I got an email recently from Abigail, who is really involved with Wishing Well. Her update email included:

• Working on getting 501c3 status this summer
• The Wishing Well documentary getting picked up by Ethnographic Media. These are the people who did the documentaries for Miss HIV and Invisible Children
• The possibility of going to the Sundance Film Festival with the finished documentary
• A TV special airing in early September for the National Day of Encouragement - 4 teams of youth traveling from California to NYC doing competitions representing a nonprofit org in different cities, and Wishing Well is one of those! The show will probably be shown on MTV and Nickelodeon and hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The show's NYC finale on live television will feature the World Premiere of the Wishing Well documentary!

Now that Wishing Well is becoming much more wide spread, we are starting to look into a long-term kind of signature product. The goal is to find something that will be marketable, creative, and of course bring in money to put towards the production of more wells.

I actually came up with the idea of using a water bottle I had seen online once before, and the rest of the crew loved it! The 360 Paper Water Bottle is made of completely renewable resources unlike plastic water bottles, and from the beginning we all agree that it looks like a great fit for Wishing Well's purpose. I sent them an email this week, and we're anticipating a call back soon.