Passing the word along

[caffienekitty]

Added this to the link compilation post, but this needs its own entry:

The Manners family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The American Cancer Society in Memory of Kim.
(http://www.cancer.org) - via anteka

When it asks for a name and address to send notification cards, use:

*Marlene Manners or Manners Family
C/O Supernatural Films Inc.
8085 Glenwood Drive
Burnaby, B.C.
V3N 5C8
Canada

That's the address suggested by anteka, she'll be getting confirmation tomorrow.

*Concern has been expressed about whether Mrs. Manners first name is spelled Marlene or Marline, so perhaps use "Manners Family" or "Mrs. M. Manners" instead until there is confirmation.

ETA: To get it to accept the Canadian recipient address on the donation website, put "Burnaby, BC" in where it says city, and put the alphanumeric postal code in for the ZIP.

Anyone with a Non-US credit card will not be able to go through the website for donations; they will likely need to call the ACS directly at: 1-800-227-2345


Spread the word, gang.

Comments

[charis-kalos.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this. I just made a donation, "with grateful thanks for the joy Mr Manners' work gave, and my deepest sympathy" - after spending ages agonising over referring to him as "Kim" or "Mr Manners". Possibly a weird thing to be obsessing over, but sympathy messages tend to make me obsessive.

[caffienekitty]

The online interface didn't accept my card because our zip code structure isn't similar to the US or something, so I didn't get the personalization I had when I did it over the phone, but I'll be writing letters so that's all right.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these extra details-- I'm linking people here to make sure they've got their situation covered.

What is the postal rate from the U.S. to Canada? Do we just use a regular first-class U.S. stamp?

[caffienekitty]

From the US to Canada it's a bit more, I think. I'm in Canada and its a bit more to go Canada to US. There should be a rate breakdown on the USPS website. Best bet is to walk it to a post office, and that way you're sure of it.

One thing that might be nice, I think, if you are sending a letter or card, to help defray costs for the set to send things back into the states, if you can, include an International Reply coupon. With this they're going to have a lot of extra mail to forward; that way, they can pay for the extra postage to do so.

[brigid-tanner.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info on donations.

[caffienekitty]

Just passing the word along.

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the information about what to put on the notification card, I was wondering about that.

[caffienekitty]

That's the address suggested by anteka, she'll be getting confirmation tomorrow.

[blucasbabe.livejournal.com]

Hey, just FYI, according to the online obituaries and other anecdotal comments, I think Kim's wife's name is spelled "Marline." You can google yourself for confirmation.

My own name is often spelled incorrectly, and if it was me, I'd kinda like have the cards spelled right. So, like, I know she won't be a hater if they're spelled wrong, but if we know how to spell it we should probably get the word out.

(This post isn't to be bitchy or anything, just to inform. The internet can be hard to read people's intent, so I want to make sure you know I'm not just correcting to be crappy.)

[caffienekitty]

Hm. The spelling with an E was from anteka's post and she talked to Mrs. Manners directly, but I guess it could be a spelling error.

Thanks

[(Anonymous)]

That is great, thanks. Keeps me from wringing my hands wondering what to do, silly as that sounds.

Hugs
Sharon

Re: Thanks

[caffienekitty]

Doesn't sound silly to me.