Working at the Carwash Babe!!!!

On Saturday,  a whole bunch of my friends and I held a carwash... in the wet... in the cold... on a cloudly day. I found out who my friend are... they were the ones who were shivering and freezing with me. Good thing, i had first aid training on hypothermia. Jk...

We washed a total of about 15 cars in all... overcoming the disadvantage of being behind the store and not easily seen. We did extremely well for a cloudy day in the Fall. In all, we earned $204.05. Don't forget that five cents... that is 0.024% of the total amount!

It all really worked out... I was kinda discouraged in the beginning about the amount of cars that were coming, but later realized  that despite the amount of cars, we did very well. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me and helped me get it all organized. In particular, i want to thank one of the Venturing girls who came when she was not feeling very good and her brother who waved the sign in front of the store for the entire 3 hours.

Us working at the carwash... (notice that the scout in blue is shooting the one with a black coat on with the hose.)

This Scout held the sign for 3 hours straight in front of the store!

Carwashing with coats in the cold...

I am very excited. In all, the fundraising is at $300 of the needed $1500... 1/5 of the way there!

DANGER DANGER!!!

Yesterday was very scary. Almost had a big problem, but all is well now. I went to pick up the cards from the printers and they weren't right. The frog and sunflower designs were printed on the cards in a landscape format which made design very small... too much white space! The Christmas cards had a small thing which was my fault... that thing didn't ruin it, just something to change next time.

I was not very happy considering that I had 200 cards that were not the quality product that I was looking for to represent what I was making. To get another set printed and made to use instead of the original 200 would put me almost $150 under. It was kinda... well... frustrating.

Getting Involved is Simple and Easy

So what is this project all about? What am I doing?

The project I have planned includes building 3 picnic tables and landscaping the entry sign of my church. The estimated cost involved for both of these projects is $1,500.

How am going about raise that much money? I am selling notecards with designs I personally have draw. The cards are 5”x 7” and include envelopes. A set of ten cards and envelopes is provided for a donation of $25. All proceeds go to funding the project. There are three designs for the cards as seen below.

Behind the Scenes

Still working on sending out the fundraising letters. That is not so hard in of itself, but it can be a little complicated and overwhelming when you are juggling a list of contacts, and printing out a four piece letter including: a personal letter, order form, a return letter for order forms and the outer letter. Its not too bad. I have gotten a system going and I can get several letters together in a decent amount of time.

I handed out 26 letters today. One person gave me a immediate response. I guess i officially have my first customer (...or something like that). I am still working on getting the carwash organized. I think it will be fine. I already have a list of Scouts who are interested in helping. Everything is going according to plan.

I will include a letter and order form in the next blog so that anyone can contribute to this project if they are interested.

Project Takes Wing

This is Taylor. Decided that creating blog for my Eagle Project might be an interesting way to let everyone see how it is going. At the moment, all is going well. Had a very successful day.

Today school was out for Parent/Teacher Conferences. I took advantage of the free time and decided to get everything started for the project. So far I have created a mailing list, finalized my Fundraising letter and gotten the needed supplies to start fundraising.

My fundraising is a two part project. First, I am selling 10 cards I designed for a donation of $25. Second, I am going to hold a carwash at a local store. (Talked to the manager today. Hoping that Saturday will work out. Weather looks promising so far.)

The project itself is divided into two minor projects: creating picnic tables and landscaping the church sign. The estimated cost for the two is around $1500. I am not too worried about raising that amount, but it will take some work.

I am excited. Everything seems to going well.