This year, we have been fortunate enough to have the entire support of our community, and this fact has been proven multiple times. We have attended the Consort Gun Show, the largest event in our area, and this year three thousand people attended it, from all over the province and beyond. We set up a booth and proceeded for the rest of the weekend to explain to people about synthetic biology and our project. We talked to many people, and received over $2,000 in donations, as well as countless statements of support. Our team made presentations to local companies and boards, most noticeably BRAED (Battle River Alliance for Economic Development) and the Consort Oilmen's Association. Furthermore, we hosted a bottle drive, and proceeded to collect donated bottles from contributors across the town. From this fundraiser, we received a total of $1,100. Plus, our team did a Facebook auction, where people could donate and bid on items that had been put up for auction. We received a huge amount of support, from people donating special items to people bidding on these items. This fundraiser provided us with a total revenue of $2,200. Our team has also been involved in school assemblies. In total, we have managed to raise a total of approximately $9,000 from our community of 700 people. We have received tremendous support and encouragement from our community!

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This year, we focussed our human practices on talking to people in the community. We explained our project and our intentions and received feedback on our project. We wanted to know where and how this could be used, why oil contamination is a problem and how we can meet our communities needs fully. We have put together a video of some one the individuals we interviewed. Due to some privacy issues we also have some written interviews from anonymous sources.