Fundraising... the other part of doing the London Marathon!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited to announce that I've found a cool venue in the centre of Shoreditch to host my clothes swap fundraiser. It's going to be at The Last Days of Decadence on Shoreditch High Street on Saturday, March 13th at 11am. The venue has been donated, so EVERY penny that is spent on the day will go to the Rainforest Foundation... and towards my grand total of 1800 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're going to have a massive clothes swap filled with lots of young fashionistas from the area and beyond... I've already got in touch with the Shoreditch Sisters WI (who I am happily hanging out with each month), and they are going to do add it to there blog and facebook page. I've also contacted timeout and various other london events publications to list the event.

Already there a girls saying they will be attending... and I don't even know them! This is awesome! I wanted to make sure that I did some fundraising through the general public, rather than just squeezing my friends for sponsorships and this is a great way to do it. It will be a fun, social, fashion and charity event!

Now onto the details of the day. I need to find a place to rent/borrow clothes racks and hangers, to display all the clothes. I need to print posters and flyers to put up around the area. I need to get together some volunteers. Easy enough.

I've had a very creative friend put together a few fab posters... very grateful! I will also use the one that I made, just because I'm proud of it :)

The next thing to think about is whether to have a raffle. Whether to sell drinks/ and will the bar let me? They said I can serve tea/coffee. I need to get donations from local shops/bars/alcohol bevie places. Saturday! BRING IT ON!!!! Also going to head to another swap to see if I can pick up a few tips :)

WISH ME LUCK! It's going to be a great event... just needs a few things perfected :)

Ciao babes!