I know it’s been some time since the actual event took place but due to some issues with ‘film bank’ we have only just received an accurate total of how much money we raised.

We managed to raise a fantastic £625 or about $1031 which is just great!

I am utterly overwhelmed by this and am so happy to have been involved in achieving this.

Special thanks must go to all our sponsors, the KOZY bar warwick, PJ Haarsma, JC Hutchins, Forbidden Planet, Mr Fillion for his kind autographsbut also  Wendy Scott from Sending a Wave and Nick from the signal for turning up and supporting us and last but not least a big BIG  THANK YOU TO Anne Barringer and for her help and support. Finally a massive THANK YOU to all who came on the day as well as to all who sent us some money via Paypal; it was great to meet you all.

I think this achievement once again proves just how spectacularly generous the Browncoats are. I think it is especially amazing that we were able to raise this much with just a small group of people showing up on the day so thanks again to everyone who came and gave so generously.

As I have said before it was a brilliant experience for myself and my other two co-organisers and we are really pleased to see that our work has paid off and we can give a great contribution to Equality Now.

Thanks again!

Jamie

See below:

As you can see it’s her take on River.

I love this painting!

If you want to learn more about the artist or even commission a painting, contact me at karode@blueyonder.co.uk and I will let you know more about her!

The bad news:
live music is unfortunately off… (1/2 of the band will be right in the middle of very important exams so they don’t have enough time to practise)…sorry!
The good news:

• we are now screening ‘Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog’ as well as ’Serenity’!!  
• Jamie is going to meet Nathan Fillion next weekend and get some stuff autographed to add to our prizes
• Sending a Wave will do a “live podcast” on the day which should be uploaded to the web on the same night.
• we should get some goodies from LUSH to add to our prizes!

That’s it for now but watch this space for further updates!!

Thanks!

We are very excited to announce that as part of the afternoon entertainment we will be screening Doctor Horrible Sing Along Blog!!

So get your singing voice ready!

Well… if you want to!

And so… we’re having a cake sale on Tuesday 19th May at school!!

Yummmy cake…

Hopefully we’ll have loads of tasty cakes to sell*  and they’ll be going for 50p per slice so bring some money and help us out whilst enjoying a nice treat for yourself!!

* If you want to can also help us by bringing a cake for us to sell! If you want to do so, please leave a comment below to let us know you will be doing just so!

Thanks very much!!

The Warwick School CSTS team

A CSTS screening is a charity screening of Joss Whedon’s ‘SERENITY’ to support Equality Now.

It started back in 2006, CSTS events were held in 47 countries across the world. These events were special screenings of Joss Whedon’s feature film “Serenity”, and were held to raise money for Equality Now on and around Mr Whedon’s birthday as a thank you for having created both the TV series Firefly and then the film Serenity.

 In 2006, CSTS raised over $65,000; in 2007 over $100,000 was raised.

Last year Warwick School was the first place in the UK to hold a screening and was soon followed by Leicester and then London.

With your help, we hope to be just as successful in 2009.

In 1992, Jessica Neuwirth founded Equality Now along with Navanethem Pillay and Feryal Gharahi, to address the gender disparity in the human rights movement, which had grown to dismiss violations as “cultural” or “private”. Issues such as domestic violence, rape, female genital mutilation, trafficking, and reproductive rights were not part of the agendas of established human rights organizations.

Neuwirth was a student of Lee Stearns, who founded the first Amnesty International chapter run exclusively by high school students. Stearns is Joss Whedon’s mother.

Whedon has been outspoken in his support of the organization and gender equality initiatives. You can hear his remarks on why equality is paramount in this YouTube clip, where he accepts a special recognition award from Equality Now.

In picking Equality Now as the organization receiving the proceeds of the global screenings, the organizers of Can’t Stop The Serenity voice their support of the work done around the world by EN.