Today my Cybermummy sponsors and all-round nice people, Little Dodo, have launched a fundraising competition to find the store’s mascot and raise money for charity.
All ages and abilities can enter and all you need to do is make a handmade dodo and send it to the store. Do bear in mind that the winning entry will accompany me to the conference, most likely hanging around my neck, so anything that looks like a gold medallion is probably best avoided.
Here's one that owner Maddy made earlier:
For every dodo received, Little Dodo will donate £1 to charity with donations divided between Save the Children and Hexham NCT (National Childbirth Trust).
The store’s website features a pattern that can be used and or you can design your own dodo with from fabric, card, papier-mâché, pompoms … anything you like really. Dodos will be displayed in the Little Dodo shop and featured in a 'Dodo Gallery' on the store’s website.
The winner will be chosen by store owners Maddy and Owain Bennett and will receive a goody bag worth £50. Two runners-up will receive prizes to the value of £20.
The winning design will become the store’s mascot and have its own little space in the shop and on the Little Dodo website, with the winner receiving credit. It will also be photographed during its trip with me to Cybermummy and may even indulge in a few after dinner drinks and a spot of late night dancing.
Entries can be sent to (or handed in in person if you live in the area) : Little Dodo, 23 St Mary’s Chare, Hexham, NE46 1NQ. The competition will run until June 18. The winner will be announced on June 21 and travel with me to Cybermummy on June 25.
More details are available on Little Dodo’s competition page.
Good luck!
The full press release for this competition can be found here: Little Dodo press release.
