Thank you, Charlottesville Friends!

This is a formal thank you note, since Zambian mail is completely unreliable, to thank each person that donated items, packed boxes, moved boxes, repacked boxes, bought items, had bake sales, yard sales, or helped in ANY way to get our shipping container sent two days ago. Thank you also to our large donor that paid for the entire shipment so we didn’t have to affect our day-to-day operations due to the cost of the shipping. We are tremendously thankful for Catherine Martin, our US Director of Operations, who is not paid, and put in countless hours of her time! Catherine, you definitely get that double-raise next year. We will double your salary! Also, special thanks goes to the Earles family, who housed our whole 20 ft. by 8 ft. by 8 ft. container contents since late March when we left Charlottesville. They have great attitudes, and didn’t seem to mind having Special Hope boxes mailed to their home, and people coming by with donations, and others camped out on their basement floor inventorying items, packing, and sorting. This job couldn’t have been done without Catherine or the Earles family. Thank you, Jason and Mary, for your kindness to us, and your unflappableness.
We just can’t wait to get all the educational supplies to give to the clinics and classrooms here, and to share the books and other educational resources with families that don’t have anything. There are so many exciting things on that container, we are excited to receive it, but also very aware of how long the 45-60 days could actually be. Toyota has proven the fact to us that we are completely not in control of anything!
So, if you could each please picture this a personally addressed envelope in your real mailbox, thanking you for your time and effort from each of us at Special Hope Network, we are VERY grateful!