Target: Grant ProposalBefore break, My group and I went to propose a grant to the Super Target at Southport. We made our proposal to Target with our grant request and our tax exempt forms to show that we are eligible for a grant. We went to the Customer Service Area and proposed our grant request. Target does their grants by giving out gift cards instead of checks. We are waiting on Target and Meijer to get back to us with our grant requests. It will take around a couple of weeks to process, but we couldn't meet with our contact on this day because of new employee training on the day we arrived. Dawson and I called an active manager, Jessica, helped us gather the information needed to propose our project. We were able to have a little time to walk around the store and look for potential items for our project located inside of the store. We found a variety of items that would work well with our project if we are given the grant. Below are pictures of our trip to target: Denied RequestsOver break, we were denied grants with Build-A-Bear and Kroger. We filled out these proposals online and were not given the chance to get grants from those following companies. The messages said kind words about our project and cause and we are looking forward to continuing on with our project. Both of the grants were long shots and were going to be hard to get. We wrote a proposal for this online and filled both out. We thank both of these organizations for considering our group and our cause. The Next Step for NPBidOur next step over the coming weeks is finding and finally obtaining an efficient website that will work with our group to run our online auction. We have looked at sites including BiddingOwl, Wordpress, OnlineAuction.com, and various other sites that can operate our auction to a high level. The disadvantages of obtaining the website that we are looking for that can keep track of the bids live is that most of those websites are very expensive even for a monthly subscription. We are working with Mr. Large currently to find an alternate project while we figure out the situation with the website because our project has had stalled temporarily. We are about to start a part time project at the moment with a BreakOut Box Project. This project is one where we are going to teach interactive lessons with students at the elementary and middle school level. We will create lesson plans on what they are learning in class and make games for them with the box. They get some of the clues right and they BreakOut of the locks to get the ultimate prize of breaking out of the box.
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Meijer: GrantOn October 31st, NPBid went on a business trip to Meijer to try to acquire a grant to get athletic apparel for our main project of an online auction. We had to fill out and submit many different forms in this process. We created a proposal for this to present to the Customer Service area at Meijer. Below is two of our group members presenting our proposal to turn in to apply for a grant. Currently, we are waiting to see if our proposal will be voided or accepted. We are hoping for the best, but are grateful for the opportunity Meijer has given us. Distributing the GoodsThe distribution process for Guedel Design was a tricky one. First, we went to Mr. Guedel's estate where we got three giant boxes that were put into my car and a fellow NPBidder's. We had the items to be picked up during the school day on a Friday. Some people picked up their items during this day, but many didn't making it a problematic odyssey for our group. I went out of my free time to get the items to the customers as quickly as possible. I went to many kids practices and events all over the school district to distribute the items. Finally, a week ago we had all of the items picked up. A total of eighty-nine items have been happily delivered to teachers, students and members of the community. Thank you to Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Ginther for helping our group out with our distribution process by allowing us and helping us hand out the items in the main office. Lastly, I would like to help those who bought items with out partnership with Guedel because of the customer's we raised $354.30 for Riley Children's hospital. Build A Bear Grant (UnBEARlievable)Recently, we have applied for a Build-A-Bear grant for 24 bears that we can give to the children at Riley. We feel like with this grant we can deliver these bears to motivate us further to help the hospital and to put a smile on the children's faces. Our goal is to help out Riley in anyway we can and we are hopeful to get this grant to help out the children at Riley even more. Coming Soon...We are planning on finding the right website for us in the near future. We have narrowed it down to a couple websites and are still researching to find the right one for our auction website. We have many items coming in and are waiting for many responses from colleges and Universities. We are looking forward to what is to come with NPBid. NPBid is on the come up and ready to raise more money for Riley. |
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