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My Own Happiness Project
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20110108

arteo's thoughts on red nose project 2011..........

Hey hey... how's everybody? Hope you had a blast during the New Year holiday!

As promised, here's a little thought on the next project that we can do together, it's called The Red Nose Project ;o) read on and hope you'll be excited about it too ;o)

RED NOSE PROJECT
Inspired by the Red Nose Day of UK, we're motivated to join in the fun by organising (of course) fun filled events that involves people participation. Red Nose Project is a series of events organised to raise fund for local charities.

WHY RED NOSE PROJECT?
Because we'll all be wearing our Red Nose during the events! The Red Nose is all about injecting the element of FUN into the activities, a reminder to enjoy what we're doing, even for events as serious as a fund raiser ;o) It's also a way to say that we're doing ordinary things in extra-ordinary ways.

WHAT KIND OF EVENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
That's where YOU come in ;o) we need to brainstorm on what types of activities we can do together! Events can be of any social function involving the public, preferably FUN type of events ;o) During these events, we'll all be wearing our Red Noses. Imagine everybody with a clown nose... now, isn't that fun? Let's start small for the first year, let's see if we can come up with a couple of events. Maybe 3. Or 4? Or 5?

The Project will then close with the summit event on the 1st of April, which is also April Fool's Day. Imagining an event perhaps involving some of our local comedians... Have a bit of publicity going on... Get people to be aware of what we're doing... and next year we'll plan slightly bigger ;oD

Events are definitely not finalised yet... I've some suggestion scribbled in my notebook. Have any swell ideas? Jot them in your books and when we meet up, lets compare notes ;o) Since events may take a bit of planning, lets meet up real soon ;o)

HOW DO WE RAISE FUNDS BY WEARING RED NOSE?
Ah, the money talk... During events, we'll be dishing out Red Noses to participants for an exchange of a small donation... I'm thinking RM10/nose... proceeds from these Red Nose will then be channeled to local charities.

WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT COULD NOT JOIN THE EVENTS?
People who are excited about the cause of Red Nose Projects may infect their school-mates / office-mates / family members with the same enthusiasm. Just pledge a donation to the charity and we'll send them the Red Noses to wherever they are ;o) They can then organise their own Red Nose Event in their schools / offices and take lots of pictures, or just have a group picture taken with everybody sporting a Red Nose, and upload it to our Red Nose Project Facebook page.

WHAT RED NOSE PROJECT FACEBOOK PAGE?
Exactly. Currently it is still not in existence. During the last project (if you still remember Operation Toy Story 2010) Kennedy has been (strongly) suggesting that we should have a FB event page where people can join in, get more infos, upload photos etc... Okay now the confession -- I suck at stuffs like these -- and I really hope someone would volunteer to help with these techno stuffs ;o) Maybe Kennedy would like to volunteer? Hehe...

PROJECT GOALS
1. Promote awareness on HIV issues -- we can discuss the scope when we meet ;o)
2. Raise fund in aid of shelter homes that cater for HIV infected / affected children
3. Create a medium of social networking through project organisation and participation
4. Have some fun ;o)

WHO ARE THE CHARITY BENEFICIARIES?
I am in the middle of collecting information from Malaysian AIDS Council on their affiliated shelter homes. The need is definitely there, I've been involved in a shelter home running for the same cause in Kota Kinabalu previously. There is much work to do to create awareness, reducing social stigma and provide resources for the continuous operations of such shelter homes. My passion is for the Paediatrics HIV.

PROJECT SCHEDULE
Since the Red Nose Day is tentatively scheduled for April 1st, we have still about 2 1/2 months to plan, organise and carry out the programmes. I have given myself till the end of this month to source for Red Noses and identify the shelter homes in need of funding. We have to meet as soon as possible to brainstorm on ideas.

I'm pretty excited about this, so do buzz me, or email me back here if you're interested. Lets get together and we'll talk shop okay ;o)

Now you also know why I use this ;o) so much... I'm already wearing a Red Nose all along ;o)

Hear from you soon, ya!!

arteo

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