Exciting couple of days with bits of publicity popping up in various places - managed to get links to a few with the help of friends who have pointed me in the direction of them - local newspaper, national newspaper AND international newspaper! Along with a Tweet from ITV Central and text on the Sky News website! Links to all stories:
Sky News
Retford Times - My Local Newspaper
Daily Mirror
Times of Malta
Community Newswire
Great awareness and this publicity has generated quite a bit of interest in the Auction items - so much so that the proceeds this morning stand at £414 in total! Gobsmacked. With a lot of pushing via Twitter yesterday courtesy of good friends Becca and Allison helping ALL Auction items now have bids on them so all will sell. Initially I was hopeful of about £500 for all items, but the first batch will smash that and I have loads more to add yet. Hoping to list more tomorrow. The first 3 finish tonight and the rest follow over the next couple of days.
To anyone who still wants to donate - there is ALWAYS time - Cystic Fibrosis is going no-where and this Campaign is going to run for a few more weeks yet with all donations we have and have still been promised. I can see the £1000 target being beaten sooner rather than later!!
Twitter Campaign created to seek signed donations from well known Tweeters for an ebay Auction in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Do something amazing for those living with Cystic Fibrosis and consider making a donation - small or large - all welcome. (Photograph is Emjay aged 2 with Cystic Fibrosis)
Friday 31 December 2010
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Possible Publicity on the Horizon!
Today I had a answer phone message from Radio Sheffield wanting to talk to me about the Xmas ebay Auction which I'll return call tomorrow - difficult having a quiet chat suitable for Radio airing when the boys are making a lot of noise!
Also had an e-mail and Tweet from Trax FM, my local Radio station, wanting to talk about the Campaign and they are arranging to come to the house in the New Year to chat about the Auction.
ITV Central, my local TV news channel, have Tweeted about the Auction, which has generated a few more followers for me and Tweets.
All these contacts add up to more awareness for Cystic Fibrosis, which is fabulous. Personally I'd rather be in the background as I'm a very quiet person, so as long as Cystic Fibrosis is getting the awareness that is needed, that's all that matters to me.
Auction items are slowly creeping towards £200 with the first batch of items - about another £30 to go, so hopefully that can be smashed easily.
I e-mailed ebay last night to ask if they would remove the restrictions from my account so I can list more items - they wanted more information about when the boys had been in Hospital thereby preventing me on getting all my previous ebay listings on out time - that is hard to remember when the year has gone so quickly! I can only estimate. I won't beg for the restrictions to be removed - I've asked - I've given reasons why I'd like them removed and if they don't remove them, there is nothing I can do about it. Such a shame as I have so many more items to add which I can't until the first batch of 30 has finished. Frustrating is an understatement!!
Also had an e-mail and Tweet from Trax FM, my local Radio station, wanting to talk about the Campaign and they are arranging to come to the house in the New Year to chat about the Auction.
ITV Central, my local TV news channel, have Tweeted about the Auction, which has generated a few more followers for me and Tweets.
All these contacts add up to more awareness for Cystic Fibrosis, which is fabulous. Personally I'd rather be in the background as I'm a very quiet person, so as long as Cystic Fibrosis is getting the awareness that is needed, that's all that matters to me.
Auction items are slowly creeping towards £200 with the first batch of items - about another £30 to go, so hopefully that can be smashed easily.
I e-mailed ebay last night to ask if they would remove the restrictions from my account so I can list more items - they wanted more information about when the boys had been in Hospital thereby preventing me on getting all my previous ebay listings on out time - that is hard to remember when the year has gone so quickly! I can only estimate. I won't beg for the restrictions to be removed - I've asked - I've given reasons why I'd like them removed and if they don't remove them, there is nothing I can do about it. Such a shame as I have so many more items to add which I can't until the first batch of 30 has finished. Frustrating is an understatement!!
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Auction Progress
Listed 29 items in the Xmas ebay Celebrity signed Auctions so far (ebay will only allow me to list 30 items due to their stipulations on my account - number 30 Auction is my Fun Auction for the brussel sprout!).
17 items have been bid on with 13 waiting for bids - most items have watchers and best item so far is Lisa Eldridge's signed make-up bag and make-up collection standing at £58.50 with 32 watchers.
Once the current items have finished and have been packaged up and posted out another 30 will be added - providing ebay allows me to that is!
Proceeds for all auctions (not including the brussel sprout!) stand at £138.28 and might beable to make a pound or two on postage (most items have free postage due to their weight). On target to maybe raise £200 with the first batch of Auction items - which is fab! Target to raise altogether is £500 - £1000 - if we make the £1000 I would be so happy, we'll see!!
17 items have been bid on with 13 waiting for bids - most items have watchers and best item so far is Lisa Eldridge's signed make-up bag and make-up collection standing at £58.50 with 32 watchers.
Once the current items have finished and have been packaged up and posted out another 30 will be added - providing ebay allows me to that is!
Proceeds for all auctions (not including the brussel sprout!) stand at £138.28 and might beable to make a pound or two on postage (most items have free postage due to their weight). On target to maybe raise £200 with the first batch of Auction items - which is fab! Target to raise altogether is £500 - £1000 - if we make the £1000 I would be so happy, we'll see!!
Saturday 25 December 2010
Auction Underway!
After months of Tweeting for donations for the Xmas ebay Auction in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust from Celebrities/well known Tweeters, the Auction is now underway! Listing items in spare time - which is limited at the moment due to it being Christmas, but over the next couple of weeks all the items donated should have been listed - bit at a time. It is time consuming listing them, loading pictures, adding description, asking the Celeb's to re-tweet etc and I am just one woman working alone so bear with me - all will be added and hopefully all sold.
There have been a couple of bids already on items and hope to get more exposure for these if the Celeb who donated the items help by re-tweeting - which was the general idea as this raises more awareness for the Charity, not just the Auction item.
Link to the first batch of Auctions: Christmas ebay Auction Listings
Hope all will support and if there is anything you would like to see listed sooner rather than later, just message me or Tweet me and I'll get it done asap.
There have been a couple of bids already on items and hope to get more exposure for these if the Celeb who donated the items help by re-tweeting - which was the general idea as this raises more awareness for the Charity, not just the Auction item.
Link to the first batch of Auctions: Christmas ebay Auction Listings
Hope all will support and if there is anything you would like to see listed sooner rather than later, just message me or Tweet me and I'll get it done asap.
Friday 24 December 2010
Christmas Eve Donations
More donations arrived today for the Christmas ebay Auction - 2 from Fedex which came from American & Canada:
Signed book from Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood:
Signed picture and jeans from Le Ann Rimes :
And two donations arrived via Postman Pat this afternoon:
Signed CD from Kim Wilde
Signed Benidorm DVD from Kathryn Drysdale signed by: Siobhan Finnernan, Derren Litten, Sheridan Smith, Jake Canuso, Tim Healy ..... Kathryn Drysdale, Tony Maudsley & Adam Gillen.
The Auction listings are due to start this evening and links will be sent out to those who have donated. Can't list them all at once, but will do them all over the next few weeks. Here's hoping the Auction "does what is says on the tin" i.e. raises the maximum amount of awareness for Cystic Fibrosis and for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Signed book from Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood:
Signed picture and jeans from Le Ann Rimes :
And two donations arrived via Postman Pat this afternoon:
Signed CD from Kim Wilde
Signed Benidorm DVD from Kathryn Drysdale signed by: Siobhan Finnernan, Derren Litten, Sheridan Smith, Jake Canuso, Tim Healy ..... Kathryn Drysdale, Tony Maudsley & Adam Gillen.
The Auction listings are due to start this evening and links will be sent out to those who have donated. Can't list them all at once, but will do them all over the next few weeks. Here's hoping the Auction "does what is says on the tin" i.e. raises the maximum amount of awareness for Cystic Fibrosis and for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
New Donations
Received some lovely new donations for the Auction while we were on holiday listed below:
Clare Balding sent these fab donations: Signed picture, Signed Sea The Stars - The Horse of a Lifetime DVD, Signed Totesport Media Guide for Investec Derby Festival, Silver Investec Tankard and a signed t-shirt - wonderful generous donation.
Signed A5 picture from Seal:
This donation was aqcuired by Holly from Hypnogaja - signed CD, t-shirt and cap:
The lovely Lisa Eldridge sent this signed make up bag filled with make up goodies which include: Chanel Chintz Lipstick, 2 x nail varnishes, Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus, Lipgloss, Clinique C Lip Smoothie, Bobbi Brown Lip Shine, Estee Lauder Eyeliner and Estee Lauder Gold Eyeshadows.
Darius Campbell sent this signed t-shirt worn by him and a signed picture and flyer:
Excellent donations and that takes the items to well over 50 with more to arrive over the next couple of weeks. Auction will start this evening barring now more hold up's so that it still can be known at the Christmas Auction - hope all will support.
Thursday 23 December 2010
Kelly Osbourne
Allison received this signed book from Kelly Osbourne for the Auction while I was away on holiday - hope this generates some interest for raising awareness for the Auction, the CF Trust and a few £1's to be donated to the Trust:
I received a few more donations while I was on holiday but due to the harsh weather robbing us of our central heating system through frozen pipes and flooding our lounge, I haven't had time to take pictures, update the Blog or start the Auction - hopefully once hubby has finished welding pipes and searching for any other possible leaks I'll have heating and less numb fingers to get the Auction underway! Watch this space!!
I received a few more donations while I was on holiday but due to the harsh weather robbing us of our central heating system through frozen pipes and flooding our lounge, I haven't had time to take pictures, update the Blog or start the Auction - hopefully once hubby has finished welding pipes and searching for any other possible leaks I'll have heating and less numb fingers to get the Auction underway! Watch this space!!
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Peter Andre
A lovely Twitter follower @denisecollins1 arranged for this picture to be taken of the very lovely Peter Andre posing with the GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST t-shirt created by me to raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. Sadly the pen didn't work for him to sign it (drat!) so hopefully next time their pathes cross she can arrange for it to be signed and I'll use it in the Xmas ebay Auction - if that is not possible before the Auctions start, it will be used for another CF Fundraising venture ... possibly a Ball arranged by me later on in the year.
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| Peter Andre The Auctions will start from 23rd December, but as ebay has limited my listings due to their petty rules despite the fact that I have 100% feedback, the items will be listed in batches of 30 until all items are gone so the Auctions will run in to the New Year. Will give me time to promote each item to the fullest and not swamp me with posting and questions. The overall total raised will be totted up over this time. Here's hoping it raises plenty of awareness for Cystic Fibrosis and in turn a few £1's to be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust so they can continue their vital research in to finding a CURE ... it is what I dream of and one day it WILL happen. |
Monday 13 December 2010
Last 24 Hours to Seek Donations
We are fast approaching the final stages of the seeking donation stage of the Christmas ebay Auctions now ... or I personally am!! Fingers crossed the snow stays away until after Wednesday so we can fly to Cyprus for a much needed week's break ... although sadly it's raining & thunderstorms over there - joy!!
Hope to exhaust as many avenue's as I can within the next 24 hours with the help of my Twitter friends to see if we can get any more Celeb's to donate to the Auction.
Certainly been an eye opener for me over the past few months trying to get this Campaign recognised and to get donations in from Celeb's - it has shown me those who will bend over backwards to help no matter what you are fundraising for, those who won't reply AT ALL to a charitable Tweet and the few rude one's with no consideration for what we are trying to do and why. Such is life and we can't all be generous and giving.
A reminder of why we continue to fight for more awareness for Cystic Fibrosis - the dreadful unseen condition robbing us of our young adults and children - some of these CF Angel's lost their lives this year .. take a moment to think about their families and friends who will be spending their first Christmas without them and DONATE ... something .... anything ... even a signed picture will help .... it might not raise thousands of pounds, but it WILL raise awareness. Thank you.
Cystic Fibrosis - A Harsh Reality
Hope to exhaust as many avenue's as I can within the next 24 hours with the help of my Twitter friends to see if we can get any more Celeb's to donate to the Auction.
Certainly been an eye opener for me over the past few months trying to get this Campaign recognised and to get donations in from Celeb's - it has shown me those who will bend over backwards to help no matter what you are fundraising for, those who won't reply AT ALL to a charitable Tweet and the few rude one's with no consideration for what we are trying to do and why. Such is life and we can't all be generous and giving.
A reminder of why we continue to fight for more awareness for Cystic Fibrosis - the dreadful unseen condition robbing us of our young adults and children - some of these CF Angel's lost their lives this year .. take a moment to think about their families and friends who will be spending their first Christmas without them and DONATE ... something .... anything ... even a signed picture will help .... it might not raise thousands of pounds, but it WILL raise awareness. Thank you.
Cystic Fibrosis - A Harsh Reality
Saturday 11 December 2010
Blog Stat's
Glad I put the "Stat's" on the Blog as it is very interesting to see where "traffic" is coming from - which websites - how many times - from which type of application i.e. iPhone, etc and which countries. Tonight I went through the Blog and since I started the idea we have had 47 Celeb's donating - some have donated more than one item so from guess work I would say we have about 70 items to Auction so far. The country stat's are interesting and I'll put them below:
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Shobna Gulati & Norton Mouse
Received two donations for the Auction today - a signed GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST t-shirt picture from Shobna Gulati (Sinitta from Coronation Street):
Joe likes Norton Mouse so no doubt he will be having a look through before these go on ebay!!
Shobna very kindly arranged for other cast members of Coronation Street to support my GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST Campaign earlier on in the year along with Craig Gazey - slideshow below for all Celeb's who helped with this Campaign (well over 70 helped):
Also received a signed book, limited edition book and Christmas posters from @nortonmouse from Twitter: Norton Mouse
Joe likes Norton Mouse so no doubt he will be having a look through before these go on ebay!!
Friday 10 December 2010
Thursday 9 December 2010
James Caan
Received a signed copy of The Real James Caan - My Story from Brick Lane to Dragon's Den - from @74promotions on Twitter today:
Donation offers are still coming in - an average of 1 yay a day with only 6 days left for me to seek as many as I can from EVERYONE and ANYONE before our holiday. This Campaign was originally Celeb's donating signed items - but ANY item is most welcome from ANYONE - it all helps and makes a difference.
Victoria
Harsh at this may sound this Christmas may very well be Victoria's last if she does not get the life-saving transplant she so desperately needs. Her lungs no longer work properly for her and she relies on oxygen to breath. She is 23 years old and has Cystic Fibrosis. This is the end stage of Cystic Fibrosis - it is not nice to think about is it? A young woman who should have her whole life ahead of her who is struggling to survive - who has waited over 3 years for "that call" to give her that chance of a life. This is the possible future for my children - which is why I work hard giving as much time as I can to raise awareness for the dreadful condition which is Cystic Fibrosis. Take a moment to help this Christmas if you can and either contribute to the Xmas ebay Auction by donating "something" ... "anything" - it all makes a difference and the idea of this Campaign is that it will drum up much awareness on Twitter via the Celeb's who have already donated - we hope they will re-tweet to their followers letting them know about the ebay Auction and in turn maybe they will bid on their item. It doesn't take a second to re-tweet so I hope this will be possible. It also takes very little time in the lives of someone "famous" "well known" to contribute something as small as a signed picture - let's hope more consider doing this between now and the start of the Auctions on 23rd December ... time is running out .... but more than anything .... time is running out for Victoria. Take a moment to read her Blog - and then look at your own day and grumbles - we have nothing to really complain about - do we?
Victoria's Blog
Please also send her a SMILEY Tweet (@Tor87) - they do make a difference and make her see that there are people, strangers, who care and want to help. Then if you have a couple of minutes you might also consider signing the Organ Donor Register - after all, you can't take it with you - LIVE LIFE THEN GIVE LIFE. Thank you.
Organ Donor Register - GO SIGN IT - PLEASE!
Victoria's Blog
Please also send her a SMILEY Tweet (@Tor87) - they do make a difference and make her see that there are people, strangers, who care and want to help. Then if you have a couple of minutes you might also consider signing the Organ Donor Register - after all, you can't take it with you - LIVE LIFE THEN GIVE LIFE. Thank you.
Organ Donor Register - GO SIGN IT - PLEASE!
Victoria .... waiting and waiting and waiting .....
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Tom Chambers
Allison has received a signed flyer and programme of White Christmas from Tom Chambers today - think it is also signed by Ken Kercheval & Adam Cooper:
Have a picture of Tom Chambers supporting the GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST Campaign courtesy of @tomsgal on Twitter - nice to know that some are willing to support even for just a moment - it makes a BIG DIFFERENCE.
Have a picture of Tom Chambers supporting the GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST Campaign courtesy of @tomsgal on Twitter - nice to know that some are willing to support even for just a moment - it makes a BIG DIFFERENCE.
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Tristan Gemmill
Received some signed pictures from Tristan Gemmill (Dr Adam Trueman - Casualty) today 2 x Casualty cards and 2 x signed pictures of his Twitter profile image which I sent him. Unfortunately, the Twitter image pictures are smudged and that's my fault because my printer settings are rubbish, but if you like Tristan Gemmill, am sure you can look beyond the smudges ..... I did!!
Monday 6 December 2010
Three New Donations: Alfie Boe, Hayley Tamaddon & Hazel O'Connor
Now I've never been very supersticious really, but am starting to think that I might be a bit that way inclined... I mean, why do all the donations arrive in 3's? Not complaining, just think it rather interesting.
Today I received two donations - a signed picture from Hayley Tamaddon (Winner of Dancing on Ice 2009 and Actress):
And a signed CD from Alfie Boe - Les Miserables:
Fab day for donations and has re-newed my faith in mankind - it's been a tough week with the weather robbing us of our much needed holiday in the sun - things can only get better from now!!
Today I received two donations - a signed picture from Hayley Tamaddon (Winner of Dancing on Ice 2009 and Actress):
And a signed CD from Alfie Boe - Les Miserables:
Alison received 2 signed CD's and a signed card from Hazel O'Connor today ( my era! ):
Fab day for donations and has re-newed my faith in mankind - it's been a tough week with the weather robbing us of our much needed holiday in the sun - things can only get better from now!!
Sunday 5 December 2010
Auction Start Date
Due to the weather denying us our much needed holiday to Cyprus the Auction will now start on 23rd December instead of 20th December to allow us to squeeze a week away before Christmas. Will start listings on 23rd and do as many as I can that day, if not all, and the rest on 24th December.
Hoping to get more donations this week, but again, due to the weather, we've had no post for 5 days. Hope when he eventually manages to plough his way in to the village he arrives with a donation or two!!
More updates to follow.
Hoping to get more donations this week, but again, due to the weather, we've had no post for 5 days. Hope when he eventually manages to plough his way in to the village he arrives with a donation or two!!
More updates to follow.
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