£21,000 Raised and in the NEWS!

Hi to All Footprint Friends,

Been a while since I’ve posted a Blog … must try harder …

All I can say at the moment is ‘WOW,’ what an amazing few days we have had.

Over the bank holiday (May 1st – 4th ) we were at the Oracle shopping centre in Reading meeting with people, painting feet and introducing the Footprint Friends web site. It was a bit surreal really, as busy shoppers rushed by laden with bags and boxes our little patch of blue tarpaulin was like a different world with people sat around painting designs on feet and hands talking about the environment. We met up with some great people who were genuinely excited to have found us at Reading. It was also a delight for us when Shirley – Climate Change Champion for the South West came to lend a hand (foot!!) and take part in our exhibition – thanks Shirley .

Then … no sooner had we packed up from Reading, we were packing the van again to head off to London Excel for the Think 08 show which was over 7-8th May.

On the first day of the show we were joined by VIP Members from Itchen College and Wildern School who were all given special permission to wander around the exhibition and interview exhibitors on film (looking forward to seeing the finished result.) There are also some photo’s in the Gallery. THEN on the evening of the 7th we all headed off to Canary Warf where Footprint Friends was the charitable beneficiary of the Think Ball and our VIP’s had the challenging task of helping with the fund raising. Two very brave VIP’s (Tom and Michelle from Wildern school) were interviewed on stage – they were simply fantastic. You can read the comments about the event in my posts which can be found under: We THINK! 2008 in London.

WE RAISED £21,000!!!!!!!!!! This money will go into the Footprint Friends Foundation which will be a fund to enable you guys to implement your best eco ideas – more information about this will follow soon.

THEN, (today) we appeared in an article in the Guardian – Check it out at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/14/ethicalliving.climatechange

What’s next I ask myself… we have all started something special and with your continued support, determination, and dedication to making a difference – I think it will be amazing what we can achieve.