Jessie Nelson's Page

Hi Jessie

Just to add to Jeanne's comment. You must have posted it about 2 weeks before christmas and we all know how many extra parcels travel around the world this time of year...it can take longer for things to arrive...and I may be incorrect in this, but I thought I read where Rhonda is away on a little break at the moment so chances are if she is the main collector they could be sitting in the post office in S.A. waiting to be collected.

Also when they post the latest lists of those squares received, they can be those that have actually been received a couple of months ago. Due to the large volume that are received each week and the fact that Rhonda and her lovely volunteers are trying to get as many as possible to the distribution points in the shortest time, the recording and making up of lists must sometimes take a back seat to the more important task of having these blankets sewn up for these poor children and given to them asap.

Please, have faith, as we all must do each time we send a parcel. For when your parcel  arrives you will have made such a difference to a child or children. You may not always find out directly; and as Jeanne has said, your only acknowledgement may be to see a hat or some of your squares wrapped with love around a child. xx

Hi Jessie,

If you sent by seamail, it's 6-10 weeks from Canada.  I know they make every effort to add names and addresses to a list of arrived squares then post the list online here every couple of months, though it's very time consuming.  They are in the process of coming up with a barcode label idea so they can just scan and it will automatically register who you are and add you to the list.  Right now I admit I just check the distribution photos and now and again see a square or hat of mine.  In the first year only one package went astray and now it seems pretty well none do.  You can ask Kalai, on the forum, just find her name under the January Challenge for example, click on it and personally ask her how they're doing on keeping track of what's arrived and what hasn't arrived yet.  If you sent it airmail then it should be there.  The question is, how many other packages also arrived?  Yours could be sitting in Ronda's living room in one of those huge piles.  :)

Hope I reassured if not exactly helped.

luv, Jeanne :)