Well, I know all of you that have been checking on this blog want to know whether we won the £750... unfortunately we didn't, but we did win
£350 for getting into the final so really we did win! It is a shame because it would have helped us start up quicker, but given the sheer
determination and
motivation in our team - we'll still make a
positive impact all over the world,
not just in our local area. We are planning for
two designs to go into
print straight away, one of mine, and one of Emz' so all of you who have filled out the form on
http://www.mi-tee.org/ will be the first to know once the t-shirts are there to be bought. Pictures of
example t-shirts with the designs will be up within the
next 7 days, SO WATCH THIS SPACE!! Wow... what a day! It has been so
unbelievably positive and I'm really buzzing with positive
energy from it all! Such
wonderful people all making
something beautiful happen in such a sick world and so many people to
network with! I still can't believe that I met several people who lived in Kenya too, and even know the school I went to! (Sorry, I had to sneak that in, I'm still excited about it - hello to Dance4Life!!!!!)
The only thing I do regret today is that when meeting with the Dragons they asked me what I feel was the
most important question right at the end, and they hardly got to hear any of my answer because we had run out of the 5mins we were allocated... so what I shall do, is say my answer here for other people who may be wanting to ask me or the rest of the team the same thing...
"Given that Mi-Tee is a Christian organisation, is it just limited to Christians?" (it was roughly that question - I can't remember word-for-word, so that'll do!)
Although Mi-Tee is a Christian social enterprise (well, will be a social enterprise as soon as Emma gets along to it) we aim to let it have a positive impact on as many people as we can, regardless of faith or background. The designs are all based on Christian ideas, but won't all necessarily be seen as a "Christian" t-shirt - some will just be a positive message that although it was derived from a Christian idea or bible verse, it won't have enough on there for it to be deemed "Christian". I want there to be a selection of designs, those for people who are non-believers or followers of another faith, designs for Christians that want something more subtle, and designs for Christians who aren't held back by wearing a t-shirt that's more obviously Christian. I think as a Christian it is important to do what we can to not limit our produce as "just for Christians" - it's not something that I would see Jesus doing. Another thing is that anyone will be able to submit a design once the webiste is fully up and running so that people all over the world can send in their design and if we think it would sell well, to be made into t-shirts and for that designer to get a percentage of the profit. People don't need to be a Christian to submit a design or to wear the t-shirts. We want these t-shirts to be positive and not to cause offence to other beliefs and faiths.
Lastly, people of all ages, races, faiths, nationalities (EVERYONE) can be impacted in a positive way (I hope!) with this. Profits will not only got to keeping Mi-Tee up and running, but also go to the Shed, to the designers and monthly charity.... not only that but we want the t-shirts to be fairtrade and use recylced stuff wherever we can! Last point (I mean it this time) - people can even get positively impacted by this in the simplest of ways - just one of t-shirts making someone smile is something positive, no?LETS CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE T-SHIRT AT A TIME!!!!!
Casey and myself at the start of the day!
Close-up of our board!
Casey and me in front of our "doobry"!
