Guedel Project Completion: Last blog post, I stated that our current projection of profit will be close to $140. However, that projection was far from reality. Instead of $140, we managed to bring in over $350 for Riley! This was honestly very surprising to us. We had a late start because of the late notice Sunday night leading into the week. Also, we still did not have the go ahead to see if we were allowed to do participate in this event so we had to get Mr. Large's approval. With our promoting and some key connections we made, we were able to get the word out to the entire community. We beat our projected total by over $200 which is a great start to our project. Grants: Lately, we have been focusing our attention on grants. We have already found success with Dicks which gifted us a grant of $100. Now, we are focusing on Walmart. There are three location within 10 miles of us so we had many choices. However, a requirement from the Walmart website said that the store had to be the closest store to our "office". So, with that in mind, we chose the Walmart on Washing Street. We filled out a project proposal detailing our project and some other questions that had to be answered from their guidelines. next, we stopped inside the store to talk to the customer service desk to obtain the next form which deals with legal rights and business operations. Once we finished, we returned to the store and turned our request in. What's Next: We are still working on expanding our connections and continuing the development of our website. We still have a lot of progress left but more work equals more successful opportunities. Also, we have collectively came up with a list of other potential organizations for which we will pursue a grant.
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