Anyone willing to donate preemie and/or nb prefolds...

[gurumama]

...for a Ukrainian orphanage project I'm working on? You can learn more about the effort at http://www.abrah.org

I'm collecting stuff for Kherson, where the orphanage serves 100 children ages newborn to 5.

I have about 20 small and nb diaper covers, but no small prefolds. I'm sending off a bunch of larger sized-stuff (37 covers and about 90 diapers in larger sizes) but would really like to send these small covers with about 80 small prefolds to go with them. I'm financially tapped from collecting for this effort (I've already sent more than 300 POUNDS of stuff over the past 2 months and shipping to Ukraine is expensive!) and am now trying to collect donated items.

So, if you have preemie/newborn sized prefolds and/or receiving blankets (they cost $7-9 EACH in Ukraine! Yikes!) and would be willing to send them to me to be shipped to the orphanage, please PM me. We're accepting items in ALL conditions--with small tears and any kind of stains. They have nothing, so anything is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Mel

[HeatherSanders]

C'mon mommas . . . let's diaper these babies' bums.

So, do they need to be pre-washed?

I'd be in for 4 dz. Preemie cpfs. Do they need Diaper Pins?

[gurumama]

double post--weird things going on!

[gurumama]

WOW! Thanks Heather!

So far we're sending velcro covers, so I haven't been collecting pins, but now that you mention it, if you have them to donate, I'll take 'em!

BTW, if anyone is a diapering WAHM or wants a little free publicity, we have a "thank you" page on the Abrah site and I can have you included on there for any donations.

If you're an individual donating, we'd love to add a "thank you" for you as well, but if you'd prefer to be anonymous, that's cool too. Just let me know when you PM me.

On the pre-wash issue: if possible, it would be great. But if it's easier to send then without the pre-wash, that's fine too.

Woo hoo!

Mel

[HeatherSanders]

Mel, prefolds would take up much less space unwashed . . . that is something to consider for shipping. So, you let us know. PM me with mail to address, if you would.

[mom2mygirls]

This may not be much but I got a premie chinese prefold as a gift from a wahm it is just collecting dust I could donate that Ill have to look and see about the covers. I just want to add this is a good thing your doing.

[cariadanam]

I have some preemie prefolds just waiting for a good home, pm me the info and I'll send them your way!

[Muggins&Doody]

I have 6 infant prefolds, I know it's not much, but I'll PM ya anyways. I also have small covers if you need anymore...

[Midnightowl]

I've got some Ecology Kids wraps that someone gave me and I never used. They aren't pretty, but I believe they still work. Can they use them? If so, PM me your address and I'll send them out. I've also got some flannel contour diapers that aren't being used and I'm sure I can round up some small flannel receiving blankets.

Also, do you have a paypal account set up for money donations to help with shipping?

[HeatherSanders]

Originally posted by Midnightowl
Also, do you have a paypal account set up for money donations to help with shipping?

VERY good idea, Lisa!

[gurumama]

OK, I'm PMing y'all with my address as fast as I can! Thanks!

Yes, there is a paypal account for donations on the abrah site--it's under the Kherson page, at http://www.abrah.org/kherson/index.html

I'm choosing to pay for the shipping to Ukraine out of my own pocket as my way of contributing to charity.

Any donations made at the Abrah site go directly to the orphanage for food--people are adopting 2 year olds from these orphanages who weigh 14 or 15 lbs (!!! my kids both weighed that much at 6 months!), so I'd rather see any donations go to the kids for food than to me for shipping.

So thank you thank you thank you!

Mel

[Ms.Doula]

gurumama

This is awesome! I can't afford to donate $$$, and I dont have any Small diaps..... But I wanna adopt a little one!! You have me in tears Re:15 lb. 2 yo!

You mommas are awesome! Show true Agape Love, sisters!!!!

[HeatherSanders]

I want one of these 2 year olds . . . 15 lbs.! Seriously - THEY could wear Infant Diapers . . . that is awful!

[cassdarrow]

I don't have anything you've asked for that i am not activley using. I can't afford to replace it just now. Can you think of anything else?

Oh, wait, can you use Bummis cotton wraps? They are a large, but seem very small to me, and we outgrew them a few weeks ago. When I say they seem small, my guy weighs 24 lbs, so they fit less than that.

[pb_and_j]

Do they have to be new ones? Or can they be used?

[gurumama]

Used! New! torn! Whatever! The primary things we're collecting now are:

* prefolds, preemie through toddler, with an emphasis on the preemie/infant--if you're diapering 15 lb 2 year olds, they're in the tiny sizes for a looooooooong time

* receiving blankets, other blankets, crib sheets, twin sheets. bedding is EXTREMELY expensive in Ukraine--$7-9 for a large receiving blanket! Keep in mind the orphanage raises these kids on $.86 a DAY, each. Now imagine coughing up $7 for a blanket when when you get $.86 a day per kid.

* money for food. $5 will feed a baby an extra 16 oz of formula each day for a MONTH. You can donate $ directly via PayPal at http:/www.abrah.org/kherson/index.html

but if there's something else--covers, pins, snappis, shoes--anything on the list for Kherson at the abrah website--I'll happily collect it.

Thanks so much for being such caring mamas! I got into this effort when I learned that at a different orphanage they didn't have enough diapers--babies 12 months and over were denied liquids between meals and had to sit in bowls (chamber pots) after meals until they eliminated. The picture of 15 kids sitting in bowls, their heads shaved (because when you have 100 kids, it's the easiest way to control lice), tiny but smiling, broke my heart. That was 4 months ago and since then this has been my project.

We're going to Ukraine in 2004 and we might come home with one of those tiny kids!

[cariadanam]

What about bassinet sheets?

[ryansmom02]

i want to say you are doign a great thing mama.......... i watched the slide show of pics and my heart just broke..... my 16 month olf is almost 30lbs........ poor little kids.....

[mamamoo]

Mama, when are you sending the package? I won't have $$ to send the stuff I have until the 1st, but I will go through all of my stuff and see what I have...

I can't even fathom the life these kids are in...we have so much!

edited to ask if they will take baby cereal(infant ceraeal, unopened, it's light, and I have way more than I need).?

[cariadanam]

I have some infant cereal I can send too, if we can.