So today has been a bit stressful. In addition to the lack of sleep (was at the church till midnight last night doing C in C practice), several things happened. Well, we (our SLI class) had a meeting after class about our Missions Trip Fundraiser coming up in January. It was suppose to be a family/activities night type thing. We got together today and discussed what activities, games and food we will be doing/serving, along with that we all got roles that we were responsible for and who is speaking about what at the event. We left (it seemed everyone was a kind of excited about it) with that we will be meeting again with our leaders on Tuesday. By then we are suppose to have talked to people in our area to get things more figured out for each of our rolls. After the meeting was dismissed Daniel and I went up to talk to Oto to get some information about our Trip. 5 minutes later we come down to find that more than half the class no longer wants to do the event, and instead just want to do a movie night. Their thought was that the amount of work put into the event isn't likely to get enough money coming in, whereas a movie night - with, say, 5 movies playing and $15 tickets would be less work and more likely to get the money.
Personally I was, and am really looking forward to the activities event. I think it is a wonderful idea and kids will love it (some of our thoughts include pie in the face, cardboard tunnel maze, games in the gym, cake walk, and much more). It will actually attract kids and parents. There are other things involved in my petition too, but this is a big part of it. I don't think that a movie night
1) is as inviting (yes we may get a wider range of people, but we would loose some direct focus - I think)
2) it doesn't seem as personal to be supporting the cause
3) I don't think that we will raise that much money (the event is in the afternoon on a Saturday plus we will have the tickets somewhat high)
4) there is little to none personal interaction for the supporters to interact with us going on the trip. You don't go to a movie to bond, you do activities together to bond.
I think the plan right now is to present both opinions to our leaders on Tuesday and get their opinions.
I would love to hear your thoughts...
The activity night sounds like alot of fun! But, I can see where it might be overwhelming to others. It probably seems like alot of work for just 10 people to run it. When THS did it, they had around 50 (or more) volunteers running it. You may need to get more people to help organize (and run it) to help ease the load on each person. Maybe some HS or college kids would help you?
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