donating reindeerfood for sick kids

flowerscotland

I have some spare bags so I will also send them on

How do you become a reindeer/elf I cant see anything on the site.

MrsTinks

vikki_louise wrote: »

MrsTine- snowman soup, cupcake flannels or anything would be really appricated. if people would like to send some then they can pick the child they would like it to go to and send it direct to them (well to their forwarding address), each child has theirs on their own page. Post Pals is in the process of applying for charity status, its been running for 5 years now but to register as a charity you have to have an annual income over over £5k which has been hard and each year we havent made it (even some of the kids have donated their pocket money for PP to buy stamps in the past!) but a couple of larger donations this year means we can apply. Its been so frustrating as you need to fundraise to be able to become a charity and fundraising is hard because your not etc. It would be amazing if we were nominated for MSE charity next year, both as we would be able to do so much with the money and also because of all the people that would hear of PP and send a card, letter, email or small gift etc. As we had a slightly larger donation we were able to buy this bouncy castle for a couple of children (this boy is waiting for a transplant and spends nearly all his time in hospital, the pic was taken on a rare short spell at home) you can see it here, i found them on the Grabbit board for £7.50 but we were only able to get a couple. things like that in the future could benefit so many children if we had the funds etc. Anyway I will stop babbling!

I know getting charity status is very hard work - the forms are a nightmare, you have to submit accounts, mission statements, pick board members and a million other things...
But getting public support and donations is a lot easier once you get that magic little Charity number...

beautifulgorgeous_2

I used the mulicoloured cheerios when i was fundraising with reindeer food. Safe if the kids choose to "share" it.

roosterbean

Hi Flowerscotland - if you go onto the site then choose Latest News from the list on the left hand side, you should find the info...

flowerscotland

roosterbean wrote: »

Hi Flowerscotland - if you go onto the site then choose Latest News from the list on the left hand side, you should find the info...

thank you I will do that

addictedtolush

What a fantastic cause and after browsing the site obviously alot of hard work goes into keeping the site running and of course putting a smile on all the lovely childrens faces. I have signed up to be an elf to 2 children and will be sending as much reindeer food and snowman soup as possible. I can't wait! xx

roosterbean

Well done for signing up - you are a star!! :A I can't wait to find out who my postpal is so I can start planning what to send....

I'm gonna have to find out all the names of Santa's reindeer to actually be a reindeer though....:o