15/02/05 - Made another �20 in tips from work, and this morning I received a cheque for �100 from my local rotary club - thank you! This brings me up to �2150! I'm going to start planning some Easter events at the end of this week - Guess the eggs in the Jar, an Easter Quiz, and a Quiz night for April/May sometime. I will also have boot sales in April/May and do that "something" sponsored I keep talking about!
02/02/05 - Well, I set myself a target of reaching �2000 by the end of February (I find it helps to have little targets to work towards rather than one huge one!) and today I got donated �200! So my total is now just over �2000 and I am very happy indeed. I just need a new target now!
16/12/04 - Offically the Christmas season, and I'm off on holiday in a week! Going to Lanzarote. Held a raffle yesterday at my 6th form Xmas Lunch and raised �60, which I am quite proud of! So that bumps up my total a little. Also, on Monday I'm getting a cheque from the local Kiwanis, but I don't know how much for :D Still - all money is good! So fundraising is still chugging along - I'll work it out somehow! Oh, and Oxford interviews - they were ok...not brill, but ok. Might hear from Oxford in the next few days *nervousness* Oh Smartie tube wise, I made �54, and my boss Steve is giving me an extra Xmas bonus in lieu of a tube! My great-aunt has given me �10 for Xmas, which I will put towards PT, and things are quite good :D (Plus I managed to get the webpage maker working first time!)
25/11/04 - I've been having some problems getting my webpage maker to load, but it seems fine now, fingers crossed. This week has been a good week! The Herts Educational Foundation got back to me, and they've made me a grant of �350 towards my travel costs which is very helpful so thank you very much. Also, I got a cheque from another trust for �200 so thank you to them as well. AND (there's more!) I've got interviews at Oxford in2 weeks...things are looking up. Hopefully!
18/11/04 - I am waiting to hear from the Herts Educational Fund at the moment, I really hope they come through with some money! I got another donation for �50 from the people from work who said they would send me some more money, which I am very grateful for. This weekend I am counting up the money from my loose change collections and Smartie tubes and hopefully will get a good amount!
01/11/04 - Haven't updated in a while. More rejections are coming through the door, but also some suggestions and I will tackle them at the weekend! I sent off my form for the Hertfordshire Educational Foundation and they are considering my application on the 12th, so I am holding out great hopes! I had my fish and chip evening tonight (yes, it actually happened!) I made �25 from the evening itself, and then I was clearing up, and a woman came in and gave me �20 so that you very much! Ed from school won the sweets in the jar, and I am counting up the money from that this week...then I've gotta think of some more stuff to do!
19/10/04 - Not much has been happening really - big publicity drive at the moment, or at least I am attempting one! On the happier front I got �10 from some people at work today, and a promise of more to come, which is lovely. Guess the Sweets in the Jar has been going well, and should raise at least �40 - very respectable! Other than that, I received a shedload of rejection letters (and a few forms to fill in, mostly rejections though) but the tide has stopped flowing, and hopefully a few of the other 115 odd letters should yield something :) Kinda dishearting, but I will not give up hope!
09/10/04 - Links are up on the site for my buy.at site. Basically, if you buy online goods from the links given on my buy.at site (www.buy.at/projectchile) I receive a certain amount of commission, so please use this link whenever you buy online!
08/10/04 - I got my first letters back from Trusts today - a total of 4 replies. 2 negatives, 1 maybe (have to fill out forms) and 1 positive donation of �50. Hope this bodes well for future replies :)
05/10/04 - Well, most of the letters are sent out now, just gotta wait and see. I've put some leaflets out at work, and will put some at the music centre tomorrow. I got my first individual donation today - thank you Jen for your kind donation. So - the ball is rolling! So much to do - publicity is the most important thing at the moment!
01/10/04 - One whole month gone - but things are starting to move. I think. My leaflet has been printed, I'll get them on Monday, and letters sent out on Tuesday, so as soon as possible. Website is coming along - selection and photo pages added recently, so only a little more to do. Details of the fish and chip evening have been semi-finalised, and posters will soon be up for publicity. 1st of November if you're interested!
