Blog Post 3

I am starting to make some headway with my project now. I finally set up a meeting with my principal Mr.Kline and he says that he believes that it would not be legal to do it during school hours. But then I asked him if I could sell the candy after school and he says that would be different. He says that he didn't mind that as much but he did say that I might run into some problems with the booster club for track if I waited too long to do my project. So I have altered my timeline and I plan on selling the candy after school the next two weeks rather than 2 weeks from now. Another thing that he advised is that I should look at businesses that would be willing to help with my project. This weekend I plan on heading to either Wal-Mart or Sam's club and buy a decent amount of candy in bulk. I started asking students what kind of candy would interest them the most and I got a lot of answers about Snickers, Kit-Kats and Reeces so those will be the candy I buy the most of. My goal is to spend around $20 or $30 the first time I buy candy and maybe bump it up for the next day.

Checking in

Hey.

I think you might benefit from changing your questions to more broadly address charity, how to raise money, and what issues of legality might come up. Did you get a chance to do some investigating? Make an appointment with Kline?

As far as suggestions for raising money, maybe consider what charities the school already has established or connect with people doing service-learning projects and see if you can team up. You might even think about interviewing people who see this all the time like people who work at hyvee or the gas station we ask "Do you want to donate to _____ today?" Just an idea for where to start. Try to find ways to collaborate with others so you don't have to do this undertaking all on your own.

Week 2

There were some questions that came up when thinking about how I was coming up with my 20 time idea. For example I wanted to know whether purchasing candy at a store and then turning around and selling it at school was legal or not and if it being for charity mattered. Another question I had was what was the best way to go about selling the candy and any techniques that would provide the best results. My third question was going to be how much should I charge for candy. My last question that was brought up would be what charity should I donate the money to in the end and which charity would bring in the most money.

Week One 2/2

20 Time Project

I’ve always been interested in whether or not people would be more willing to spend money on something if they were told that some of the money was going to a charity. I also really find businesses to be really interesting and I’ve always wanted to have a lemonade stand or something like that but was never able to. So I merged both of those ideas and decided that for 2 weeks I am going to carry around a container of candy and sell it without telling people where the money was going to and see how much total revenue I would make in a 2-week period. Then after those 2 weeks I am going to put a charity sticker on the container. (Have not decided what charity yet, open to suggestions). After 2 weeks of that I am going to see what the total revenue of candy sales was and compare them. Some constructive criticism that came up was talking about how it may be illegal to resell candy on school grounds. So my plan for next week is to look up any laws on how it may be illegal and if I can’t find anything I am going to ask Mr. Kline for permission to do this and explain that all of the money is going to be donated to charity and how I will be keeping track of the money. Also I need to find a charity to donate to.