Past weekend plans changed unexpectedly and i missed getting 2 doodles in the mail before Saturday pickup. But I ran out at lunch today and sent them off. I came to the conclusion that sending larger flat doodles using the USP document mailer is not going to work out. Postage for 2 doodles came to a little over $4... so I think I need to stick to smaller doodles that can be mailed with a regular envelope and regular 44-cent 1st class postage.
It's been five days since the "official start" of this thing and five folks have contributed to the cause - THANK YOU! I'm surprised, as this IS the internet and it's not easy to trust what a person's intentions are all about. I could easily be planning on taking all the donations and running off to Iceland, New Zealand, Scotland, or Tahiti even... let me assure you I'm not.
I'm going to pick up a book of stamps, a smaller sketch pad, and some envelopes, and keep them with me all the time so as soon as I find out some one has donated, i can get their doodle out as quickly as possible.
I hope this takes off. It would be great to accomplish something nice.
If it is okay with folks, please send me pics of your doodle in it's new happy home, with you, or your pets, or on your fridge, whatever...and I'll start posting 'em here, or just leave a comment if photos aren't an option, I would love to hear back from you.
Doodles have gone out to Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Connecticut... who knows which state is next????
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Wouldn't it be neat if we could make something good happen to someone deserving of it as a direct result of many people having to do very little. Read all about it on my site: www.artonthewing.com/doodle.html
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About this experiment...
Doodle size, intensity, subject, style, media, and medium are all as unpredictable as are random acts of kindness between strangers.
When you are taken to Paypal, please be sure that your shipping address is correct or else someone else will be getting yours. Delivery of your doodle will be via the good old US Postal service, because lets face it, it's a doodle, not the Mona Lisa.
Just in case you are wondering, I've set the donation amount to $5, which after Paypal deducts its fee, amounts to $4.55 for the "cause".
First, let me clear something up: I am NOT in dire straights - my mom called worried about my situation after seeing my lame attempt at internet panhandling.
I didn't think anyone would click on the Paypal link and actually take me up on this, but you did. I am delighted of course, but you forced me to take this whole thing a little more seriously.
So here is what I think we should do.
It just so happens I know someone who could really use some help fixing up her home that is still all messed up after hurricane Ike last year. . I can't tell you her name, as she doesn't know I'm doing this and she is a proud woman. She needs her roof fixed, her floor fixed, a driveway, the list goes on and on. If I could afford it myself, I would do it - but I can't.
So, you send money, i save it up until there is enough to send to someone else so they can fix up the anonymous person's home.
Sending a doodle for your contribution, is just a way of saying thanks for being a nice person with the added benefit of "forcing" me to be creative... which I haven't felt like doing in a long time. I'm not going to do anything fancy as it wouldn't make sense for me to spend more money than you give, to raise money.
There are no receipts. I am NOT a charity organization, just a person with an idea... which may or may not work out. We will see.
When you are taken to Paypal, please be sure that your shipping address is correct or else someone else will be getting yours. Delivery of your doodle will be via the good old US Postal service, because lets face it, it's a doodle, not the Mona Lisa.
Just in case you are wondering, I've set the donation amount to $5, which after Paypal deducts its fee, amounts to $4.55 for the "cause".
The story behind it:
First, let me clear something up: I am NOT in dire straights - my mom called worried about my situation after seeing my lame attempt at internet panhandling.
I didn't think anyone would click on the Paypal link and actually take me up on this, but you did. I am delighted of course, but you forced me to take this whole thing a little more seriously.
So here is what I think we should do.
It just so happens I know someone who could really use some help fixing up her home that is still all messed up after hurricane Ike last year. . I can't tell you her name, as she doesn't know I'm doing this and she is a proud woman. She needs her roof fixed, her floor fixed, a driveway, the list goes on and on. If I could afford it myself, I would do it - but I can't.
So, you send money, i save it up until there is enough to send to someone else so they can fix up the anonymous person's home.
Sending a doodle for your contribution, is just a way of saying thanks for being a nice person with the added benefit of "forcing" me to be creative... which I haven't felt like doing in a long time. I'm not going to do anything fancy as it wouldn't make sense for me to spend more money than you give, to raise money.
There are no receipts. I am NOT a charity organization, just a person with an idea... which may or may not work out. We will see.
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3 comments:
Oh am I one???!?!?!? I sent another $5, I feel it is too low, $5 so give one to someone else you know and I will donate another to your friend.
Yahoo - aiming for all 50 states!!!!
Hi Kristen :-) You are my first returning contributor! Thank you for being so nice... I think it is only fair that I send you your doodle #2, I'm committed to it!
Mom!!! Yes! all 50 states and across the globe ;-) one little doodle at a time *grin* - think "big" and big things happen, yes?
Thank you both so much!
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