The Purple Ladies Fundraising group supporting B-Eat

[Nikki Purple Lady]

Hiya my name is Nikki Mason The Purple Lady and i am 1 of 10 ladies,The Purple Ladies, that have gotten together to undertake a year of fundraising which is to
1) Raise awareness of eating disorders
2) 50% of any money raised are being donated to our chosen charity B-Eat,the eating disorder charity reg no 801343,
3)The start of everything we are using the other 50% to recreate a prom night event for my daughter who due to her on going illness missed her own school leavers prom in July,the prom we plan to hold has been set for Saturday 8th October 2011 as this date also coincides with her 18th birthday and gives meyself a glimpse into her future that was not there previously baring in mind my daughter is still poorly and is as of yet nowhere near recovery mentally
We started our facebook page The Purple Ladies http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/gro ... 304&ref=ts on the 16th August and to date we have 219 members,with new members joining daily,please take a look at our page.
We are working extremely closely with B-Eat but due to my daughters story and ours itself we have attracted media attention,we have been featured in our local newspaper,The Northern Echo, a publication The Bishop's Press,Star Radio all links are on our facebook page, we have another radio interview for Wednesday with RealNews North East.
I have also been contacted through our facebook page by a press agent who wanted to sell our story but after speaking to Toni-Leighs mental health worker and Mary George PR of B-Eat i declined his offer and Mary contacted a press agent that already works with B-Eat, after speaking to the pa she is very interested in our story and believes the national media will be also with focus being on Toni-Leigh as she battles with her eating disorder, we are to meet up and she is going to put our story to all the national newspapers,monthly publication magazines,womans magazines inc Bella Marie Claire etc,she also works with TV production, she has said we will be paid for our story which will be negotiated by herself so we are gaining recognition and awareness of not just ourselves but also eating disorders and the work B-Eat do .
We have a number of charity events planned but also we are taking any help we can get and to be honest working with supporting eating disorders there are still a load of taboos and still it isnt by many seen as an illness
We are only just starting out on our fundraising but we have Charity Rock Nights planned with live bands,we are doing a fancy dress day collecting,1 of the purple ladies is doing a sponsored sky dive another is looking into doing a sponsored climb of Ben Nevis,another of The Purple Ladies is getting married in November this year and is going to ask for donations to our fundraiser in place of wedding presents as they are already living together in a fully set up house,we also appreciate that the more recognition we can achieve the more help we may be able to get,we are also hoping to produce a Purple Ladies Charity Calendar with help from businesses etc as sponsors, and as Ebay have just confirmed The Purple Ladies can set up a sellers account linked direct to The Purple Ladies bank account i am looking at auctioning celebrity autographs,and would like to ask for any and all help available i am more than happy to answer any questions or queries anyone may have.Also the ladies at B-Eat we are working with are Senior Fundraiser Emma Roper email address e.roper@b-eat.co.uk and also Mary George Press Officer her email is media@b-eat.co.uk.
Thank you for taking the time to read my message and much thanks in advance for any help i recieve x

[HappinessStan]

Hello Nikki

I've read your post several times and I am not clear what you are actually asking for.

Are you asking for people to help you by donating autographs, or by offering guidance on obtaining them yourself?

[Nikki Purple Lady]

Hiya
Sorry about that lol it was to obtain help and guidance on obtaining them for ourselves lol and was giving the background behind us.
Thanks
Nikki x