Rona Rockstars
Chris Nelson is raising money for The Rona Trust
“Chris Nelson's Fundraising Page”
on 12 June 2008
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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
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......
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.
Donate to the Rona Trust
Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to support us: the Rona Trust gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid.
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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.