I am so honoured and humbled to be nominated for the Young Enterprise One to Watch Category. I am one of the five finalists chosen for my social enterprise, Paper Pens Pencils. You can vote for me here - www.youngenterprise.org.nz/alumni-awards-2019. Thanks for your support! Emily.
I donated stationery packs, ring binders, refill, whiteboard pens, sticky notes, art paper, notebooks and pens to Southern Cross Campus to be used as resources at their school camp for their students. Southern Cross Campus is a decile one school from Year 1 - 13 in Mangere East. Thank you so much to Naman Limited for the donation of the DOMS Tri-Power Kits which each contain a pencil, ruler, eraser and sharpener. Emily.
Today I did a presentation on Paper Pens Pencils at the Auckland Trade Me Office to their employees. It was lovely to meet everyone and hear their ideas and suggestions. Emily.
Paper Pens Pencils was fortunate enough to be one of the six finalists for the 2019 Rotary-Ākina Social Enterprise Kickstart Award. This is a $10,000 grant sponsored by the Rotary Club of New Market and Ākina Foundation. It was an amazing night and I was honoured that Paper Pens Pencils was chosen as a finalist amongst five other incredible social enterprises. To apply for the award I had to write an application as well as send in a three minute video with my proposed idea. At the awards ceremony, I did a two minute pitch of my enterprise to the audience. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and it was a great opportunity to network, talk to Rotarians and guests about Paper Pens Pencils and hear inspiring stories from the other social enterprises. A Rotarian even approached me who is leaving to Fiji to help restore eyesight to local Fijians and I have been able to organise a donation of stationery to take with her to give to the patients family and the school there. Hopefully in the near future, I will be able to raise the necessary seed capital to implement my enterprise idea for not-for-profit Paper Pens Pencils in order to make a greater impact to children across New Zealand and the Pacific. In the meantime, I look forward to continuing on with Paper Pens Pencils and supporting children with their learning so they can reach their full potential and have equal opportunities. Thank you so much to the Rotary Club of New Market and Akina Foundation for providing the $10,000 grant for a social enterprise and sponsoring the event. Congratulations to the other finalists: The Cookie Project, William Pike, Stay Native, Ethos and to the winner Recreate NZ. Thank you so much to Lucy, a Paper Pens Pencils volunteer, for coming along to this special awards evening. Lucy has been a massive help and an integral part of Paper Pens Pencils success and is the main person behind the Facebook page who keeps it up to date with Facebook posts. Emily.
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