Ok, we've shipped our first load of boxes! Woo hoo! I remembered how much I hate writing by hand, so I will be making every effort to start doing shipping labels and customs forms on the computer now. I'm sure the USPS will appreciate not having to decipher my chicken-scratches. Fortunately, I happen to have a label printer...
I will also be trying to automate as much as I can. I never occurred to me how much work it is just to pack a freaking box!
I think I'm OK to take donations now as well. I have a paypal account set up to accept them. As I do not want to get bombarded with spam, I don't want to put the e-mail address where spambots can see it, so PM me and I'll give it to you. If you would like to donate but don't like paypal, please PM me and we can make other arrangements. If you have goods you would like me to ship for you, PM me and we'll work out the logistics. You can also ship them yourself, if you'd like, and I'll try to help as much as I can.
Please note that every single dime you donate will go towards getting stuff out to these guys. It will cover shipping costs (and paypal's fees, unfortunately) as well as the actual stuff going into the boxes. I'm going to try to keep an accounting of everything (not just the money, but who got shipped what and when) so if you want to see the who/what/and where, it will be available.
One last thing: I need a snappy name because I'm tired of referring to this project as "that thing where INGO sends stuff to guys in the military". Any suggestions?