Edinburgh's Oor Wullie Sculptures Raising money for charity takes on many forms of media from television, radio, newspapers ads, flyers, shows, concerts, door‐to‐door and other campaign techniques. While we were in Edinburgh, we got to see and photograph several Oor We Wullie sculptures that are being utilized to raise funds for youth. According to the Edinburgh News: In Edinburgh, Scotland the 2019 Oor Wullie Big Bucket Trail was in the city as well as other communities such as , , and Inverness. Two hundred sculptures will be in the cities mentioned between June 17 and August 30, 2019. The purpose is to raise money for three children's hospital charities via five city auctions for the sculptures. The charities mentioned include the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, the ARCHIE Foundation and Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity. The hospital charities work with the National Health Service to provide care and services for babies, children and young people. According to msn.com: Oor Wulie is a popular comic strip character in Scotland. Scotland's Princess Beatrice became part of the fundraising campaign on June 17, 2019. D.C. Thomson Media has commissioned 200 life‐sized sculptures of the character to put in the five cities to help fundraising. A similar campaign in 2016 raised 900,000 pounds. Besides the 200 on the streets, another 350 "wee" sculptures decorated by local schools, community groups and youth organizations can be seen in libraries, art galleries and shopping centers. According to britishcomics.com: "Oor Wullie is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper . It features a character called Wullie, the familiar Scots nickname for boys named William. Oor Wullie means Our Willie. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he often uses as a seat – most strips since early 1937 begin and end with a single panel of Wullie sitting on his bucket. The earliest strips, with little dialogue, ended with Wullie complaining (“I nivver get ony fun roond here!”). The artistic style settled down by 1940 and has changed little since. A frequent tagline reads, “Oor Wullie! Your Wullie! A’body’s Wullie!” (Our Willie! Your Willie! Everybody’s Willie!). Created by Thomson editor R. D. Low and drawn by cartoonist Dudley D. Watkins, the strip first appeared on 8 March 1936."

Sources: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats‐on/first‐oor‐wullie‐sculptures‐spotted‐in‐edinburgh‐for‐the‐big‐bucket‐trail‐2019‐1‐4947556, https://www.msn.com/en‐gb/news/other/oor‐wullie‐tourist‐trail‐featuring‐iconic‐scottish‐comic‐book‐character‐launched‐by‐princess‐beatrice/ar‐ AAD0GIZ and https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/oor‐wullie/. acuri.net John R. Vincenti Edinburgh's Oor Wullie Sculptures