guys.... holy berkeley.
Someone locally asked for a quick by the numbers, and I'm pretty anal about such things. This is what I came up with:
HungaryBill wrote:
As promised, here’s the tally of what we bought so far:
Carolina (Girl, age 15) from Chuguiv (Kharkiv region) is getting a girl’s citi mini-pack backpack.
Roman (Boy, age 11) rom Kherson is getting two Ninjago lego sets. He asked for “Zanes golden dragon” set and is getting that plus “Jay’s Thunder Dragon” set.
Veronika (Girl, age 12) from Popasnaya (Luhansk region) is getting a bead kit to make bracelets, and Christmas gnomes.
Sofia (Girl, age 13) from the Mykolaiv region is getting wireless ear buds
Dariya (Girl, age 12) from the Mykolaiv region is getting a smart watch
Artem (boy, age 3) from the Mykolaiv region is getting a radio controlled monster truck
Diana (girl, age 13) from Slaviansk is getting a sketch book, paint brushes, and a tempera paint set.
Danil (boy, age 12) from Kramatorsk is getting a lego speed set (Aston Martin) which includes 2 cars.
Miroslava (girl, age 4) from Kramatorsk is getting two bead kits (ages 4 and up) to make bracelets and necklaces.
Artur (boy, age 7) from Volnovaha is getting a foot-scooter
Yaroslava (girl, age 9) from Avdeevka is getting a Barbie “Made to Move” doll.
Sofia (girl, age 1.5) from Ochakov is getting a dancing cactus toy that plays music.
Milana (girl, age 2) from Mykolalv is getting a child’s foot-scooter
Elina (girl, age 13) from Kramatorsk is getting a tri-pod mounted ring light phone holder (the type one might use to take more professional photos from their phone).
Timofey (boy, age 6) from Kramatorsk is getting a medium-large sized lego city police chase set, with a small police car lego kit, and a small airplane lego kit.
Arina (girl, age 11) rom Kharkiv is getting a set of JBL wireless headphones.
Anna (girl, age 12) rom Dnipro is getting art supplies. Canvas and canvas paper, 24-color paint kit, artist’s brush kit, and a sketch book (the canvas was donated by a local and did not come out of our funds)
Dmitry (boy, age 7) rom Kherson is getting two medium sized lego minecraft kits
David (Boy, age 7-months) from Kramatorsk is getting 2 sets of age appropriate shape toys. The type where shapes fit in certain holes, but the kits are self-containing so all the parts can be packed up and carried/put away if needed)
Milana (girl, age 6-months) is getting a folding high-chair (with table) and plastic/silicone spoons that change color if the food is too hot.
Vladislav (boy, age 10) from Dnipro is getting a set of JBL wireless headphones.
In all we had 38 children from 25 families ask for about 2-gifts each. As of this writing we have spent approximately 275,000 forint and have purchased one gift for 22 children so far. 16 children are still needing their first gift purchased, and we’d like to go back through and purchase the second gift option for all 38 children. Quick math shows our account has just over 600,000 forint left which means we should be able to complete the mission if we watch our spending.
Quick note: Some of the remaining items are “sweets”, “diapers”, and “baby food” so they would not be as expensive as the first gift option was. Conversely, if we had cash remaining then there is literally no end to the amount of baby food and diapers we would buy and take with us.
I'm in absolute shock right now. I cant even begin... This cant be real. This absolutely can not be real.
berkeley.
berkeley berkeley berkeley.