Here at Mary Anning Rocks we have been busy working on raising awareness of the campaign and encouraging you all to pledge your support prior to our Crowdfund Launch, and we owe a BIG thank you to those of you have already done this; without amazing people like you Mary Anning Rocks would never be able to raise the money required to fund this statue and give Mary the recognition she so rightly deserves! You all ROCK too!

However, to be able to raise the £175,000 needed to commission artist Hazel Reeves to create our Mary, we need quadruple the amount of pledges we have raised so far, so herein lies our problem; as it stands we do not have enough pledges to be able to successfully launch our Crowdfund campaign on Mary’s birthday as planned. We want to be completely transparent and keep you in the loop so we have made the decision to push the Crowdfund launch back so we can give ourselves more time to garner the support needed. It would have been lovely to launch on Mary’s 220th birthday but we also have to be realistic, and we hope you understand.

What you can do to help...

If you haven't already pledged, then please do - every penny counts! After you have pledged we need you to help convince others to do the same and spread the word…

Friends, family, co-workers, your school, college, university, your great aunt Betty, your babysitter, dentist, the bloke sat next to you on the bus... Anyone who you think would love to be part of this historic event.  Shout it from the roof tops, talk to your local newspapers, TV and radio shows, organise fossil-themed bake sales at work or school, how about a sponsored ichthyosaur and plesiosaur swim off? Blog, Tweet, rant and rave and share our pledge page far and wide!

Whatever you decide to do will make a huge difference and will swell the ranks of our amazing Anning Army. Thank you.