Hi Stacie,
Just wanted to let you know that I heard from Orlando's publicist ( I think) from the Firm.
He called to let me know that Orlando was thrilled by the letter and that he was in awe of all of the donations from people all over the world. Please give his fans a big round of applause! It was a great success!!
Kudos,
Megan
Megan A. Hall
National Membership Assistant
Greenpeace USA
This has been a great success, and I want to thank everyone who participated. I especially want to thank Nin for all her hard work.
Here's what we did in honor of Orli's 26th birthday:
I received snail mail submissions from Singapore; Samulprakan, Thailand; Schweingurt, Germany; Kouvda, Finland; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Sussex, UK; Northeast of England; Windsor, England; Renfewshire, Scotland; Lespignan, France; Perth, Australia; Lansing, Michigan; Ann Arbor, Mich.; San Francisco, Calif; San Diego, Calif.; Anaheim, Calif.; Fresno, Calif.; Elk Grove, Calif.; Corona, Calif.; Middletown, Calif.; Divide, Colorado; Sims, N.C.; Miami Beach, Florida; Port Charlottle, Fla.; Orlando, Fla.; Salem, Ohio; W. Jordan, Utah; Media, Penn.; Pittsburgh, Penn.; Frazer, Penn.; Toby Hauna, Penn.; Creswell, Oregon; Stoneridge, Conn.; Wauwatose, Wisconsin; Brookfield, Wis.; Corbin City, N.J.; Lewisburg, Tenn.; Boston, Mass.; Westfield, Mass.; Chicago, Illinois; Springdale, Arizona; Mishawaka, Indiana
Nin created pages for people who sent submissions by email. She then printed them out in color.
I've completed my part in the Orlando Bloom Birthday Project and the printed e-pages for the scrapbook are now on their way to Stacie to be added to the birthday gift for Orli. As the submissions came in, I was amazed and delighted to see the creativity and read the sentiments that his fans sent to him. I felt honored to be a part of the project, for all the warm greetings seemed like a huge cyber-hug.
We received 88 scrapbook pages by email from folks all over the planet. Fans of all ages participated, from a young 12 to mature ladies over 50 ... Orlando has touched a lot of lives! I made a listing of all the locations and was amazed to discover there were over 22 countries represented in our e-book. We had sentiments from:
United States: Florida, California, Wisconsin, Maryland, Utah, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, North Carolina, Hawaii, Oklahoma, District of Columbia, New York, Georgia, Oregon, Minnesota, Kansas, Texas, Washington, Virginia, Vermont
England, Scotland, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Brazil, Poland, Belgium, Australia, Philippines, France, New Zealand, Finland, Germany, Turkey, Ireland, Switzerland, China, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal
Contributors sent photographs of themselves, friends, and pets, their rooms and their cities and countries. Some sent hand-drawn sketches, poetry, graphics art. We had short, sweet messages and long letters. Going along with the scrapbook pages are 30 or more pages of emails, which have been collected and printed out 2-3 to a page. We stretched the deadlines as far as we could before we had to stop gathering your wishes and finish printing them.
My thanks for letting me be a part of this great outpouring of love and affection for our Orlando. I hope he'll feel all of that when he sees the birthday book you've sent him.
Lady Nin
WOW!
We raised $2166 in Orli's name for Greenpeace! That is simply amazing, and thanks to everyone who sent in donations.
This is the letter Megan at Greenpeace will send to Orlando, and I put a copy in the scrapbook. I noted out the names, in case anyone didn't want their full name on the Internet.
