We have been extremely busy this past two weeks. We now have six company pledges:
1. The Louisville Zoo - 213,400 pounds
2. Audubon Physical Therapy - 20,000 pounds
3. Feeders Supply - 14,000 pounds
4. Falls of the Ohio State Park - 35,500 pounds
5. Spencer's Gifts - 1,600 pounds
6. Luckett & Farley Architectural Firm - 135,200 pounds
But this is just the beginning; we have many company pledges that we are working on. Our local energy provider, Louisville Gas & Electric, is going to make a pledge, but might not get it finalized until after the New Year. We have been working on this for a long time, but corporate America works slowly!
This week was one of the most important weeks of our project. After months of trying to get an appointment, we finally were able to see the superintendant of our school system, Dr. Sheldon Berman. We met him at the school board headquarters, and spent half an hour talking to him about the Jefferson County School System making a group pledge. He set us up with the Director of Facilities for the school system, who we will be talking to on Monday. We are very excited about the outcome of this meeting. We'll let you know how it goes.
Emily and Brandie with Dr. Berman
After meeting with Dr. Berman, Emily filmed a half-hour television show on polar bears and what young people can do to help them. This program will be shown on the KET stations and their affiliate, the CW. When the program is aired, they will flash our website address on the screen for people to be able to make a pledge. If we can get a clip of this program online, we will post it. We were excited about this chance to get the word out about our pledge.
We'll have a lot to tell you about in our next blog!
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