Did you know.....

I've just worked this out by population figures....

We raised $70,000 in Putaruru in 1 night...

There's 3,800 people in Putaruru
that's the equivalent of the following cities having to raise this amount to match us based on their population:
$1.6 million in Hamilton (335,000)
and $24 million in Auckland 1.3 million people......

Putaruru Rocks yet again......

The Glitched Sponsors Pages from Pink.... I was so wild when we couldn't get them up on the main screen....Bex had worked all day to get the pink DNA

At last... The infamous SPONSORS SLIDE which was sssooooo important and sssooooo much hard work had been put into it by Bex during the day. We were devastated when it wouldn't "talk" to the projector on the night - a serious case of stage fright!! Sorry that we disappeared for a while - we've caught up on life just in time for Christmas - a few cheques still to come in and we're standing around $70,000 - not bad for a town of just over 3,500 population..

A MASSIVE THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

Holla - for a Think Pink Tee.....

Come on people - the Rural Party Girls need your help.... We need to get a Putaruru Think Pink Tee made from Billi Tees...

We're asking you to do the following
1 Vote for Putaruru.
2.Say what you think is the coolest thing about Putaruru.
3. Say what you think is not sooo cool.
Submit your vote - then get your friends to do the same...

How great would it be if we had a tee shirt made for PINK......

Here's the link:
http://www.billitees.co.nz/hometown_promotion.php

Go Bus Go To Pink...

For those of you that didn't see the cool GO Buses coming into town - here's how they were dressed at Hamilton for the occasion. Many thanks to the South Waikato District Council for sponsoring the buses, and thanks to go bus for the extra effort.....

Raffle Tickets....

We've just discovered that ALL of the winners of the raffle were sold tickets by our very own Natalie - maybe she should have bought my bloody lotto ticket on Saturday night!

Last Night Totally Rocked......

Hey everyone - if you came along last night, leave us a message and tell us what you thought......

A big thanks to KERRE WOODHAM who did an amazing job of being MC for absolutely NO FEE AT ALL...............

Our glitch of the night was that the laptop stopped talking to the projector, and we could NOT get the powerpoint displays up on the screen to show our list of FANTASTIC sponsors, without which, the evening couldn't go ahead - to say we were devastated was an understatement - and so I will attach the powerpoint to the blog over the next 2 days to show our sincere appreciation for the extra mile that they went to to ensure the event went ahead in as good a style as it did - (see the photo link below.......)

We're currently sat around $70,000 dollars raised on the night which is tremendous.

The $500 Dr Lewins product sold for $350.
Fiona Tunnicliffes cow sold for $500.
Ruby the doll sold for $300.
Anne Berbens Quilt sold for $1800 - with the underbidder offering $1000 to the Trust for Anne to make a quilt for them.
Lady In The Pink Dress by Heather Leonard sold for $1,000.
Clematis by Fiona Barrett - Sold for $1,300.
Warm Allison by Sandra Ogle - sold for $2,200.
Keep The Faith by Me - sold for $1,900.
Grace by Jocelyn Pratt - sold for $2,000
Sculpted Fruit Bowl by Kevin Jullian - $700
Australian Holiday by Kay Humphries Travel Managers Putaruru sold for $3,100
Garden Of Eden Package sold for $2,500.
Kitchen Appliances - sold for $7,000
The Kitchen - a collaboration of suppiers orgainised by Hopkins Joinery sold for $12,000.

Many thanks to all who supplied pieces for the auction, and those who purchased them.

Here is the link to Tirau Dans flickr:
Putaruru Think Pink

Right - I'm exhaused & off to bed! Thank you everyone...

Anne Berbens Breast Cancer Quilt & more thank yous....

Here is Annes, rather funky awesome breast cancer quilt. It has been hanging in the Information centre as part of Involve '08, and could have been sold 10 times over. She has made it lightweight and backed with pink polar fleece so that if anyone is undergoing cancer treatment, it will keep you warm & add some brightness to your day with her bling take on all things girlie, a great pressie for someone undergoing treatment.

Thank you Anne..

We also have even more thank yous......

Ivan & Elizabeth Gray of New World Tokoroa for all of the bread rolls & bread for the evening.
Judy Grey for making our waitress' skirts.
Benchmark Putaruru for the 4 burner bbq in the Garden of Eden auction.
Don McKinnon for making the cake stands - they're being booked in for other functions before we've used them!
Linzi Shaw - for her craft skills with a piping bag.
Julie Van Dam for helping too...
Putaruru Information Centre for selling over 400 of our tickets - you rock!
Norm Atkins for our lighting and FONTERRA for paying Norms wages whilst he comes to work on Think Pink.
Lynn Hawkes for your awesome cake making skills yet again......
Michael Kirk for filling the vast void and being our head chef - even with a full time job & young twins........
Woolworths Putaruru for sponsoting all of our baking product for teh cakes.
Goodman Fielders - Mount Maunganui - for the flour and muffin products
- big shout for Simone for organising it.
Fonterra once again for the strawberry milk...
Bex for helping us as usual......