Still here...

Now we've moved on from fliers to...well, everything else.  Our class is at this halfway point where we're starting to run out of ideas.  People were throwing around a lot of ideas.  I'm just not sure how many of them will have any follow through.  I did like the idea about the after school screening.  If they can arrange it with language arts teachers to give extra credit or something like that then a lot of people would come.  I forget what movie we picked but I think it's important we remember it has to do with child abuse.  When people were calling out movies last week no one was really picking movies that involved child abuse.  They were just sad movies with homeless kids.  Megan and I decided to work on little mini posters together at art club last week but it was cancelled.  So either we're going to do it during a study hall today or tomorrow or at art club tomorrow.  I'm not exactly sure what everyone else is doing though.  The class is starting to get seriously disorganized with our planning.  I don't think everyone should be running off in their own direction because then it gets hard to keep up with who's doing what work.  Instead we could pick maybe four major projects and split up into groups like we did at the beginning.  That way everyone would have something to be invested in.  Posters and fliers in school could be one, the movie day after school, another commercial, and something else we could all vote on together in class.  Mrs. J was saying in class how important it was to keep going until the very end.  Working together really seems like the only way to keep everyone doing the project moving.  So that's it for today...

And so it Continues...

Progress update: we've started handing out fliers to people in class so that they can distribute them to the designated locations.  The candy is selling ridiculously fast, too.  Again, it's good for the organization we're donating to but I don't think most people know why they're buying candy besides the fact that they want a Reese's cup.  I have no clue what we could do to change that besides write stop child abuse on the wrappers which is kind of a bad idea.  As for my fliers I got the kind from Bayley where you can rip off the info so I'm going to drop it off at Mrs. Slater's (fifth grade teacher at Lower Gwynedd) classroom after school tomorrow.  Since when we made our persuasive essay/letters I addressed mine to Zion Leadership I'll be printing out the rest of my letters and handing those out at bible study tomorrow too.  I think as far as the livestrong-esque bracelets go each person should sell a minimum like five or something and once they hit that mark try to sell more.  The wristbands will be, in my opinion, harder to sell than the candy since they aren't edible but at least when we give them to people they'll know what they're for.  The other thing about the bracelets is that we have to be careful where we sell them.  Speaking about child abuse during a religious service is one thing, but trying to pimp out anti-child abuse merchandise is another.  I'm probably going to sell mine to friends who would be willing to cough up a dollar (at least I think the bracelets are a dollar) to help me out with a school project.  Then there is, of course, the Dine and Donate.  I haven't really heard anything about it since it was proposed.  Brett suggested we move the raffle to that day which I'm pretty sure was actually followed up upon.  I just don't know if we've gotten people to come or anything like that so I would like to talk about for a minute tomorrow or on Thursday.  Otherwise, things are still going pretty smoothly and it seems like everyone's doing their part, even if it's only the bare minimum.  So...yeah.  That's it.

I'm fine how are you?

So far everyone's working really hard.  I hope we can keep the momentum going throughout the project.  Our group presented (if I didn't mention that last time) and we split up into new groups so we could keep contributing.  Megan and I went to advertising and right now we have to make up two flyers each to add to a pool.  I guess at the end we're all going to vote on the best ones and put them up around the school.  I'm probably going to get started on that soon.  We're also selling candy to get money.  Then we're all contributing 5 dollars to pay Twee's mom back for buying our wristbands.  I'm hoping everyone will get in the money to pay her and to get a good grade.  I'm thinking for the flyers there should be neon colors so they really catch people's eyes.  So many times when there's a 5k or something else their posters and flyers end up all over the ground.  I don't want that to happen to us because this is a legitimate cause and that's also a waste of paper.  The thing I think people in the class are forgetting is that even though raising money is obviously a good thing our main goal is to raise awareness.  Also, I think, morality so that people feel more inclined to care and get involved.  Because our outreach is for child abuse it's the kind of topic that you can manipulate people's feeling about pretty easily.  There is a chance that we'll take it too far and be overly dramatic...  I don't know.  I just want everything to turn out well.  Not just to get a good grade but to make a difference.  Even if it's only a little one.  I guess I'm done for the time and I'll be blogging again soon.

First Blog

I'm in the research group in the fight against child abuse and so far so good.  We have our action plan and everything and everyone seems to agree on the things we need to get done.  I'm pretty happy with the group I have because I normally get stuck in groups where people don't care about what we're doing.  I know some other groups have had trouble with deciding what they're going to do and I hope that after our presentation today they'll understand a little better what kind of information they're working with.  Before we take any more steps, though, I think everyone in the class needs to know everybody else's deadlines so they know how feasible their goals are.  Most groups can't even start until after today when we present.  I hope once we start the donations we make are up for conversation because I'm not really sure what CHOP has to do with child abuse exclusively.  Obviously it's a hospital and it needs money but I just don't know why CHOP was the cause we decided we wanted to donate to.  But then again, Mrs. Johnston has been saying that fundraising and stuff wasn't as important as spreading awareness.  I really hope we looked up the kind of information the other groups want, otherwise our work so far is a waste.  We were all thinking of moving to new groups after this because now our group is essentially obsolete.  I think I'm going to go to advertising or something to make sure the information is carried out effectively without being too graphic or something.  I know that the news does that sometimes and it's kind of annoying.  Anyway, that's it for today.