Project 18 Website Launch

Posted by Karen Morris on 6 December 2009 | 0 Comments

Tags: project18, launch, website, sydney, vivo, exclusive bags

The Project 18 website is officially launched

 

On 24^th November we held the Bubbles, Bags and Beauty event at Vivo Café, Sydney to celebrate Project 18's official presence on the World Wide Web.

 

One of things that has been clear from the beginning is that Project 18 couldn't just have 'ordinary' events. Cate Bolt is creative by nature so, although the theme of the evening seems distant from the cause, the idea was formed over an impromptu brainstorming session with two of the key businesswomen who jumped on board for this event, and was a fantastic way to get Project 18 sponsor, Exclusive Bags involved.

 

Sometimes my brain travels off at a tangent but, through the various people I know in business all the different elements came together nicely and formed into a great night of entertainment, information and beauty.

 

 

I have to confess that there were a few times in the two weeks leading up to the event that I thought it may just be me and my nearest and dearest enjoying a couple of glasses of champagne and combing each others' hair! But, thanks to the magic of Twitter and the networks of the various businesses involved, we did manage to attract a small but very supportive crowd who were thoroughly entertained by MC (and absolute star) for the evening, Angela Vithoulkas.

 

 

At least I was allowed to ease into the public speaking role that is definitely well out of my comfort zone! Angela managed to guide me through beautifully, asking excellent questions that allowed me to explain a little about the goals and aims of the Project. Hopefully the nerves didn't stop me conveying the passion that has gone into the formation of the organisation.

 

 

The attendees enjoyed Gwen Korobrits' personal styling tips, modelled ably by the guys from Vision Personal Training and Gwen's daughter, and made full use of the free mini manicures on offer by Sarah Mawson of Nailed on Beauty and the free GHD sessions from the girls at Perry Ellis Hair, though I didn't see too many of the guys queuing for those!

 

And, I can't go without mentioning the incredible job that Angela did of auctioning a gym membership and personal training sessions provided by Vision Personal Training. I think she may have found herself a new career and, just in that one event, managed to raise $600. I will be expecting to see my assistant Bronwen, Amazonian that she already is, incredibly fit in about 3 months!

 

Putting together any event is never a completely straightforward task but, when you have as many different people involved as we did, I am very proud of what we managed to achieve in the short time, and most of that is down to my fabulous assistant, Bronwen O'Brien. The poor girl gets nervous when I say I'm thinking these days but she has an incredible ability to pull together my ideas, no matter what they are. And, when Charmaine was sadly taken ill at the last minute, it was Bronwen who managed to find a wonderful replacement singer, Grace Schiavello with one day to go.

 

The feedback I have received from the people who came on the night was that they enjoyed a great evening and were thrilled to come and support such a great cause. You can see from the photos taken by Lisa Thompson photographer I was blown away by the support of the businesses that jumped on board, either with their time or by providing giveaways and prizes, or by spreading the word and coming to support us on the night.

 

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to making it the success it was. And, with the finally tally for the evening standing at just a little over $1,500.00 I would also like to thank everyone on the night who really got behind us and supported by purchasing prizes and joining in the bidding for the gym membership. As I said on the night, just your presence would make a difference to a child but I could really feel the support and excitement of people going the extra mile to make even more of a difference and get us underway on the journey to creating the wonderful Project 18 Orphanage and Wildlife Refuge.

 

I do have several ideas for future events (sorry Bronwen!) and I hope that we can generate more and more interest and awareness as time goes by. I know that the people who were there on the night are certainly supportive and will continue to help us get the messages out there.

 

Thanks once again, especially to all of the wonderful organisations below who made the night possible.

 

Karen

I would personally like to thank Colin Burns for his tireless work and committment to Project 18.Without Colin we wouldn't have a website to launch and I think everyone would agree he's done an absolutely sensational job. Thank you, Colin! -- Cate Bolt