If you didn’t catch what happened with the Belated Galentine’s Day Care Package thing, what happened was I got a message from commenter Jen, saying that she wasn’t into Valentine’s Day at all but that everyone needed a little sunshine in their lives, so could she sponsor a second package for the giveaway so there could be TWO winners. And I thought that was an extremely fun idea, and I added it to the post and mentioned it on Twitter.
AND IT SNOWBALLED. I spent the rest of the evening adding additional sponsors and updating the post and Twitter, and then I got up this morning and there are MORE. I haven’t even gone through my email yet so I don’t know exactly how many, but before I handle that, I wanted to update everyone on the situation in case anyone else wanted to participate and would have been sad to have missed it. IF YOU WANT TO SPONSOR A BELATED GALENTINE’S DAY PACKAGE, I’m planning on $25-35 per package (that’s the minimum for things to ship from Target). You can sponsor an entire package, or you can put something TOWARD a package and I can combine them. (PayPal: swistle at gmail dot com.)
I could hardly sleep last night, this is so fun.
UPDATE: Okay, cutting it off now! We got enough for THIRTY care packages!! Winners have been chosen!
BY THE WAY! The PayPal payments don’t come with the sender’s email address! And so that is why you may not have gotten an email from me saying THANK YOU SO MUCH, but I sent those words to you WITH MY HEART.
Swistle, that’s fantastic!
If I may make a small suggestion at all – how would you feel about choosing a small and/or a minority and/or a woman owned business as where you select the products from rather than Target? I’m sure both the readers and the business owners would love that.
Just a thought!
Anna
Even shopping at Target (which simplifies including a range of item types in the packages) offers way to diversify suppliers:
https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility/diversity-inclusion/supplier-diversity
Thank you for doing this! I know you love it, but it’s also a whole lot of work, especially with the extra donations! I’m excited to hear how it all turns out.
This is so delightful. Thank you so much for organizing this (and, like Susan said, doing all the WORK)!
HEART EYES
This is so wonderful, but sooooo much shopping for you! I hope it stays fun!
This is so lovely! Thank you so much for starting it/running it/doing it and may you enjoy every last bit of bringing delight to so many people!
I am so excited to see how many Galentines will go out! I’m imagining a digital counter, telethon style!
I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE SWISTLE. This is basically like a mini Swistlecon that has developed ;-)
Oh my goodness, I made the list >cue Sally Field acceptance speech<
Seriously this has made my smile like nothing has in a long while (and a little teary eyed too).
Y'all are the best (the sponsors, nominators and especially Swistle).
I LOVE this. Way to go, gals! Way to go, Swistle!
You all are the BEST! Swistle is the BEST! I feel like Galentine’s has a whole new meaning right here and now! I vow to put my hat in the donating pool for next time because nothing feels as good as paying it forward. MWAH!
This is amazing. Faith in humanity restored.