How to contribute to sending flowers/condolences to Australia

[Lumière]

I wish to express thanks to you Meryl for bringing your organizational skills to the table and for gathering these donations...
You can count me in as well...

Hugs,
~M

[SFEnnisSF]

Count me in for everything.  Wording is great with "our".  2nd picture.  Donation on its way. 

[Penthesilea]

Done.

Thank you Meryl for organizing this 

From Meryl:
As for waiting til later or writing to the family around his birthday, I have some reservation about it.  I feel it's best to be included in the natural wave of condolences as everyone joins in an outpouring of grief and sympathy.  I feel sure the family will see the notice.  Someone will be looking to save all the notices for them, even if they are too distracted.  (Personally, I'm not sure whether writing to them on his birthday might not be more distressing than comforting.  We can discuss this as the time draws closer.)

Fully agreed.
I already told you how I feel about the text. It's beautiful. I also agree about using the second picture.

Thank you again.

[Meryl]

Friends, you're all the greatest. 

Just to keep you in the loop, I've received seven donations so far, averaging $20 each.  One thing I should mention is that there is a small fee deducted by PayPal, so you could add one or two dollars to offset this if you'd like.

I don't know what the total cost would be, but I'm guessing maybe in the area of $500, depending on how expensive an ad would be.  Will let you know when I hear from my friend.

[MaineWriter]

I believe the paypal fee is 3%.

L

[belbbmfan]

I thought Paypall is free, unless you use it for professional payments.

I found this on their site FAQS:



Question : Are Personal accounts really free?
Answer : Yes. There are no fees for consumers to send money funded with their PayPal balance or debit and credit card. Some members will be charged an Expanded Use Fee before they may use their accounts to send money above certain limits.

[jstephens9]

Hey Meryl, This is so great!!! I am so glad our community is doing this and thank you so much for making it happen. All of your ideas sound perfect to me.
My donation is on its way to you.

Jack

[Berit]

Yes, beautiful work you've done, Meryl, organizing this. Also very good, now I know how much to send. I didn't have a clue so I thought I'd ask....now I know....I'll send it when I get home, latest Monday.....I'm always nervous when I'm doing things like this...if it doesn't work I'll PM you....

Thanks again Meryl, you're a sweetheart 

Berit

[Penthesilea]

I thought Paypall is free, unless you use it for professional payments.

I found this on their site FAQS:



Question : Are Personal accounts really free?
Answer : Yes. There are no fees for consumers to send money funded with their PayPal balance or debit and credit card. Some members will be charged an Expanded Use Fee before they may use their accounts to send money above certain limits.

I bolded the key part. Sending money is free, but receiving money not. There's a fee for receiving money.

[MaineWriter]

I bolded the key part. Sending money is free, but receiving money not. There's a fee for receiving money.

Right. And I think it's 3% on the total amount, so 60 cents on $20; $3 on $100 and so on.

L