We celebrated Rebecca Hansen's winning video entry with a small party, catered by Sandy's daughter, Amanda-Lee Chesley, recent Stratford Chef School grad. Amanda's appies and melt-in-your-mouth delicious brownies kept us happy
while the team congratulated Rebecca by handing her the well-deserved $500 prize cheque. Sandy had a little surprise for the intern team - each was awarded an Octo-pencil as thanks for their great work! Intern Elizabeth showed the group her Prezi presentation which beautifully fused together the territory that the video content mapped (soon to be released!).
Young women rock! DWtO seems to be populated by a terrific mix of ages but last month “young” was really happening. Elizabeth traveled all the way to Victoria to spend a week helping out, Amanda wore both her chef’s and photographer’s hats, the Octo Team not only celebrated 13 yr old Rebecca, but introduced her to Denise Savoie, her federal MP. After their chat, Denise, impressed by Rebecca’s poised comments about the video she’d created, exclaimed, “...if I’d been thinking like that at the age of 13, I’d be Prime Minister by now!” Click to see the the clip
http://youtu.be/cXzdKT52wLA Wonderful moments! Gives me great hope that this next generation of fearless,
energetic, passionate young women, willing to work across demographic lines, is getting ready and poised to lead our country into a more brilliant and equal future.
What’s next for DWtO? More contests on the horizon, I’m editing the amazing footage that captured the passion, advice and cautionary tales from some of Canada’s leading lady politicians. Plans are in the works for an Idiegogo fundraising campaign to raise money for more webisodes, a website design makeover and for the documentary.
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Get in touch with us and find out how you can earn terrific Octopus merchandise – a coveted octo-ball, octo-pencil (as was awarded to Elizabeth May!), an elegant finger tentacle (
sported by Denise Savoie), octopus jewelry and more…it’s beyond the beyond…
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