Ben Jonson Memorial Fundraiser: DONE!
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truepennyI just got back from taking the last of the packages to the post office. Everyone's book or books are now in the mail (unless, of course, you've received them already). I mailed things the cheapest way, which was sometimes Media Mail and sometimes First Class. I did my utmost best to get dedications and names and addresses right, but I'm human. If I screwed anything up, I apologize in advance.
I have sent books to:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin (35 of 50, plus DC)
And to:
Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden
And to someone in the U.S. Army stationed overseas.
The final total of donations (minus production costs for Unnatural Creatures) is: $3570.42
Shipping costs were: $374.47
In the interests of getting a nice round number for the check, I'm going to eat $4.05 of the shipping costs, so
*ahem*
The donation I will be making to the Companion Animal Fund, in memory of Ben, is $3,200.00.
Thank you to everyone who donated, both those who bought books and those who just threw some money in. You are all wonderful and amazing, and I am deeply grateful. And the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital is going to be thrilled.
I have sent books to:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin (35 of 50, plus DC)
And to:
Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden
And to someone in the U.S. Army stationed overseas.
The final total of donations (minus production costs for Unnatural Creatures) is: $3570.42
Shipping costs were: $374.47
In the interests of getting a nice round number for the check, I'm going to eat $4.05 of the shipping costs, so
*ahem*
The donation I will be making to the Companion Animal Fund, in memory of Ben, is $3,200.00.
Thank you to everyone who donated, both those who bought books and those who just threw some money in. You are all wonderful and amazing, and I am deeply grateful. And the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital is going to be thrilled.
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Date: 2011-02-24 09:55 pm (UTC)My order got here (here being the Netherlands) on the 19th (technically 17th, but I wasn't home then) which was way faster than I was expecting. I keep staring at my bookshelf where there's now a complete set of DoL instead of just a lonely copy of Mélusine. And to top it off I made a friend happy by giving her that lonely copy, so I hope to convert another to the Cult of Labyrinths and/or Monette-in-general.
Plus, the advertisements used to padd the package where a fascinating insight in American advertising, it's not all that different from the ones we get here :D
(and the inscription was all good, too)
Bottom line: thank you!