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[Dan Smith <anilorac AT nc.rr.com>]

Everyone,

Response has been phenomenal to assist Tara Dunn, and she appreciates 
all the donations.  So far, she has received ample clothing, cookware, 
dishes, and some furniture.  She has returned to work, and is now 
seeking a new place to live.  She does not have ready computer access, 
so if you have emailed her, she might not have had opportunity to 
respond.  Due to generous response, Tara is now coordinating on her own, 
and helping make sure others in need will receive any duplicated donated 
items.  For the time being, she is still living in a local hotel. 
tara_dunn AT hotmail.com  She still needs a bed.  She had insurance, but 
it covered the structure only, not the contents due to involvement of 
her mother's estate.  

If anyone wishes to donate items to Tara, I'll be pleased to pick them 
up Thursday at the INW meeting, and get them to Tara since I'm in Raleigh.

It sounds like Deborah's sister could use some assistance as well.  


Thanks!


deborah AT invincigirl.com wrote:

> A couple weeks before Christmas there was a request to donate household
> items to a woman whose home was destroyed by fire. I was wondering if
> anyone who had promised items was able to follow through and what the
> outcome was. I contacted the woman whose name was given (Heather McColl)
> as coordinating the collection to offer a vacuum cleaner, microwave,
> cordless phone, and ironing board. She wrote back and said it was
> appreciated but then we couldn't seem to coordinate a way to get her the
> items. She said a friend would come get them, and then I don't remember
> what else she said, but then there was total silence for about 3 weeks. I
> wrote her again after Christmas and asked if the items were still needed.
> She replied and said she had been traveling, and then sick, but said I
> should contact the recipient directly and gave me a phone number and a
> hotmail address. I thought it would be awkward to just call this woman up
> on the phone. I don't know if she really needs this stuff. If she lived in
> a house with 3 dogs, wasn't she the owner? Didn't she have insurance? Does
> she really want other people's old housewares? I emailed her a week ago
> but have had no reply.
>
> So now I don't really know what to think. I now have the added wrinkle
> that my sister, who had left the country for a while, has come back and
> intends to settle in Raleigh. She has nothing but a couple suitcases and
> I'm sure she could use the extra housewares I have. In fact the microwave
> was hers to begin with and she gave it to me when she left. I think she is
> entitled to at least have that given back, but I would like to give her
> the other things as well. I just feel bad because I had already offered
> them to this other person, who either doesn't care or else is maybe having
> an even worse time than any of us know.
>
> Does anyone know what happened?
>
> Deborah Ellington
>
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