October 18 - October 24

Happy Project Flyer

Happy Project Boxes

This week we really focused on getting things ready for our "Happy Project" clothing drive. On Monday, I went to get all of the boxes for the donations to be put in. We just got simple cardboard boxes from a local U-Haul store. I also designed the flyers that we would put around campus and on the donation boxes. I took time to decide what would be eye-catching, simple and would give all of the needed information. On Tuesday, I went to a local printing shop and had many copies of the flyers made. I had some trouble because I designed the flyer on a Mac and the computers at the printing shop were Windows. With a little extra effort and some assistance from a man who worked there, we were able to figure out a way to print out the flyers. I waited at the printing shop for the flyers, to ensure they came out just the way I wanted them to. On Wednesday I assembled all of the boxes and attached flyers to the outside. Also on Wednesday, I emailed back and forth with the chapter presidents of all of the Greek houses on campus. We arranged times for Shay and I to come by and speak to the chapters about our project. Everyone was really eager to help us with our efforts! On Thursday I dropped off boxes at two different sorority houses that wanted to give donations, but didn't find it necessary for us to come and speak to their chapters. On Sunday, I went to four different chapter meetings to speak about our project and drop off the boxes for the donations. It took all evening to drive to the different locations and give our speeches, but it was necessary to speak to the chapters to spread the word about our project. It was a little bit nerve-racking to speak at the first chapter, but after the first speech I gave, I was able to warm up and the rest of the chapters I spoke at were fun and I was really able to relax. We set times and dates to go by each of the houses to pick up donations, and let everyone know that the last day to drop off clothing was November 12.

Monday 3:00 - 5:00 (2 hours)

Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00 (1 hour)

Wednesday: 2:00 - 4:00 (2 hours)

Thursday 5:15 - 6:45 (1.5 hours)

Sunday 6:00 - 10:00 (4 hours)

This week = 10.5 hours

Total = 93 hours