Sponsorship Ups and Downs

A day of highs and lows...

Luckily local winery 'Cairn o' Mohr' donated us 2 bottles of wine, which Andy, Kaleena and I picked up this morning. It was an interesting trip - and a very interesting place... We will be selling the wine this evening at Blind Date - only 50p per cup!

However, this afternoon was a slight let down. Andy and Kaleena have been trudging around town daily in the hope of having a business sponsor us. Today we hoped to secure a long-awaited sponsorship deal, with Lloyds bar in town. Andy and Kaleena had been in talks with the manager who hoped to give us around £400 to have their name on our shelter for 5 years. 

However, we were shot down when her answer today was a plain 'no'. Seems as though nobody has any money!!! Kindly she gave us a sorry and some free meal vouchers - we can use these as prizes for Blind Date this evening. 

After a quick brainstorm, we decided to contact the Student's Association. Our shelter was after all located on their premises, and would be used primarily by students of the University. 

Chris Browne, the deputy president of DUSA was our first point of contact - Aimee and I took him some drawings and plans of how we could improve the campus and advertise the Union, and he seemed fairly keen. Hopefully things will pick up from here!