Rona Rockstars
Page creator: Chris Nelson
Page closes: 12th Jun 2010
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full video now online
About the charity : The Rona Trust The Rona Trust
Our aim is to provide (through the medium of sea training in offshore craft) opportunities for young people and people with disabilities to acquire those attributes of a seaman, namely; a sense of responsibility, resourcefulness and team-work.
Charity Registration No 1073048
Fundraising target:  £2,000.00
Donations so far:  £ 1,302.00
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Welcome to the Rona Rockstars Fundraising Page

All money raise goes to the Rona Trust and with all the funds raised from this page we will be replacing the aging computer system the Project are using to run everything from, we are doing well at half the amount we need to raise.

23 July: Justgiving Blog
Justgiving loved our page so much they stuck an entry in their blog.

17 July: Newspaper Coverage
The Daily Echo ran the story of us appearing on the Nickelback site.

2 July: Newspaper Coverage
The Daily Echo ran the story about the creation of the video and us raising money with it.

2 July: Nickelback.com
Nickelback's main website have posted our trailer.
Make sure you rate us on their site 10/10!!

2 July: Daily Echo
The Daily Echo have posted our video on their website.

23 June: Website Postings
Thanks to
Seaknots for the posting on their homepage

21 June: £1000 Reached
Thankyou to everyone who has donted so far, and if you haven't yet now is the perfect time!

21 June: Facebook Group Posts
Big thankyou to the following for posting our video:
- Maggie Gore who posted to her Sail Fast...Live Slow group.
- Nicholas Bender who posted to his all people who like Sailing! group.
Go and join their groups now

20 June: Newspaper Coverage
Keep your eye on the Daily Echo, reporter Will Carson has picked up on the story, will let you know when we are in print.

19 June: YouTube Stats Watch the Video Here
#4 - Top Rated (Today) - Music Rate us 5 Stars
#11 - Top Favorites (Today) - Music Mark us as a favourite
#12 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music Get everyone to watch
#26 - Most Discussed (Today) - Music
#31 - Top Rated (Today)
#33 - Top Rated (This Week) - Music
#53 - Top Favorites (Today)
#79 - Top Rated (Today) - Music - Global

17 June: FULL VIDEO ONLINE!!!!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K1b_1xCZaVA

 
14 June: Full Video Target Set
With the launch target met, and the full video coming online in the next day or so, we have adjusted our target for that now, and a cool £2000, get sponsoring early......

14 June: Initial £500 Target Reached, Video Launch Imminent
Thanks to everyone who has donated so far, we reached our launch target of £500 in less than 48 hours, far earlier than planned, and before I have even had a chance to put the finishing touches to the full video. Will try and get it online asap.....

14 June: Google "Rona Rockstars"
Thanks to John Bradford whose blog entry puts "Rona Rockstars" as the first hit in Google.

12 June: Rockstar Trailer on YouTube
While on our six day sail training voyage the crew got together to make a music video to go to Nickelbacks Rockstar, it's now completed, but to help raise some cash it's only going to get released if we can raise £500 on this site for the Rona Trust.

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If you like the music you can find more out from Nickelback's Website, or buy their album containing Rockstar from Amazon.

A big thankyou to all the crew who all helped make this possible: Darren, Robin, Chris, James, Dean, Dan, Jo, Hazel, Lucinda, Jim, Lewis, Ashley, Rob, Cat, Liam, Rob, Marc, Ed, Katy, Rochelle, Matt and Jon-Joe.

Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Merrilyn 12/10/2008 £160.00 £45.13 "Rock on Rona II" 
Sharon & Phil 02/08/2008 £2.00 £0.56 Gave us a laugh - good luck! 
Cliggy 25/07/2008 £10.00 n/a Good effort!! Keep up the good work rona trust!! 
Jake Frith 11/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Thanks for the Gul Doug 
Morgan 05/07/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Awesome 
James Purves 02/07/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good work Chris! 
Mark James 01/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Brilliant stuff :-) 
Chris Veazey 24/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Great Vid guys, Well done I have greta memories from my STV with Darren last year 
Stuart O'Connor 21/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 This takes you to the £1000 mark. Well done everyone - money well spent ! 
bob and pat sherwin 20/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 brilliant wish I had been there 
Rachel Howman 20/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 This rocks :-) nice one guys. 
The Earl Family 20/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Incredible!!! 
John Brown 20/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Brilliant!! Well done Chris, Darren, and the whole of the afterguard and crew. Follow that, someone............... 
Steve Reynolds 20/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Fantastic! Keep up the good work guys. 
Lizzie 19/06/2008 £20.00 n/a excellent job people! 
Matt Brown 18/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Rock on 
jenny 18/06/2008 £10.00 n/a hehe you guys did good. knew it would be good chris 
Adam Saunders 18/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Well done to the Rona Crew and LSP. It was awesome when I did my trip 10 years ago and it looks like the fun is still going on! Keep it up.  
Felipe 18/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Missed vocation I think!! 
Paulo 18/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Awesome work lads and lasses! Very funny. 
Trina Warren-Locke 16/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Brilliant vid!!! What a fantastic idea!!  
AJ 16/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Rock On 
Lucy Keighley 16/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Brilliant Chris! Good luck reaching your target. 
Hazel Earl 15/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Ima real ROCKSTAR!!!!! thanks everyone for a wicked week!! 
Jim 15/06/2008 £100.00 n/a Chris, you're such a goose :) Nice one 
Mark Coates 15/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 quality! 
Andrew Gazzard 15/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Great video Chris - nice one! 
warwick bayman 14/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 thanks for the entertainment on your stay in alderney,great effort guys and gals!!!!! 
Dave G 14/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Great fun 
Jo Davey 14/06/2008 £10.00 n/a i love stv4 
Warden 14/06/2008 £10.00 n/a Director Dean has done a great job, you have made the Argonauts proud! 
Anon2 14/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Well done, great work  
Mark Wood 14/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Nice soundtrack 
George 14/06/2008 £10.00 n/a Great work well done guys!! love it!!! 
Jim Clarke 14/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 ha ha 
Marta 14/06/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Well done boys! Brilliant editted, Chris and graet directed, Dean!! 
Dominic Wells & family 14/06/2008 £15.00 £4.23 Amazing, what a great trip. Can't wait to see the full version. 
Anonymous 13/06/2008 £5.00 £1.41 hi i'm Jon-Joe's mumy well dun guys its great 
Tim Price 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 really really good,  
Kester Riley 13/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 This is amazing.... I cant wait to see the full Version.... Chris you have out done your self! 
Anon 13/06/2008 £50.00 n/a Nice one Chris. 
Hazels Mum 13/06/2008 £10.00 n/a Brilliant idea, can't wait to see more. 
Vicky Hall 13/06/2008 £15.00 £4.23 Fantastic video!  
Mark Poole 13/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 does this mean I dont have to drink any more jaegerbombs? 
Pete Acko 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Quality video and a good cause 
dutchdave 13/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 A good cause :) 
Breeshey 13/06/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Great film  
John W 13/06/2008 £20.00 n/a What an amazing idea, and a quality video too! it looks very cosy in the lazarete! 
Troo 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Cool/Hot 
Philip 13/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05  
Jen Kehoe 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Absolutely brilliant! A great way to inspire people to donate...can't wait to see the whole thing! 
Paul and Barry Taylor 12/06/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Congratulations Brother Charity Steward, we do have something to give in the cause of charity 
Robin Thorogood 12/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 What a brilliant STV4 
Simon Murray 12/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Nice work, can we expect the live version at the reunion? 
Darren Machon 12/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Amazing... 
Oliver May 12/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 MINT!! pure class guys, well done! 
Charlie 12/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 GREAT WORK GUYS! 
harriet 12/06/2008 £10.00 n/a I'm stuck in revising when i should be sailing so heres a nights worth of gin and tonic money 
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*Total donated online: £1,302.00
Amount raised offline: £0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement: £293.90
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