Methodology
There were several steps in our projects development; and many obstacles were encountered. Our project’s goal was to be able to reach abandoned and neglected children through volunteering and donating money at a local foster home.
The first step we took, was contacting many organizations seeking volunteer opportunities. As the weeks passed, we continued to both email and call several foster homes; unfortunately we did not receive such positive results as we had hoped so. Many organizations required the volunteers to be at least 18 years of age and have CPR training. Another reason for our impediment in volunteering was that the CPS (Child Protective Services) has control over most of the foster homes, and therefore was very strict about volunteering. We did not meet the requirements for volunteering, however we kept trying and continued calling and emailing foster homes. We contacted most of the local foster homes in the Houston area.
Our second step was to collect a minimum of $400, and donate the money towards two foster homes. Although this is not much money it could be really useful for any minor necessities the children might need. We decided to sell small food items throughout the school day, in between classes, and during lunch to fundraise the money. Some items we sold were: muffins, Gatorades, candy and McDonalds. Surprisingly, many students seemed to buy muffins; the Gatorades took more time to sell and were not sold as much. We also sold candy such as; Mexican candy, airheads, and sour extremes. The candy sale went very well, many students from all grades in our school 9-12th bought candy from us. This was a big joy for us because we were able to collect more money by selling candy.
We then decided to sell McDonalds burgers hot and spicy's and cheeseburgers during lunch. We were sure this would help us raise the money we needed faster, since many students do not enjoy the cafeteria food and were likely to purchase the burgers. We encountered a major problem since we only sold one day and the next day were informed we could no longer sell during lunch. HISD no longer allowed food selling during lunch, only food given by the district was allowed to be given to the students. This sadly delayed our project fundraiser back; since it was our only hope to raise the money faster, the small food items made a good amount of profit but took more time to sell.
However this did not stop us from selling McDonalds, we decided to sell breakfast burgers before school. Many students in the International school, do not eat breakfast because of the food that is served in the cafeteria, or because they arrive at a time that wont allow them to get breakfast. We thought that selling breakfast at an affordable price would be a great idea. This also had a positive result; we sold 25 burgers in 10 minutes. Although this was a success, we were not able to sell again because it took too long to order the breakfast and get to school by 7:20 the time students start arriving.
After trying to sell McDonald’s, we decided it was not the best choice and went back to selling the small food items we had sold at first. Our fundraiser took place from Week 2 throughout Week 16. Throughout the whole semester, we never stopped trying to reach foster homes. We continue calling and recorded all the calls made, as well as the status of the calls in a call log.
This is just an idea of what type of multimedia i will be creating.I will combine music with pictures from the orphanage along with data and statistics.
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