I'm one of your neighbors. Send me a request I'll force close and open my game.
I feel very badly for the folks who are having terrible luck with the resources they need. Anyone who would like may neighbor me. My id is my forum name. To determine if a neighbor is still active I sometimes look around their kingdom to see if they have pieces from the last several events (6 months might be reasonable).
By the way, I've received exactly 5 neighbor requests each time we've needed items. I should have had more than 5 requests both times.
Last night I sent off 25 requests and got back 15, sent 38 out and got the rest I needed. So both requests were sent to more than 20 people.
The event is nicely written, has good rewards, has an interesting user interface (I like the chapter window idea) and lovely art, but the stop and go and people who can't get the resources is miserable. I really hope they will make a few changes.