It would be only natural for me to do such a thing, as most of my collectibles are thanks to donation (including the ones I used to 'pay' for the dark blue letter and the party popper). The light green letter, Togepi egg, regular Easter egg, the dark green letter, and the classic easter egg were all gifted to me, some by people who were not already friends with me.
So I have gifted several easter eggs and light green letters to people who have helped me, just bought a Togepi egg for a new member, and now a regular easter egg for another new member.
I figure if we want the new members to not feel left out we have to be the ones who make them feel included.