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It Works For Us: Amazon Wish List – Guest Post by Derek Bergman

11 Apr 2018 8:41 PM | Jen Burch (Administrator)

Of course we are all thankful for donations of all kinds. Recently our site has been blessed by many #SurprisePackage deliveries. A year ago, my staff and I started a Wish List through Amazon. As we thought of things we needed, could use but not a necessity right now, or simply thought would be fun, we added them to our Wish List. Over the last year we gathered a wide variety of items. You can view our current Wish List here. We have dog toys for programming, office supplies, kitchen supplies, a wet floor sign that looks like a banana peel, mountain board parts, and so much more. Every now and then we go in and check to see if there's a high need for something that we'll just go ahead and purchase ourselves. Last year when we started the Wish List a few people contributed and sent us a gift. This year it has taken off! It seems that every other day we receive a new package of blessings from someone. Sometimes they include a note and we're able to use the Amazon QR code to send them a thank-you. Other times we have no idea who sent it. Either way, we take a picture of whatever arrived and post it on our Instagram and Facebook to share our excitement. This past week we received 16 hammocks, 12 tiki torches, 2 mops, batteries, a keyboard, name tags, and a paper cutter! Our camp supporters are amazing. If your camp doesn't have a Wish List, I highly advise you start one soon to give your supporters an easy, new way to contribute to your ministry.


Here are Amazon's instructions to create a List:

  1. Go to any Amazon page. Hover over "Account & Lists" and select Create A List from the drop-down. 
  2. Click Create your list. Your list will be available and you can change its name by hovering over the list name and clicking the Edit list name link.
  3. Select Edit list profile from the List Actions filter at the top of your list to update your default shipping address, personal description and preferences.
  4. Note: Gift givers will only see the name, city and state of the shipping address you select unless the List is marked as for an organization.
  5. You can designate whether your list is for an organization and you'll have the option to provide the URL of the organization’s website.
  6. Click Save and browse for an item.
  7. Click Add to List under the Buy box on the right-hand side of any item's product detail page.
  8. You can make updates to your List any time.
  9. Choose your List sharing settings -- you can make it public or limit access to only those with the link. You can share the link to your Wish List on your website, via email, on social media... 

Derek Bergman is a lifelong United Methodist from Elkhorn Nebraska, just outside of Omaha. He served at Camp Fontanelle (NE) as the Assistant Site Director from 2008 until he and his family joined the family at Lake Okoboji (IA) in February of 2017. Derek enjoys all areas of camp life and especially enjoys seeing all the various ways children of all ages are able to connect with God. He's awash in blessings this week with the donation to camp of a Tiny House, not to mention all those wonderful #SurprisePackages!


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