kris4josh
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Post by kris4josh on Feb 4, 2008 20:26:18 GMT 10
Hi Guys I'm back....I have been trying to get a fundraising group going here in Oz for a few months, and have been in contact with Val at GFC on numerous occasion with various proposals...but because of all the "legal " issues involved with trying to do that as a part of JGF or GFC it was proving difficult....HOWEVER....I have just got the Official OK from Val at GFC....to my suggestion of forming a group here in Oz calling ourselves Aussies for Siyawela. (Siyawela is an orphanage in Africa which Josh's foundation supports) we could then run small....or not so small.....fundraising activities here and then donate the money raised to GFA.........So....I'm running the idea past all of you to see what you think....I'll also post this on the FOJG and JG sites.
So think about it and post here or PM me....
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Post by aussie105 on Feb 5, 2008 10:07:19 GMT 10
GREAT IDEA !!!! love to be involved
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Post by teresita1897 on Feb 5, 2008 12:33:37 GMT 10
Thanks Chris! Can you post the "rules" we need to follow, so that we can get ideas going? Thanks so much Will all our donations be going to the orphange, or will GFC distribute it? I like your choice, I think it's important to support good orphanages Great work Chris, thanks again for all your hard work
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Post by morgan on Feb 5, 2008 13:38:41 GMT 10
excellent work i will certanly support it
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Post by jotan80 on Feb 5, 2008 14:54:14 GMT 10
Chris... this is a fantastic idea! Count me in...
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kris4josh
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Post by kris4josh on Feb 5, 2008 16:22:20 GMT 10
UPDATE: AUSSIES for SIYAWELA.....I am currently working out how to hold an Auction for a Fantastic JOSH CALENDAR which has been kindly donated by Terri aka Obiwancanoli.....I'll keep you posted on that one over the next couple of days once I get organised. I've also been in contact with Sandi at GFA re ther upcoming fundraising venture. It would be good if we could have our own LOGO.....any suggestions? Ok that's about it for the moment....back to scheduled programming
There are no specific RULES as we will not be an "official" part of GFC GFA or JGF..this is something that we will be doing on our own, basically, but I will be keeping in close contact with Val at GFC and Sandi at GFA.....Our focus will be the orphanage at siyawela and ALL money raised will be donated to GFA specifically for that. It's still in the very early stages..just trying to garner support for the idea.....ALL ideas and HELP would be appreciated....but we should try and keep things as simple as possible
Thanks for all the fantastic positive comments so far
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Post by aussie105 on Feb 5, 2008 16:29:45 GMT 10
mmm i definately think we need a logo or banner or something..i will muck around on photoshop and get some ideas flowing...maybe we could have a vote like we did for the aussie grobie banner...
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kris4josh
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Post by kris4josh on Feb 5, 2008 18:25:11 GMT 10
mmm i definately think we need a logo or banner or something..i will muck around on photoshop and get some ideas flowing...maybe we could have a vote like we did for the aussie grobie banner... Cool.....that's a good idea....hopefully Yvette or loretta will set up the vote for us?
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Post by aceybee on Feb 5, 2008 20:37:14 GMT 10
Wow. I don't check for a day or so, and all this! I am SO in! Alas my skills lie in things such as music, not art or graphic design, so I'll be cheering on all you arty people as you work on logos and such. This is heaps exciting. are we going to focus mostly to an online market, or our local areas? establishing who is where could be a good start!
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kris4josh
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Post by kris4josh on Feb 6, 2008 8:26:01 GMT 10
Wow. I don't check for a day or so, and all this! I am SO in! Alas my skills lie in things such as music, not art or graphic design, so I'll be cheering on all you arty people as you work on logos and such. This is heaps exciting. are we going to focus mostly to an online market, or our local areas? establishing who is where could be a good start! The first "fundraiser" will be an auction probably on ebay. After that, then maybe individual groups..not sure yet. Could everyone who is interestd please PM me their email addys and locations...I'll compile a list and send it out to everyone. I just posted this on the Aussie Thread on FOJG and on JG.com RE: AUSSIES FOR SIYAWELA Just a thought....as a way for everyone to get involved and to start the ball rolling.....get yourselves a jar / container label it Siyawela and start putting your spare change into it....any denomination or a specific denomination...i have a jar that I've been collecting $2 coins in and another with 5c in.....you'll be amazed how quickly money mounts up.....get friends, family, workmates involved as well...have a jar in the tea-room at work.
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kris4josh
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Post by kris4josh on Feb 6, 2008 22:16:16 GMT 10
I've been working on the Aussies for Siyawela Logo here's my first attempt. The pics are from the Christmas Party that JGF funded at Siyawela last year
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Post by Loretta on Feb 7, 2008 16:48:35 GMT 10
sounds like a great idea, anyone who's interested in creating the logo/banner can submit their creations here and then we'll have a voting booth
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Post by aussie105 on Feb 7, 2008 17:19:20 GMT 10
hey kris, awesome first attempt..love it...here's my first attempt, i can't seem to be able to make them any bigger on this board but they are bigger.... i have two which are the same but different, they're more like logos then banners though....kris i copied you josh quote, but if anybody has a good josh quote they want to use in the banner let me know and i'll put in one of my ideas.. **if you wanna see a bigger version check out the jg forum on the main page under attention aussie grobies...... Number 1: So this is the first one, it has the blue around the edge Number 2: and this one doesn't have blue um i'm not to sure whether i like the colours of the writing, so again if anybody has suggestions for colour combinations let me know or any other improvements i can make on either one..i want to make them even better so any suggestions are welcome..
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kris4josh
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Post by kris4josh on Feb 8, 2008 11:46:46 GMT 10
OMJ.....love it....love it....love it.....Like the one with Blue around it
That is Just awesome........woooohooooooo....hope it's ok but I'm gonna post it for the guys on FOJG
Great work!!!1
(((( hugs))))
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Post by aussie105 on Feb 8, 2008 13:42:41 GMT 10
oh im glad you like it..yeah you can post it over on fojg...hahah there bigger today thats weird....
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