Swistle Fundraiser for Immigration Justice CHECKING IN FOR ANXIETY REASONS

Let’s have an end-of-year fundraiser check-in. Ever since I posted the fundraiser back in July, one of my primary “lie awake fretting about it” concerns has been that I will FORGET TO SEND A TOKEN, or that I will send a token and IT WILL GET LOST IN THE MAIL. So let’s check in at this point: if you were supposed to have received something by now, but have not, you should LET ME KNOW. It will make us BOTH feel better.

Calendar Twins should have received their calendars last week. I chose Birds, which has since been marked down if you want to be calendar twins with us. If you signed up to be a Calendar Twin and you didn’t get your calendar and I have just ruined the surprise, you should email me: swistle at gmail dot com.

All cloth napkins have been sent out. All favorite Christmas books have been sent out. All favorite baby-naming books have been sent out. If you signed up for cloth napkins, a favorite Christmas book, or a baby-naming book, and you haven’t received them, you should email me and tell me so: swistle at gmail dot com.

Postcard subscriptions have been going out as scheduled. If you are on the monthly plan, you should have received one every month starting in July (six postcards so far); if you are on the every-other-monthly plan, you should have received one every other month starting in August (three postcards so far). (December postcards might not have all arrived: I was a little later than I expected to be, and second-class mail takes longer.) If you are a postcard subscriber and you’ve missed a postcard, email me and let me know. (If you happen to know which month you missed, I’ve kept track of which one I sent each month, so I may be able to re-send the very one you were supposed to have received. If not, I’ll extend your subscription by a month.)

If you signed up for a greeting card with a delivery date of Christmas or earlier, you should have received it by now. If you didn’t, you should email me. (If you signed up for an “anytime” delivery, you may or may not have received it; I realize this is not helpful. I will do another check-in post later when EVERYTHING should have been delivered, so you’ll have another chance.)

If you signed up for a care package or treats box with a delivery date of Christmas or earlier, you should have received it by now. If you didn’t, you should email me. (If you signed up for an “anytime” delivery, you may or may not have received it; I realize this is not helpful. I will do another check-in post later when EVERYTHING should have been delivered, so you’ll have another chance.)

If you signed up for a piece of my SUBPAR POTTERY or a SWISTLE SKIRT, it should have long-since arrived. If it has not, you should email me.

If you signed up for BEE STICKERS, BEE EARRINGS, and/or a BEE ORNAMENT, it should have long-since arrived. If it has not, you should email me.

Just to address another of my lying-awake fears: If you email me about this and you don’t hear back from me, THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE and means I am for whatever crazy reason not getting your emails. Try me on Twitter, or from a different email address, or leave a blog comment, and I WILL get back to you.

In fact: I responded to allllll the contributions at the time to confirm that I got the email, so if you sent a contribution (even if you didn’t want a token) and didn’t hear back from me at the time, THAT ALSO IS IMPOSSIBLE and means for whatever crazy reason I didn’t get your email. Try me on Twitter, or from a different email address, or leave a blog comment, and I WILL get back to you.

9 thoughts on “Swistle Fundraiser for Immigration Justice CHECKING IN FOR ANXIETY REASONS

  1. Becky

    I got your start-of-the-school-year card and it was perfect. I still have it and wonder what I can do to get more Swistle communication. Maybe weekly affirmations!

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  2. Jenny

    I am in the postcard group and getting a monthly postcard has been SO MUCH FUN! It has truly been a delight and I feel sort of guilty because I have gotten more joy out of it than my donation level ;) And I am so impressed with your postcard collection because I’m the person that said I like Pandas and I have gotten several panda postcards. I didn’t even know there WERE panda postcards.

    Anyway, the fact that you thought of this and did do this is something that makes me think that there are good people in the world, so thank you for that!

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  3. Liz

    I love that you did this fundraiser.

    Wanted to tell you that a lot of my family asked for donations to causes this year rather than *stuff* so my sister and her husband got a donation to a domestic violence prevention organization in their area (and they donated to one I used to intern with). My niece got a donation to a social justice organization that is focused on getting progressives elected. And my mom got donations to four (Heifer International, an org that serves folks who have the syndrome my stepdad is recuperating from, an org that donates coats to homeless folks, and The Guardian) based on “something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read”.
    And with each donation, I thought about how I was joined in community with you and the folks who donated through your fundraiser.

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  4. Erin

    I got my napkins long ago and I LOVE THEM ALL. Seriously, it was so, so fun to get a new set of napkins in all kinds of fun patterns and colors. I like them all so much more than the napkins we already had. Thank you.

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