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Hi Pennie,
I hope this finds you well. I’m writing to say thank you for the wonderful laundry bag you clearly spent hours on. I love the nautical theme and my big bright initials on top.
You clearly are a talented seamstress to have sewn all this in such a perfect manner and know that your bag is already been put to good use.
And while I thank you for this gift again know that the honour is all mine. My mother was a nurse all her life and often worked in the emergency ward. At the end of the day you are as greater hero as anyone else. I know how hard nurses work, often for limited pay but the work you guys do is amazing. As patriotic and life altering as the work we do over here. I would return your much loved gift with a bag of my own but trust me when I say you would not want to see me try and sew. It would fall apart before reaching you.
Thank you again and take care Pennie
Very respectfully,
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Hello Janine
It was pleasantly surprising when one of my soldiers handed your laundry bag to me today. I put my name on the list couple of months ago and almost forgot about all of it. Thank you for the laundry bag!
It’s about mid afternoon in Iraq right now. We had a “cold front” yesterday, so the temperature dropped from mid 50 to low 40 degree today. It’s just little over half way of my tour, the experience was excellent. I am an Infantry Platoon Commander with approximately 40 soldiers under my command. Days can get really busy and full on sometimes.
Reading your letter gave me great joy, felt like fresh air from the outside world and back home. I am originally from Sydney and both of my parents still live there. I have Chinese heritage and am very close to my family. I don’t have partner at the moment. Military life can be quite hard on personal relationship but I enjoy the freedom at the same time.
Thank you again for your time and the lovely laundry bag. It means a lot not only for myself but also for my men ( lot of them received the gift from AHQ too)
Best wish
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Dear Jean
Many thanks for the time and effort you have put into making my Laundry Bag, by the way not a dirty piece of linen will ever go near it!!
It will be framed and hung in a place of honor befitting its status, as you can tell I am a very proud Welshman who moved to Aus in 2007 after serving 22 years in the British Army.
So now my total service adds up to 30 years, six in total, of which I have been deployed in many locations across the world usually for 4-6 months at a time.
Thanks again Jean, you people are a credit to the Australian spirit, of which I am very proud to serve.
As we say in Wales:
Diolch yn fawr!!
All the best to you and yours,,
Regards
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I received one of your Hero Quilts and Laundry bag. Let me start by saying, they are both incredible! The box of goodies was a great reminder of home.
I would like to thank both of you for your kind generosity. It means the world to Australian’s serving overseas to know we are closer to home than we think.
Many of my airmen and airwomen have received Hero Quilts made by you and others like you from around Australia. They do more for morale than you could imagine. Mine will be put on display in my home for all to see. It will serve as a great reminder that Australian’s look out for one another. We certainly do a better job at it than most. Your wonderful gift epitomises this.
Your contribution is significant and certainly appreciated by all those deployed.
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Hi Joan,
Thanks for the fantastic laundry bag and the happiness kit. Firstly I must say thank you for you and your teams efforts with providing this service to the serving members of the ADF. We do greatly appreciate the support that your organisation gives and I have seen over the past six months the joy that your special gifts bring to our guys and girls, they remind us that home is not too far away.
I had a huge smile when I opened the package from you. The first thing was the laundry bag, it made my boss cracked a sad because he is from Cairns and was told they didn’t have anything from Cairns left so being a good Aussie I rubbed some more salt into his wound. The second thing was the happiness kits, which I think is brilliant. I will take great pride in showing that to the Americans here to try and expand their sense of humour.
If you are ever up in Tindal please call into 75SQN for a cuppa.
Thanks again
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I recently received a package from you containing a beautiful laundry bag as well as a few goodies. I just wanted to pass on my sincere thanks for the package, it was a lovely surprise and really brightened my day. I absolutely love the laundry bag and it is being used frequently. I will admit there were a number of people quite envious!
As you know I am currently serving overseas, and whilst I cannot provide specific details, the weather is amazingly hot! We reached 50C again this week, and let me tell you I have never experienced temps like this before, so the air-conditioning provides welcomed relief. Ironically I am on the move early next year as my husband and I have received notification of a posting to Canberra. So I suspect that this time next year I will be grumbling about the low temps that you mentioned in your letter!
Again, I just wanted to pass on my deepest gratitude for the time and effort that the volunteers provide from Aussie Hero Quilts. I am truly touched by the gesture and my laundry bag will stay with me forever.
I wish you and your family well.
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G’day Robyn!
Just wanted to take the time to write and say Thankyou so much for my Laundry bag! You’ve absolutely nailed the Sharks logo and it’s exactly what I was after! You guessed very rightly too – a Shire boy born and bred who loves the beach, being outdoors and all types of sports! Hopefully this supports the Sharks for the rest of the year!
Glad to hear you’ve been involved with the charity and I assure you everyone who receives these bags are greatly appreciative of your time and effort to make them!
Hope the Weather where you are is great and it’s not too cold this winter. I look forward to getting home in December for a great Aussie summer..so fingers crossed!!
Thankyou so much again and hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks,
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Hi Irene,
I wanted to say a quick thank you very much for the tremendous effort you have gone to in making my quilt cover.
It is taking pride of place in my room and I have proudly showed it off to all the crew.
Thanks again for the effort I greatly appreciated it and will ensure it travels back with me on my next deployment.
Take care,
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I would like to give you a massive Thank you, which is not enough. When I first put forward my idea for a quilt, I thought I may have come across as ‘high maintenance’. I probably did!
Anyway my hat goes off to you because it looks great and is being used daily. I took a couple of pictures and showed my family during my mid-tour leave in UK. They were really impressed because of how good it looks, but also because it will always be relevant to me.
I didn’t realise that the quest to obtain the correct tartan would cause you an additional amount of work and effort (which I apologise for). But as you mention in your letter, and I agree, it was worth it. The additional detail of the thistles is a lovely touch.
South Sudan is very demanding, not like Iraq, but in a different way. Quite sad when considering what is happening to this country. The quilt you have made and very kindly spent your valuable time on serves as inspiration and makes my life so much easier.
Although my wife and I speak with broad Yorkshire accents she also had a grandmother from the MacDonald clan, albeit Irish – they’re all the same at heart!
A very proud and humble quilt owner,
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Hello Jean,
Thank you so much for the laundry bag! It really did make me smile 🙂 You are very talented and creative.
I am an Intensive Care Unit Nursing Officer and this is my first deployment. We have set up a new hospital here which has been a great experience. We provide health support to the Australian, N.Z., U.S. and Spanish soldiers as best we can.
It is very dusty and hot here with only a few stray animals to look at. Hopefully, one day, I will get to visit Africa and see the beautiful wildlife for myself. I am lucky enough to have travelled to all sorts of countries including Borneo where I went to visit the orangatang sanctuary. They are amazing creatures!
Thank you again for the bag and the smile.
Regards,
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Good morning Helen,
Today I was very fortunate to receive a beautiful hand crafted laundry bag.
I am a big fan on the selection of material used. It’s very Australian and shows our true colour. It will be used with great pride.
I will like to send many thank you for your hard work and dedication.
The Soldiers and there spouses really appreciated the work Aussie heroes is doing.
Again many thank you
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Dear Glenda,
I can’t thank you enough for the most wonderful quilt, I just received it and it definitely made my day. I almost didn’t receive it until later in the trip, but we don’t sail from Dubai until Wednesday which meant we got another bag of mail. Once again thank you for the time and effort you put into the quilt and it will most certainly come with me on every ship I work on. Once I get a chance I will send a picture.
Thanks
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Till next time………..keep spreading the word and happy stitching!Jan-Maree xx
Lovely stuff!