Secret 7

Evening bloggers and blogees. I have so much to say that I don't know where to start.


Just to satisfy the curious ones of you-no, this blog is not secret. It just takes me back to my days of reading Famous 5 and Secret 7.


I am so sorry it has been a while since my last blog but I have just been very busy (It's hard being popular....I joke). The problem is; I can't remember where I left off on my last blog (probably an enticing cliffhanger).


As you all know, Tug of War have been raising money for War Child around school recently and so far we have raised £790! But now our BIG event is finally here. Before I tell you about that I will fill you in. On Friday the whole of the Tug of War team went to a meeting at the Envision offices (Envision are the organisation who help and encourage young people to raise money and awareness for charity). Here, we met a lovely lady who seemed very impressed with our progress (and may even read this very blog). I won't bore you with the details but we did learn a lot about how we can continue to help War Child over the coming years (yes, that means more blogs). Furthermore....we got T shirts (I know, you're jealous and really wanna see a pic of our super cool, matching T shirts) Well hope now longer, scroll down to see a pic of us at the Envision offices:


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Okay so tomorrow is the biggest day in Tug of War's life history. Tomorrow is our balloon release to raise awareness for War Child. We will be going to 4 primary schools: Wimbledon Park, Brandlehow, Allfarthing and Swaffield. 2/3 of us will spend the afternoon at each primary school working with one year and teaching them about the lives of child soldiers with visual aids such as presentations and the story of a child soldier-Akiki, along with a timeline work sheet where the children can compare their lives with one of a child soldier. We are hoping that this will help us to raise awareness for this great cause. Then, at 3pm all the schools will release 30 ish balloons into the sky at the same time with 'hope notes' attached. So if you leave near these areas please keep your eyes on the sky. I would love to hear if you see one of our balloons; if you do please comment on this blog or write to me on Facebook or Twitter (Tug of War, @Tug_Of_War, @lucyedyer). Please tell all your friends.(and get them to read my blog too).


We are now being followed by Sadiq Khan on Twitter which is very exciting and he contacted saying that unfortunately he cannot attend our event but wishes us luck and supports us.


Hopefully our event will get media coverage in Event Magazine, Time and Leisure and the Wandsworth Brightside.


Oh my gosh! Everything I have written just disappeared but I managed to get it back! Phew-never felt so scared.


TTFN bloggers


Lucy 


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