Coffee Mug Exchange Fundraiser and Drawing!

I'm so excited to share our new adoption fundraiser!  The glorious season of fall is here, and we are hosting a coffee mug exchange to raise the next bit of Abraham's ransom.  You can help us bring our boy home and get some fun mail in the process!

We will have the sign-up period open for one week (Sept. 26 - Oct. 2), and then participants have two weeks (Oct. 3 - 16) to mail off their mugs to their partners.  Please only sign up if you are sure that you will be able to mail your partner a mug by October 16th.

If this sounds like fun, you can enter by sending a donation of $5 or more to our PayPal account, baileyak [at] bellsouth [dot] net.  We are scrambling to raise our next agency fee of $5,500 which is due soon.  As I have written about before, the vast majority of our savings toward this fee was decimated by an unfortunate (and illegal in many states) action taken by Bank of America.  If you would prefer to donate to our Reece's Rainbow fund, that is fine, but we won't be able to use that money toward this particular fee.  That fund is also very important to us though, and will become available to us for expenses later on in the adoption process. 

Everyone who participates will also be entered for a drawing of a custom crocheted mug cozy like the one above from Projects Around the House, which will be made by me.  Winner gets to pick color and size.


After sending your donation via PayPal, please e-mail me baileyak [at] bellsouth [dot] net or leave a comment here (I won't publish comments for privacy reasons--I will be the only one able to see them) specifying:

1. The name you used for PayPal (or make note that you donated to the RR fund if you chose that way of giving),
2. Your mailing address, 
3. An e-mail address where you can be readily reached, and 
4. Whether or not you are willing to mail internationally.  This exchange is open internationally, however participants living outside the USA must be willing to mail internationally.  I will do my best to pair partners up within their home countries for those who prefer a domestic exchange.

****Update: Comments have not been working!  In fact, NO comments have gotten through at all.  What timing for Blogger to go on the fritz.  So please e-mail me instead.  Baileyak [at] bellsouth [dot] net

After the sign-up period, I will randomly pair participants together and give them their exchange partner's mailing and e-mail addresses.  You will have this information sent to the e-mail address you specified on October 3rd.

Each participant is then responsible for mailing out a mug to his or her partner by October 16, 2013.  You may pick for your partner any mug in new condition, but please use common sense and taste in selecting a mug that is family-friendly.  Please also use common sense in packaging your mug to ensure it doesn't break en route to your partner.  Recycled wadded up plastic shopping bags make an effective and free packaging material.

When you receive your mug, feel free to send me a picture of it and I will post it here, just for fun!