The EttieKits® Single Test Quest!

Kia ora koutou e te whānau, 

Thank you so much for all of your support - we're so close, and we'd love to get this over the line and wrapped up today. We've got $4,742 left to raise - so, this is our final ask for your support. 

As one of the champions who have pledged & followed our journey, we would love for you to just prompt 1 or 2 people to pledge - if all 87 of those who have pledged did that, and 87 more people gave $50, we're just about at the target. Social proof is everything - so, telling people that you've supported our campaign will often be the catalyst for others to pledge too. 

(Besides, you also really want your pledge reward too, don't you?! A reminder that, if we don't make it, these won't happen....!). 

Thanks again for all of your support - promise that you'll hear a bit less from us once we get this over the line 😉

To make it super easy, here's some text that you can copy and paste into an email! 

THANK YOU ALL! See you on the other side! 

Erin, Ange & Tania x 

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Kia ora!

A quick note to let you know that I've just pledged to support the EttieKits PledgeMe campaign - and I think that you might be interested in doing so too!

EttieKits are a product born out of Project Gender: they're DIY STI tests (much like a RAT test), to help combat the rapidly rising rates of STIs across the country.

In the four months since EttieKits launched, Erin, Angela & Tania have signed a major distribution deal, progressed a number of strategic partnerships - and sold a lot of Multi-Kits along the way. 

They're currently crowdfunding to bring the single tests to the market (which is essentially launching four different products), based on customer demand. The funds raised will cover the costs of packaging, design and setting up the single kits - which will also make testing for the most common STIs (like chlamydia) more accessible for a number of people. 

They've reached 76% of their target - and they just need another $4,742 by 3pm today. Can you help? There are a heap of fun rewards on offer too - check out the page, here. 

Thank you for your support! 

We’ve had a bloody big week - we’ve progressed a major & promising partnership, we’ve caught up with our friends at ATMS & Share Satisfaction AND we went to Parliament on Wednesday to honour the one and only, Ettie Rout.

In amongst all of that, we’ve had an awesome surge in our PledgeMe campaign - and so we’ve hatched a plan with the epic team behind the platform - they’ve given us 48 more hours to raise the money that we need to bring single kits to life. Thank you PledgeMe for being epic champions of our mission! 

So, to celebrate, we’ve pulled together one more reward - Lucky Dip kits! Thanks to aforementioned friends at Share Satisfaction, you can now pledge $75 to get a lucky dip! That will include a TOY (the adult kind), some lube & a single EttieKit. What are you waiting for?!

Huge thanks to all of our friends and supporters who are on this journey with us - we promise, if you help us raise this last $12K, we’ll be (a bit) quieter for a while! 

Get your order for a Lucky Dip kit in, tag a mate or just support our mahi - anything is gratefully received. Thank you! 

Okay, let's address the elephant in the room. 

It's a bloody hard time to raise money. Between economic uncertainty, cuts to services and the cost of living crisis, there are a lot of reasons to tighten the proverbial purse-strings. We absolutely feel that. 

But, we're still asking for support for EttieKits® at the moment - why is that? Firstly - regardless of your political leanings, we're seeing a significant shift in priorities. Those priorities are going to have ramifications of access and equity across the board; but, particularly also within healthcare. While sexual safety isn't ER departments (well, mostly), it is vitally important. EttieKits® are a part of the sexual healthcare puzzle - and we would argue that, with rising costs and healthcare access barriers, they're an even more important jigsaw piece.Secondly, we're all going to need to support those who are challenging the status quo over the coming years. Doing things differently, trying new ideas and testing to see what works is all going to be vital - after all, it's the power of community and innovation that often prevails.So, a massive thank you to the 49 of you who have already pledged. We get how challenging it is out there - and we're so grateful for support. 

Now, with 48 hours to go, we've got one more ask - can you help us by telling three friends about the campaign? Let them know that you've supported us - and that it would mean the world to us if they did too. 

It would be pretty exceptional to be able to raise the $15K that we need in the next two days - but we know that we're surrounded by some pretty exceptional people. 

THANK YOU for your support - and here's to defying the odds!

Ngā mihi nui, 

Erin, Ange & Tania x 

Kia ora koutou,

We’re already one week into our crowdfunding campaign!

A massive thank you to everyone who has pledged. We’re one step closer to helping New Zealanders #F*ckResponsibly. 

In case you missed our pitch (i.e. the video of us talking about why we're crowdfunding), it's available on YouTube - and linked here as well. A helpful explainer of who we are & why we're runnning this campaign.

While we've got you, can we ask a cheeky favour? As someone who has been a supporter of this mahi, could you please share our PledgeMe campaign with your networks? We would love your support in spreading the word. This is all a part of changing the kōrero around STIs and testing - and we'd love any assistance that you can provide.

(Plus, there’s still a range of amazing rewards on offer, from adorable feminist tote bags to a tour around some of the sexiest statues in Tāmaki Makaurau. We've also got a new one coming today... watch this space!).

Together, let’s make EttieKits® the catalyst for positive change.

Ngā mihi nui for all of your support!

Erin, Angela & Tania x