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********************Official MN Christmas Appeal ThankyouThread********************

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TRsPurpleReindeerIsNamedRhino · 05/12/2009 19:29

Welcome to the 2009 MN Christmas Appeal Thankyou Thread

First of all thank you very much to my good friend NormaStanlelFletcher for organising the whole thing

Each mumsnetter that receives a parcel will see a number printed on it.

When adding to this thread could you all please mention the number so that the sender knows for definite it was their parcel.

Thank to MNHQ for helping norma with this mammoth task.

A Very Happy Christmas to you all

OP posts:
cherrymonster · 18/01/2010 10:07

ok, well i will start a thread for senders, and can anyone tell me how to get in touch with mnhq about the original refs?

bellavita · 18/01/2010 10:08

Is Norma catable?

bellavita · 18/01/2010 10:09

Cherry, I will get in touch with mnhq (will do that now)

cherrymonster · 18/01/2010 10:19

thanks bella, have posted a thread about this is chat, need it stickied but dont know how.

cherrymonster · 18/01/2010 10:21

bella i have no idea if norma is catable, i dont have cat, but if anyone wants to try, please do, also if there are any nominees who have not received please let me know and i will get onto it

Awassailinglookingforanswers · 18/01/2010 10:22

sadly as I posted before the weekend I was going to send an Argos voucher - not a big one - but hadn't bought it was waiting for match - but I've had to rebudget the money set aside into the rest of this months/next months budget now so can't do it anymore.

Aww Bella - thank you - just knowing that someone thought to nominate me has cheered me up. My DS's had presents at Christmas, so haven't gone wanting. Money was/is tight - but not so much that I was in the horrible position to not be able to get them something for Christmas. It was more that I'd had such a shit year (well the last quarter of it at least anyhow) would have been nice to know (which I do now [smile) that someone had at least thought of me.

That'll do for me - the DS's don't need anything (and neither do I really - apart from some TLC ).

I assumed I hadn't been nomainted as Norma had said that the ones that hadn't been matched were the ones that she didn't have addresses for/or enough details - and I know there's plenty of people that are on my FB/MN that know my DS's ages and either have (or could easily get) my address.

Still I was nomiated and it's brought a smile to by face so thank you Bella.

Agree that this year there should be a few people involved in the sorting of it. Is a huge job for one person. And as we all know, "stuff" can happen to anyone that prevents them sorting things like this out, at least with a couple of people doing it if one of the organisers suddenly has RL stuff that has to be sorted out they can (hopefully) just pass the "bit" they're doing along to the others to sort without too much hassle (if any of that makes sense?).

NeedCoffee · 18/01/2010 10:22

I can't find my email with ref number, but if anyone recieved a parcel just before christmas day, I sent something for a younger girl and Mum, and tried to flatten it down so it would go through the letter box in case they where not it. Pretty sure I put the ref number on and sure it hasn't already be acknowledged. Just want to know that it got there.

bellavita · 18/01/2010 10:27

I have mailed MNHQ asking if they have any info at all that could be useful to us. I have asked if they could come on this thread with a yay or a no and then hopefully if a yay this will form part of anything other info (names, addresses, donators, nominees) we can find out.

cherrymonster · 18/01/2010 10:30

right ladies, we have an email addy-

[email protected]

please email me with details of what you offered to send, or if you have been nominated or know someone who has been nominated and hasnt received please let me know and i will do my best to sort it. usual rules apply, let me know what you have to send, or ages and sexes of dc's and address if you have it. we are getting somewhere now i think. also, if you email me, please include your chat nickname

Awassailinglookingforanswers · 18/01/2010 13:22

oh and I know it's only January - but I'd be happy to be "general online oversee-er" over this years appeal. Organising the threads and fielding general questions about it all as per the suggestion from cherry monster.

Sods law is almost certain to guarantee that (once again) for whatever reason I won't manage to donate. But, it doesn't matter what's going on in my RL - one thing is a dead cert........I'll be online lots and at (almost) all hours of the day.

Lilyloo · 18/01/2010 13:34

Have mailed you cherry r/e my nominees.
The thing is no one has any idea if they are going to recieve anything unless they were told they were nominated so this makes it a bit tough.
Unless you can get in touch with Norma and get the outstanding nominees and senders ?

BitOfFun · 18/01/2010 16:59

Me and Shiney have talked about doing the Appeal together next year so we can skim off all the good stuff if I can volunteer us here? We are actually very sensible, er, and organised, and spend so much time here we may as well do something useful with it. And I totally agree that it's too big a job for one person.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 18/01/2010 17:43

Thankyou for doing this, please email me if you need a hand. I have sent you an email cherry

bellavita · 18/01/2010 19:41

I second BofF and Shiney for MN 2010 appeal .

em83 · 18/01/2010 20:49

ref 09156 did you receive the 3 individual parcels i sent out about 2 weeks ago ???
just i hadnt heard ....
emma

RumourOfAHurricane · 18/01/2010 21:17

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bellavita · 18/01/2010 21:25

I mis-read that Shiney and thought it said BofF's norks. Am wondering to myself how are they going to help...

Lilyloo · 19/01/2010 10:12

Thank you so much for dd's gift magicoc , arrived today and she absolutely loves him
He is almost as big as her

HelenMumsnet · 19/01/2010 10:54

Morning.

We've had a bit of a chat about this at MNHQ and we think it would be wise if we stepped in and took over the sorting out of the last remaining Christmas Appeal matches and dispatches.

This is absolutely NOT because we don't think cherrymonster is up to it - thank you, cherrymonster, for kickstarting the whole 'finishing off' process and putting so much energy into this yesterday.

It's more of a confidentiality thing. People gave their personal details to NormaStanleyFletcher on the understanding that, if they were a donor, only Norma would see them or, if they were a receiver, their details would only be sent on to the person/people they were matched to.

We don't think it's right that these details should now be passed on to others - however good everybody's intentions are.

Also, no one but Norma and MNHQ has the final list of nominees. So, with the best will in the world, no one can make sure they've all been matched with a donor but us and Norma.

We are still hoping that Norma will soon respond to our emails to her: obviously, as she has the master list of matches, it would be much, much simpler to tie up the loose ends with her help.

Norma did a great job before Christmas, in the face of really difficult, and unforeseen, personal hurdles, and we hope you'll agree with us that she deserves huge thanks for all her efforts.

So....

.... if you're still awaiting a match, please could you email us at [email protected] and we'll take it from here.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 19/01/2010 12:40

Thankyou Helen.

What's going to happen to the people that have already given their details to cherrymonster?

HelenMumsnet · 19/01/2010 12:51

Hello FluffyBunny

We've asked cherrymonster to forward everything she's collected to us.

But, just in case she has too much on her plate to contact us, it would be helpful if you could also let us know what details you've sent her/been given by her.

We're keen to make sure no one is missed out...

Hulababy · 19/01/2010 12:56

Helen - is there any way of chasing up acknowledgements of parcels sent out? There are a few of us on here who sent gifts but don't know if they have arrived or not. As I have said before, it isn't about thanks, but it would be nice that the person did indeed recieve the parcel sent to them.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 19/01/2010 12:59

Thankyou Helen. I have forwarded the email to you.

HelenMumsnet · 19/01/2010 13:11

Hula - drop us a line with all the details you know and we'll see what we can do.

Hulababy · 19/01/2010 13:49

Will do now.