Today I talked to Otahuhu Intermediate School about my journey of starting Paper Pens Pencils and how it is has developed. I told them how you can create a not-for-profit and make an impact in your community starting from nothing because I started Paper Pens Pencils without any stationery or funds. I encouraged them to follow their passion and volunteer in their local community. The students and staff were extremely welcoming, interested and asked many questions. It was very humbling to speak in front of them and to be called a philanthropist and entrepreneur. Below I have attached photos from the presentation as well as part of their newsletter I featured in. 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.
This afternoon I was invited to the Rotary Club of Newmarket to speak about Paper Pens Pencils. I thoroughly enjoyed talking to the Rotarians and it was lovely hearing their support and advice afterwards. Thank you so much to James Carmichael for inviting me to talk to the Rotarians. Check out the photos below of me talking at the Rotary Club as well as a small write-up on my not-for-profit in the Rotary Rapport. Emily.
This morning, I had the pleasure of doing a presentation at St Aidan's Church about Paper Pens Pencils and thanking the community for their donations. I was able to talk to some of the local people afterwards and found they were interested in supporting Paper Pens Pencils further. Emily.
I was privileged to talk to the sixty-five Year six girls and their teachers at St Cuthbert's College. The Year six girls had started a collection of stationery, which they would donate to Samoa these coming holidays. I had been asked to give a talk to the girls about my efforts so far to collect and donate stationery and they were keen for me to help with the donation to Samoa.
I talked with them about how I came up with the idea of Paper Pens Pencils, how I executed my plan into action to collect stationery and donate them to schools and about the stationery I took to Fiji. I discussed with them how I could help them and answered all their questions about my enterprise including questions like how I managed to count all the pens I have donated (yes I count them individually), or how I know what schools to donate to (I have a long list of decile one schools that I email asking if they need any stationery). They were all really interested in what I had done and enthusiastic about donating stationery to Samoa. Once I had finished talking I could tell they were buzzing with excited energy about the prospect of donating the stationery to Samoa and making a difference to the children's lives over there. I was told afterwards I had really inspired them so they decided to keep the stationery collection going for longer and collect more stationery and ended up filling both a large suitcase and a bag. I really enjoyed showing them that even as younger students they can make a difference together. I was so glad to have helped and inspired girls with the donation to Samoa because after visiting Fiji I know how much the stationery is appreciated at our neighbouring Pacific islands and I’m sure Samoa will be very grateful for this donation. |
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