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SpaandanB Austin
Boeing Humanitarian Delivery Flight for Bangladesh
 
 
Project Description:

We are happy to inform you that in colaboration with SpaandanB, Bangladeshi employees at Boeing Company, WA have started a benevolent drive to collect used clothes, school supplies, toys etc. to be sent over to Bangladesh for distribution among under-privileged people. Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recently purchased few new B-777 airplanes from the Boeing Company. The aircrafts are now being delivered to Biman. Boeing company has approved us to send about 20 Tons of help materials to Bangladesh to be shipped on board the maiden journey of these aircrafts. This service is provided by Boeing as part of their Humanitarian Delivery Flight program. SpaandanB Bangladesh office has already received clearance from proper authority to collect the materials from Shah Jalal Airport and will coordinate the distribution process using local volunteers.

Please step forward and make use of this great opportunity to send help materials to Bangladesh! The flight will leave on the third week of November, 2011. So, time is ticking!

You can directly mail your donation box to Washington collection center. If there is a local drive going on, you can drop by your local collection center on the designated date and time.

Things Accepted For Donation :

  1. Medicine & Supplies (Vitamins & Minerals, Vitamin A-D, Band-Aids etc)
  2. Educational Materials & Supplies ( Books, Backpacks, Pen/Pencils etc)
  3. Winter clothing new/gently used for children, men and women (Jackets, Sweaters, Socks, Hand Gloves, Mittens, Winter Cap etc).
  4. Regular clothing new/gently used for children, men and women (Pants/jeans, Shirts/T-shirts, Saries /Kamij , Shoes etc.)
  5. Winter blankets, bed sheets/ comforter etc
  6. Dry food/Canned Nutrition food ( Protein foods etc)
  7. Kids small Toy's , picture books etc.
Please make sure that donated items are in good condition and properly cleaned. Clothes need to be folded. Make sure food/medicine items are not expired.

Greater Austin Collection Center, Date and Time :

  • Location:
    7111 Avignon Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681
    (Tel: Masud Khandker - 512 422 3308 )
    Time:
    Friday: Nov 4th, 8-10pm
    Saturday, Nov 5th, 10am-12pm

  • Volunteers will be available to accept your donation materials and box them properly.

    We will appreciate if you make a small donation to cover the overall mailing and distribution cost.

If You Want To Directly Mail Your Donation :

Address of Washington Collection Center

Syed M. Hussain
5714 S. Grove Dr.
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Tel:425-349-1802
Cell: 425-280-8456

Date by when your donation should reach Washington

November 13, 2011

Box Information

  1. Box weight should not exceed 40lbs
  2. Box Height should not exceed 48 inch
  3. Standard office Box size = (20" x 13" x 12") can carry up to 30 lbs of clothing
  4. Please print out this Content List and fill it in. This list needs to be pasted on the outside surface of the box.
  5. Once the box is mailed, please send an email to info@spaandanb.org mentioning your name and how many boxes are mailed and the shipment date.

Helpful Information

For surface mail rates, following sites can become handy

Boxes can be purchased from -
  • Home Deport size = (18" x 18" x 24") and price = $1.36/box
  • Office Deport size = (20" x 13" x 12")



Organization Description:
Boeing, its airline customers, and non-profit organizations are working together to help people all over the globe through our Humanitarian Delivery Flights (HDF) program. Through this program, humanitarian items; such as, medical supplies, clothing, and educational materials, are loaded into the empty cargo space of new airplanes being delivered and transported to a customer’s home destination.

 

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