This week has been absolutely crazy, but I could not be happier with the results! We had a small setback, as Sugar Creek forgot to start the Penny Wars on Monday, but that turned into a blessing. All week we have been going to the elementary schools and counting pennies, which was exciting but also a little bit overwhelming. Yesterday I spent 9 hours counting pennies, as Caroline and Allison had work and volleyball. I went over to Brandywine during my last period study hall, at 1:00 and I finished New Palestine's Buckets with Caroline at almost 10:00. Honestly, I couldn't care less, because it was so rewarding to see all those kids and how excited they were about the Penny Wars. Several kids stopped me and energetically asked me questions about the winners and how many pennies we had. I am also so glad that Sugar Creek Elementary decided to do their Penny Wars next week, because we definitely underestimated how much money we would raise and how competitive they would be. Today after New Palestine and Brandywine Elementary release we will go over with volunteers and start our final counts.
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This week my group and I have accomplished a lot. We called Mama Nita's and received a discount for pizzas, for the winning grade/classroom of each school. We called the New Palestine Engraving Service and have a trophy in the process of being made for each school winner, and we confirmed the expenses would be paid through the school. We also went to Frey Water and borrowed some old jugs for New Palestine Elementary, as they are competing by grades, and need bigger containers. This week has all been in preparation for the start of our Penny Wars next week, and I personally am very excited to officially start our project with the kids!
Our project proposal for the Imagination Library is ready for pitch day. We will be pitching our ideas for fundraising for the Imagination Library to administrators. Our specific goals for this project would be to raise at least $500. We will accomplish this by holding a penny war at all three elementary schools, Each classroom is going to compete against the other by bringing in pennies to try to win against the competition. We will start the Penny Wars the week of September 15-22 and the next week we will have a kickball tournament at the high school to raise money. It was very intimidating to present to a classroom full of administrators, but we worked hard on our presentation and I think we did a good job. We learned that our project needed a more concrete timeline, as ours was very hypothetical and we needed to work out a few more details involving our sponsors and prizes. Our idea was very well received by the administration and their support is integral to our project.
The project my group decided on was to fundraise for the Imagination Library. In reality my group didn't really choose the project, we were struggling to come up with ideas and Mr. Large helpfully showed us potential projects that we could help with. The Imagination Library Project is important because it encourages children (who have working parents), to learn and read on their own. We hope to raise at least $500 to donate to the Imagination Library Fund. This in turn will help raise the literacy rates of children entering kindergarten, which is our ultimate goal.
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