thanks
Thanks!
04/21/2009 10:49
I wanted to take a little time to thank everyone that has help me and the GKT team to start this club. There are so many people that helped in some many ways. So this blog is a pat on the back to them. Thank you for all you have done!
My parents are I think the most important people that have helped me personally pursue this club. They have been so supportive of me taking all these risks. They believe in me and that I’m very thankful for. They have both lent GKT money to get the fundraisers and the projects like the t-shirts going. We are keeping a tally of all that we owe them so we can pay back every cent. Without their giving-ness it would have been a lot harder to get the club started as well. My mom, Steph, has thought of many possible fundraising ideas with her creative mind. She has opened her home to all these girls to come over to her house and raid her space. But she never gets overwhelmed, and she is always ready to offer us a place to work if needed. My dad, Dan, has helped us purchase products for fundraising, and start and manage the website. Without their encouragement I don’t think I would have really had the guts to start what I did.
Barbara and Michael from 24 Carrots are still spreading the word about our team to everyone that puts a toe over their front door. They also got us an ad in the Shopper News and a contact to do a press release. I’m unbelievably happy the have them as friends and mentors - I can’t even explain it. They keep on the flow of orders for our laundry soap. The soap is currently being sold at the Farmstand. Since they are spreading the word about my club I’m trying to spread the word about their store. So if you live in the Keene area, check out there store, it is amazing!
Megan and Jennifer from Hannah Grimes have helped in many ways from having a sale in front of their store on a Saturday in early April and selling our Easter themed products in the store to advertising in their newsletter about the event and a little blurb in the Keene Sentinel on the Environmental page. They have opened the Hannah Grimes Center to supply us a meeting place in the last few months of the school year. They are so open to trying to help people to do the best they can do (like GKT)! Next time you are in downtown Keene stop by Hannah Grimes. They have products from many different artists, companies, and places in the local area. You might even find some GKT products!
As a result to all these people more and more people and groups are getting in contact with me about Green Keene Teens because they are curious about what we are up to. Campus Ecology at Keene State College has offered a place for us at their last event of their Earth Week happening this coming week. Holly Gowdy, who works for UNH and oversees the 4-H clubs in this part of the state stopped by our last to offer any help to our club that we might need or get us more information about anything we are researching on our projects. Jason Etheridge also sat in on the meeting and told us we could have articles published in one of the Keene Public Library’s Teen Advisory Council’s issues if we wanted.
The little things one person can do as I’ve said before, have made a big difference in our world. It’s amazing how one act can snowball into a bigger act or idea. If you are interested in helping or supporting Green Keene Teens please contact me at lucy@greenkeeneteens.com or talk to one of our members. We need your help to become bigger and better than ever!
Anyone who is interested in learning more about us (especially members parents) please come to an event or a meeting, grown-ups that have showed support tell me that we are well put together, mature, and motivated group. So don’t doubt what we are capable of. Because we have just gotten started!
