Writing begging letters!

Savvy_Sue

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Debt_Free_Dreamer

I just remembered about pen companies, you know the kind who put writing on the sides of the pens and get sold a zoos, museums etc.,

My mom used to get boxes of these to send to a school in Egypt she visited when she was there. The kids could only go to school if they had a 'pen', so she would send a box every month. She always got these free and just paid the postage.

Amanda

littlestar1981

Hi

Thanks for all your replies!!!

Nenen, I am going to try and do a car boot, I have loads of stuff to get rid of, and if I put something up saying where the money is going to then hopefully that will shift a bit extra!

Ianna, freecycle is a great idea, I've registered but then it said my email had shut down so just trying again lol...

DebtFreeDreamer - yes I do work for a large company, and have plans for a kind of fun day to raise money in our department - the trouble is each year they sponsor a charity (this year it's MacMillan) and everything done is for that charity, and doing anything to help anyone else is a bit frowned upon, which is riduclous. But I'm still pushing on that one!

Oldtoolie, the charity is also UK registered, the girl who runs it is English and she had to register it as a UK charity aswell as an NGO in Tanzania. Anything I obtain I will be taking myself, BA have kindly doubled my luggage allowance so I have 46kg to take out with me. Shipping is expensive I know.