like they're sixty when they're sixteen. Not to mention, can you imagine wearing second hand bras and panties?


You might be aware that I've got a seasonal job at Lane Bryant. This is awesome, for a number of reasons, but the key one here is that I've asked for and been given permission to use my 40% employee discount for the plus-sized girls who live at this shelter. I'm planning on hitting up Victoria's Secret or even Macy's in our mall this week and seeing if they'll match this discount as I'd really really like to get all the girls who live at the shelter some underwear that's never been used, is in their size, and is pretty.

Instead of giving me anything this holiday, I'd love it if you could donate some money towards this cause. I'm hoping to raise enough money to be able to get each girl two pairs of panties and a bra. Five pairs of panties run $25 at LB, and each bra works out to around $20. I figure if I can get around $200, I can swing this.

Of course, if I can get more than $200, I could do something for the guys. Spokane is freezing y'all, and they're always in need of things like socks and hoodies. I'm betting that I could talk a couple of stores into letting me buy things at their employee discount rate, and it would be awfully cool if the guys weren't left out of this.


So yeah, that's my Christmas wish this year. Help me help out a bunch of kids who don't have anything, and could really use something to make their lives a little bit better.


My paypal is jessamayone@hotmail.com (or click the shiny link!), and if you have any questions, I can be reached at bunnymcfoo at gmail dot com, or through a comment on this entry.

PLEASE, feel free to link this high and low, (especially if you've got a big friendslist :D) I'm really really crossing my fingers that this works out well. If anyone wants more information about the shelter, or wants a receipt for their donation, I can provide those - just ask!


ETA: I'm heading back down to the family's for Christmas on the 23rd, and I'd love to have something to actually get to the kids FOR Christmas, so I'm thinking that the 20th or the 21st is the deadline for this. ♥

Comments

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

thank you so much, for the donation AND the reminder about the button! ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

ilu so much bb. ♥

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, what an excellent fucking idea. I sent what I could your way!

[myownwench.livejournal.com]

That's an awesome idea.

Oh, and I got the link here from bexone. I think this is a great idea, so I sent a little something - awesome underwear is something EVERYONE should get to have.

[jocondite.livejournal.com]

I have to negotiate all online purchases with my father (I have a card to his account) and transfer money around and such, but I'll be donating something next week, sweetheart. ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

thank you so much bb! ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

ilu bb. ty. ♥ ♥ ♥

[babyofthegroup.livejournal.com]

Sent! Let me know where you end up; depending on how my familial holiday shopping goes, there may be more where that came from.

<3

[yarnaddict.livejournal.com]

Hi there. =) I found your post through telesilla and beadattitude. This is such a great idea! I'm also posting about this in my own journal, to try to help spread the word. I wish you the best of luck with this. =)

[slowdrags.livejournal.com]

I just donated $20 <3

[bkm5191.livejournal.com]

Hi I followed Ruth's link. good luck :)

[mllesays.livejournal.com]

Saw this link on jocondite's journal. I gave a little bit. I think this is an amazing idea and you are an amazing person for doing it.

[landrews.livejournal.com]

Here by mistressmab Threw into the pot and will link on my LJ :-)

[triple-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Hey, Bunny! I think it's wonderful that you're doing this, and I'm going to TRY and throw some more at you, but resources are kind of tight atm. I may be able to do something next paycheck -- we'll see. :) This is lovely! I'll mention this at work today (I work at LB, too) and see where it goes.

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

you are made of win, seriously. ♥ ♥ ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much Drew, I really am so grateful.

<3

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much. The number of people who are linking to this has really made all the difference in the world, and I'm so very grateful for the help. ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much for your help! ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you so so so much bb. ♥ my friends are amazing.

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your help! ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for both your help, and your kind words! ♥

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, thank you so much for both the donation and the linking! I don't think I would be getting nearly the response I've been getting if it weren't for all the amazing people linking me. ♥

[dancingyel.livejournal.com]

Hi, random person here. *waves* Found this through a friend of a friend's lj and it sounds like a great idea! I can't donate much right now, but I gave a little.

[aimeelicious]

I couldn't spare much, but hope the $10 helps! =)