$1480.00!!! Ally Fundraiser Money update MARCH 1st

[jennielynn1970]

I thought I'd start a thread and do a daily total on how much we can collect. I won't put names, just how much is collected.

So far, we have $50.00!

Send any donations to my PayPal account [email protected]
(it's a business account, so it can accept credit card payments).


If you would like to mail funds, I guess they can go to me as well, and
I'll transfer funds from my bank account to the PayPal account.

Mailing Address:
Jennie Hall
23 S. 14th St.
Allentown, PA 18102

Thanks to everyone for pulling together for this girl!
Jennie

[jennielynn1970]

Here's the British Airways site about transporting animals. Will see if I can get an approximate amount if I call the cargo phone number for customer service.

http://www.baworldcargo.com/products/pets.shtml

[cassiesmom]

I missed the beginning of this sweet story about traveler Ally. Here it is for anyone else who might have missed. Jenn and Jen, I hate to ask this but could you wait till I get paid on Friday and then I'll be able to help. Also, would you please give Ally a great big hug for me?

thanks
elyse


http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...highlight=ally

[lvpets2002]

Jenn is it ok if I mail you a check.. I can get this as a Tax right off as a Donation.. I will PM you on $$..

[jennielynn1970]

Ok, so apparently to get info on rates on animal transport one must call the British Airways office in London, or in Bahrain itself. I have the number for the animal cargo office in London, but can't call it at the moment.

Is there anyone on here from England who could call and ask how much it would cost from Bahrain to NY or Washing DC, or even Philadelphia??
The number there (if dailing from US) 01144-8457-222-777 He said it is option 2 after that (he thinks, anyway).

[jenluckenbach]

I sent a PM to Cheryl, who has Connor. She might know what his plane fare cost.

And Newark airport might be another point of entry. Sweet Annie flew to England via Newark.

[jennielynn1970]

I just heard from Julie about the cost to ship Connor to the states. This is going to take a good bit of fundraising. I hope we can raise a decent amount to offset the cost!

Hi Jennie,

When I shipped Connor is cost around $1200 excluding the cost of a crate, as I already had one....

I have a friend in Bahrain calling the airlines there for me - so hopefully I will finaliase the cost, date and route soon!

Thanks

Julie

[Kirsten]

Hi Jenn!

I'd love to help Ally.

I wanted to donate to your paypal account, but was told you won't accept payments outside the US? Are you still going to change that?

Otherwise I'd have to send cash which is always a bit risky...

Kirsten

[jennielynn1970]

OH! I didn't know that that was on there! I'll go and change it right now... Thanks for the heads up! I've never had an ebay buyer before that was outside the US, so I guess that's why I never knew about it!

[Laura's Babies]

What about fund raising ideas? Anybody have any? (other than donations... I will donate but was just thinking maybe we could speed it along...) Anyone knit, crochet, do arts and crafts.... have anything to donate to sell?

I figured it would cost a lot and the cost may have went up since Conner was transported so we need to get on the ball and do this fast!

[jennielynn1970]

About non-US Paypal accounts... I'm having issues with the Payment Preferences... It won't let me un-check the box. Grrrr... I'm on hold with PayPal customer service.

[jennielynn1970]

What about fund raising ideas? Anybody have any? (other than donations... I will donate but was just thinking maybe we could speed it along...) Anyone knit, crochet, do arts and crafts.... have anything to donate to sell?

I figured it would cost a lot and the cost may have went up since Conner was transported so we need to get on the ball and do this fast!

I've got a new cell phone up for sale on ebay, and I'm hoping to use the profits from that to add to the fund. Right now it's only at $107.50, but I have a reserve for $200.00 because it's a $399.00 model (only paid 250.00 for it, but the original was stolen and this is the replacement... then I switched to Verizon cause Cingular ticked me off).

[Catty1]

Not really a fund-raising...but if everyone has a local paper, or a bulletin baord at a local store, and has even something small to sell - it ALL adds up like you wouldn't believe.

Also, in some places, there are "buyandsell" sites which are similar to Freecycle.

Or collect old debts: "I wouldn't bother you, but it's for this KITTY!!!!"

[jennielynn1970]

Hi Jenn!

I'd love to help Ally.

I wanted to donate to your paypal account, but was told you won't accept payments outside the US? Are you still going to change that?

Otherwise I'd have to send cash which is always a bit risky...

Kirsten

OK! I think I have it all worked out. The service rep at PayPal actually had to have the manager go in and manually override the preferences because it wouldn't let me uncheck the boxes. Let me know if it works out now

[jennielynn1970]

Would it matter if someone was flying from Bahrain to the US and we just bought an extra seat instead of paying for the Cargo shipping?? I don't trust putting an animal in the cargo hold, it gets really cold, and most airlines don't guarantee that your pet will come out safe. Can they actually purchase a seat and then put the cat in a carrier next to them???