Alanis is a single mother to a preschooler and a new born. We wanted to send treat to her that would be useful but also lovely for her to enjoy. With your help we sent Alanis a sisterhood poem, $50 countdown voucher, a Wot Wots activity book, chocolate, body scrub sachets, party mix, chocolate almonds, crochet stars, assorted chocolates, chain frame, handmade bracelet, Kawai notebook and pen, Kleenex, soap, toilet bag with body lotion and gel, Aveeno sampler, hand made reversible bag, $10 simple souls treasures (jewellery) voucher.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x
Suri is a wife, mother, and is dying of cancer. When we heard about Suris story, from her daughter who calls her "my hero" we really wanted to send their family something they could do together to create a few memories in the time they have.
With your help we sent Suria sisterhood poem and two handmade cards, $100 wagamaga voucher (to take
her whole family out with!) family "Journey" ornament, reversible handmade bag, chocolate
blocks, chocolate almonds, mojo coffee, lush bath bomb, gourmet soap, assorted
coffee and chocolate, aveeno moisturizer sampler, tradeaid necklace, crochet
flower brooch, Kleenex tissues, kawaii book and pen set, torrent ebook,
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x
Lisa has been quite sick recently so we wanted to send her some goodies that she could enjoy at home. Also, just now I realised that I shouldn't have sent her food items as she is on allergy diets. My bad!!
With your help we sent Lisa a sisterhood poem and hand made card, $50 countdown voucher, body set with bath bomb and loofah, slippers,
chocolate, $10 simple souls treasure jewellery voucher,
OPI nail polish set, chocolate almonds, Kawaii book and pen set, Kleenex
tissues, assorted chocolates and candy, Handmade bracelets and earrings, Revlon
fruity lip gloss, handmade reversible bag,
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE:
Jennifer is a wife, mother to a preschooler who is in and out of hospital. We were told she rarely gets any time to herself and would love a glass of wine.
With your help we sent Jennifer a sisterhood poem, Tiki Wine, 2x Wild Water family passes, 2x Hoyts tickets, $45 wagamama voucher, lucky break mag, stickers, handmade reversible bag,
chocolate, crochet facecloth and soap, Kleenex tissues, gourmet
soap, chocolate almonds, bath bomb, lotion, assorted coffee sachets and
chocolate, mojo plunger coffee, kawaii book and pen set, fudge, marmite
container, crochet flower brooch, handmade earrings, Aveeno sampler, torrent ebook, eat
unlimited food hamper with 5 meals and soups (not photographed)
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE:
Cynthia is a wife, mother of a special needs child and spends every single day working in her community to see other lives improved. I think Cynthia is pretty amazing so we really wanted to send her something that would give her a break out of her everyday life and give her the chance to relax!
With your help we sent Cynthia a sisterhood poem, a $45 Wagamama voucher, 2 adult hoyts movie tickets, 2
large table mats, kawaii book and pen, hand made reversible handbag, hand made
bracelet and earrings, Kleenex tissues, chocolate almonds, assorted chocolate
and latte sachet, silicone flower muffin moulds, lush bath bomb and soap.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE:
Angelina is a wife, mother to preschoolers and does a fantastic job at being an active member in her community. She is a great friend, always generous and always helping out others and is experiencing multiple miscarriages. We really wanted to send her some goodies for her family to use as well as something nice for her to enjoy!
With your help we sent Angelina
a sisterhood poem, two handmade cards, reversible hand made bag, $45 wagamama
voucher, 2x Wild Water family pass, gel nail voucher, facial and pedicure
voucher, Kohu Road family icecream and drink pass, assorted coffee and
chocolate, kawaii notebook and pen, handmade earrings, torrent ebook, Kleenex
tissues, handmade soap, chamomile tea and infuser, chocolate blocks, body shop
pamper pack, 5x play doh, sticker sets, 2 Wot Wots activity books,
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x
Adele is a wife and lost her eldest daughter at age 5 this year. She is a great friend, and nominated because first and foremost we really wanted to treat this couple to some time out.
With your help we sent Adele two handmade cards, sisterhood
poem, a $45 Wagamama voucher, Facial and pedicure voucher to Nurture Beauty
Therapy, Avon perfume and moisturizer in a toilet bag set, chocolate almonds,
moccona coffee, assorted chocolate, lollies and latte sachet, hand made
soap and crochet face cloth, gourmet soap, Kleenex tissues, handmade crochet
brooch, inflatable vase, Kawai book and pen set, Ebook Byte Series by Cat
Connor, Handmade reversible bag and a voucher for a Portrait of her little
girl from a New Zealand artist.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x
Audrey is mother to 4 high needs children. She is a valued friend and member of her community and was nominated multiple times by different people. We really wanted to send her something that she could use to take some time out and feel like the beauty that she is.
With your help we sent Audrey a sisterhood poem, two hand made cards, a $45 wagamama voucher, New Leaf beauty therapy massage, Mojo
plunger coffee, Kawaii notebook and pen, Esquires voucher for kiddie meals and
hot drinks, chocolate blocks, chocolate
almonds, Kleenex tissues, eco
store soap, Aveeno sampler, tradeaid handbag, byte series ebook by Cat Connor,
guess perfume spray, assorted chocolates, 2 Wot Wots activity books, handmade
bracelet and earrings,
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE:View more completed LOVEBOMBs in this round
Madonna is a mother of a toddler who has spent her whole life living in hospital. We really wanted to treat her Mum (Madonna) and also provide for one of their public requests - donations to their daughters treatment required overseas.
Together we gave Madonna $100 towards her daughters surgery fund, $45 wagamama voucher, Wot Wots activity book,
mojo coffee, chocolate blocks, chocolate almonds, chain frame, soap, keep calm
coaster, kawaii book and pen, assorted chocolates and latte, aveeno sampler,
handmade bracelet and earrings, lavendar creme and file, Kleenex tissues,
torrent ebook, reversible hand made bag.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE:View more completed LOVEBOMBs in this round
Beyonce is a brand new mother, and like all mothers, theres plenty that we can do to support her and her family.
With your help we sent Beyonce a food hamper with 5 meals and soups (not pictured), sisterhood poem, two
hand made cards, $45 gift voucher to Wagamama, $50 countdown voucher, Assorted
grocery items (not pictured), handmade reversible hand bag, Kleenex tissues,
torrent ebook, chocolate, rescue sleep remedy, baby toys (glow worm, wooden
telephone, fabric blocks) recipes magazine, cook book, body lotion and soap, candy, 2 dribble bibs, gourmet soap, Huggies
nappies.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE: View more completed LOVEBOMBs in this round
Little Sweetie is our youngest recipient at just 3 years old. We were approached by someone in her community to see if we could send her vegan foods to help out, she recently lost her parents and was being raised on a vegan diet due to allergies.
With the money you donated we bought Little sweetie 2x No Egg replacement product, 3x So Good soy milk, apple juice, chickpeas and lentils along with an allergy cooking book and Wot Wots activity book.
Please continue to pray for Little Sweetie and her family.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x
Gweneth is a wife, mother to preschoolers and does a fantastic job at being an active member in her community. She is a great friend, always generous and always helping out others. We were told she's of the crafty breed so wanted to send her some goodies she could enjoy, along with something for her and the family to do together!
With your help we sent Gweneth a sisterhood poem, two hand
made cards, a $45 Wagamama voucher, Kohu Road icecream and drink voucher for
the whole family, 2 family admissions to Wild Water Mt Albert, family and friends organizer, Mousehouse craft suitcase, , Kawaii notebook and pen, crochet
flower brooch, Torrent ebook by Cat Connor, OPI mini nail polish set, whittakers
chocolate, eco store soap, bunting purse, Kleenex tissues, 2 wot wots poster
sets, Aveeno sampler, assorted chocolate.
This was all sent free of charge thanks to Post Haste and was made possible because of each of you who gave something small to create something big. Thank you! x READ MORE:View more completed LOVEBOMBs in this round
Its official ladies, 22 minutes after our Courier was booked, there he was, in all of his silver and black glory, loading up our precious LOVE BOMBs to take away and deliver by hand to their destinations.
Delivery is overnight, so as early as tomorrow morning LOVE BOMBs will be exploding with goodness infront of their owners, boxes fill with chocolates, beauty products, grocery and facial vouchers, childrens toys, crafty gifts, magazines and books, and everything else you sent to put a smile on someone elses face! A big thank you to Post Haste for being so into what we're doing and being so eager to respond. Every staff member I've spoken to - the head guy up north, our account manager, our courier, all such lovely and supportive people.
Once again we are preparing to send out another round of LOVEBOMBs. What started out as 10 deserving, hardworking, loving ladies turned into creating 15 LOVEBOMBs! Once again, your generosity surprised and amazed me.
We weren't able to get a postal address for "Minnie" so she was taken off the original list and 6 more ladies were added to our Bomb campaign.
I try and tailor the bombs to the ladies, each nominator has given me a few clues as to what they might like, appreciate or need. Therefore, all of the bombs are different and cater to different ladies.
I hope you will understand that while they might look different sizes, hopefully each will be exactly what that lady needs!
In fact, as I was making them up, I discovered we were in excess of a lot of products. I decided to keep them to a reasonable size (a large shoe box) and save the left overs for our future bombs (so as to avoid giving each lady a whole lot of double ups just for the sake of it).
For full transparency, this is what is left over from this round of bombs (along with $24 in the bank)(we spent $195 on facial and grocery vouchers and extra specific items (like size 8 slippers) and donated $100 to one of our nominees surgery fund)
If you can see your donation here: THANK YOU. Thank you so much for sending these ladies something. I can assure you, your gift will definitely be sent to our next round of nominations.
Each of our original 9 LOVE BOMB ladies were sent two handmade cards - the owl one has a sweet message inside and the owl pops out and can be used as a book mark - genius!
The yellow card contains an encouraging prayer or prophetic message that one of our Sisters wrote for each specific lady without knowing their circumstances.
Over the next week I will be posting each LOVE BOMB on my blog and linking it to our Facebook page, I hope you will take the time to stop and look and have a little read and marvel at what can be achieved when a whole lot of people join together something little to create something large!!
For the 50+ people who sent something to contribute (double our last bomb!) THANKYOU.
I am continually amazed that a stranger would go out of their way to love another stranger. That's you. You are those people.
Thank you for making this world a better place.
Love you all,
Sophie
p.s - I can't wait for you to see what we've done!!
Last week The Sisterhood sent a birthday surprise to a lovely Mama doing it solo in a new city. Our main aim was to brighten up her day and give her something to celebrate with because we think she's worth celebrating! We knew a tiny bit about her from her friend who nominated her so know that the gifts we sent are hopefully somethings she will enjoy.
Thanks to our recent publicity we had a lot of new generous Sisters who were ready and willing to give! Gifts poured in even though we only had a week to do it all in!
We wrapped them all up and shipped them off in time for her birthday.
With your help we were able to send our Birthday Sister: Handmade quilt, cook book, Mollie Makes magazine, two romantic novels, Chicken Soup book, I Dont Know How She Does It DVD, 250gm delicious wool, handmade bag and hair accessories, $40 Spotlight voucher, fat quarters of fabric, book mark, soap, Clinique lipstick, chocolate, hand made crochet brooch and tea leaves.
Thank you to the 11 ladies who gave specifically to this Love Bomb, its because of you this could happen.
This was all couriered free of charge thanks to Post Haste
I have since been in contact with the recipient of this love bomb who found us online. She is an amazing woman who so deserved this. She has since joint the sisterhood and has begun to 'pay it forward' to other Sisters in our love bombs. Isn't that incredible?! I am learning so much about generosity through all of you. Thank you!
These are the ladies that are part of our most recent LOVE BOMB. With your help we are aiming to send these ladies packages of LOVE, filled with treats just for them! Chocolates, coffee, novels, beauty products and one or two specific items that we think they will enjoy. If you would like to be a part of something amazing email sophieslim@moo2.co.nz to find out how you can contribute.
Oprah Oprah has a brand new baby who was born with some serious complications. Since his birth her and her husband have been spending all of their time in Auckland while their newborn son has undergone 3 serious operations.
The couple are from a small town in the south island and are obviously not used to big city living. We would love to shout Oprah and her husband a dinner out for the chance to reconnect and reflect on their journey together, along with our usual love bomb goodies.
Madonna Madonna has a sweet 3 year old toddler whose bowel was on the outside of her body when she was born, she lives in starship hospital and eats through a tube. Her parents are raising money for her to receive a life altering transplant that will change all of their lives. This will be done in England and the family will need to stay there for 2 years to be monitored during recovery.
Their story is a rare and sad one and we want to do all we can to be a physical and emotional support to them. We want to hand over what we can while saying "we know, we care, you aren't alone". To do this, please head to the facebook page the family have set up to raise money for their girls operation. If you feel compelled, give directly to them too.
Gweneth Gweneth is a Mum of 3 preschoolers. Life is busy. Life is busy for any Mum. I love Mums that turn up to their job everyday and do the best that they can. Thats Gwen. She's a star. For the next month her husband is over seas so while he's away and she's busy giving everything she has to her little munchkins we want to send her a whole lot of treats to remind her to spend some time enjoying her own company and to thank her for the work she does.
We'd also love to send Gweneth's family out for a little fun to enjoy some time together.
Angelia
Angelia has a new entrant child and a toddler, she is trying to continue her family but is experiencing multiple miscarriages. Her friend who nominated her has also been through a similar experience and really wanted to treat her, just like we do.
We are hoping to give Angelia's family the opportunity to have some fun together, as well as our usual treats to bring about some smiles and love in Angelia's day.
Elle
Elle is our first nomination from a man! Gasp! Yes, some men are giving to our love bombs (isn't that amazing!?) He noticed that while she cares for her little toddler solo, she is also very involved in her local community in a small town in the south island. Elle gives and gives and we would love to give something back to her!
Elle loves novels, chocolates, womens magazines and cooking - hopefully we can give her something of each to help brighten her day!
Audrey
Audrey is a single mum of 3 high needs children. Being a single mum is a tough enough job, but she also has to navigate cerebal palsy, autism, down syndrome and heart conditions in her day to day life. She gives. and gives. and gives. And the lady who nominated tells me she is the most caring, sacrificial person she has ever met.
Audrey is completely inspiring! We are hoping to send Audrey some 'time'. A facial, free coffees and dinner out are on the cards for her.
Suri
Suri was nominated by her daughter who calls her "my hero". Two years ago Suri began treatments for her breast cancer, which eventually spread to her lungs and liver. Recently she was told there was nothing more her treatments could do for her and she has been given a few more months to live.
This story is heartbreaking, a mother being pulled from her family before she is ready. Her daughter told me that her mum believes in quality of life, not quantity, so we would love to brighten up a day in her last few months.
We would love to send her family vouchers for a meal out to spend some time together, along with some pampering items so she can feel like the beauty that she is.
Adele
Adele and her husband lost their eldest daughter to cancer at the beginning of this year. Their daughter was five years old and after a long battle it finally came to an end. The family celebrated their daughters life by holding a memorial in a "secret garden", which is what their daughter wanted. Completely beautiful.
I'm sure Adele and her husband have been working through a lot this year and they come to grips with their life and this harsh reality. We would love to send them the opportunity to have dinner out on us so they can enjoy some time together and take a little break and help them in their healing process.
Minnie
Minnies community are gathering around her and giving her meals and gifts has she only has months left to live as a result of an agressive cancer. She has young children in primary school and I am very pleased to tell you that other families in the school are looking after them. Amazing.
We would love to contribute too. Magazines, chocolates, treats, any thing that will help Minnie take a little moment in the chaos to enjoy, love and reflect.
Beyonce
Beyonce is a brand new Mama. Enough said, right?
She is also learning to cook, so along with our usuals we are also hoping to send her some easy-peasy cook books, so she doesn't have to continue making lasanga like she has for the last two weeks. Heehee
Sisters, we couldn't put this off any longer. We have had a few weeks break and now we are back into it. The truth is these stories in my inbox make my heart hurt. They ache. They are heavy. I read them and I think "How could we not do anything??"
At the same time they are also a happy burden. Knowing that we are actually doing something to eleviate some stress, bring about a few smiles, provide a date night for a burnt out couple. That brings me the greatest joy. You too?
Lets read this poem together, written by Cass Henderson...
That is why we are doing this. Our Sisters need us right now, and no is the time for giving if you are able. If you are in that season of life, even if its just an extra chocolate block in this weeks groceries, please help a Sister out.
Below are the details for the ladies in our next LOVE BOMB. Last time we started with 5 and extended it to 6. This time we are starting with 10. If we receive donations above and beyond that I have the details of more ladies who could use a blessing. I know we can do it! (p.s, a lot of these ladies are in the north island, thats just the way the nominations worked out.)
Here I introduce to you strong, beautiful, courageous women:
**Like their names? ;)
The Details:
My email address is sophieslim@moo2.co.nz
Please email me if you would like to give to any of these ladies
Once emailed I can supply you with either my postal address or bank details
All postage to get your gifts to me is at your own cost
All money donated goes 100% to the recipient in either vouchers or put towards something big we think they might like
If you are stuck for ideas of gifts to send I can always give you a few hints.
You have TWO WEEKS from today to get anything to me. That's the 18th of July.
Head over to The Sisterhood Facebook Page - there I'll be sharing photos and updates as things arrive.
