Give & Let Buy

The title makes no sense, but I like the song it (loosely) derives from, so it shall remain. This post will give you a sneak peek at the generous local businesses that have contributed invaluably to the project; we'll also make our first foray into spending project money.

The Shipping Store, Wildewood Shopping Center
John Boyd, Owner

A big round of applause for Mr Boyd's generous donation of 31 brand new cardboard boxes to the project! He even drove them back to our house in his pickup. Cheers to you, sir.

Security Storage, Hollywood, MD
John Charles, Manager

Huzzah for Security Storage, who is allowing the Blankets for Georgia project to use a 10'x10' storage space for free! Well, actually, it's at the extremely discounted price of $1 per month. Huzzahs all around!

Here's some numbers so far, which would not have been possible without the assistance of the above businesses. Note: these numbers only represent what we've cataloged and boxed so far, and does not include the piles of stuff still sitting in our makeshift household storage room.

- 34 blankets and comforters
- 31 sweaters/shirts
- 30 coats/jackets
- 26 baby onesies
- 15 baby shirts

And a last note... as you can see on the right, we've raised $815 so far. There's a new list below that for expenses; so far we've had to purchase more shipping tape and a padlock for the free shipping space. Keep posted for updates there.