Welcome!

And so it Begins...

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to our FPS International Blog.  Our campaign has begun in earnest this very busy weekend.  Christmas is just around the corner, and tomorrow is Graduation Day for Pilar! How time flies.  In the midst of all the Christmas activity (as I write, Pilar is busy hand-making presents on the floor beside me - her creativity knows no bounds! ), we found the time to set up our Funding Page on Generosity, finish storyboarding our upcoming promotional video, signed up for a Twitter Account and created this blog (thanks to Kyle, who set up our template!)

We will continue to grow this page with news and updates so do watch this space!  We have posted Pilar's winning entry "The Elysium of Freedom" - we hope you enjoy it.  This is the piece  that won her first place in the Future Scenario Writing Competition, thus making her New Zealand's representative at next year's FPS  International Conference.



If you would like to make a contribution or become a backer, please visit:
https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/fps-internationals-michigan-here-i-come/x/12988997
You can donate anytime, as many times as you like - no contribution is too big or too small.  If you choose to become a backer you can claim cool perks, including the chance to become a character in Pilar's first novel! 



To find out more about the Future Problem Solving Programme, visit: http://www.fpspi.org/



Watch this rousing TEDx talk from Hannah Hudson, 2013 FPS Champion where she makes a compelling argument for giving our youth the gift of problem solving: http://tedxchristchurch.com/speakers/64-hannah-Hudson



Follow us on Twitter: @pilarinmichigan for news, updates and random awesome stuff as it happens, from today until the big conference date in June.



We will be shooting the video  soon, once school ends this week and the holidays officially begin.  Summer in NZ happily coincides with Christmas and all the lovely things it brings.

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend.  From our family to yours, lots of love and light.
xxx
Melissa, Pilar, Jaime and Tiago

The sign on her bedroom door