Progress Report, November 1

Public Relations Event:
Book Fundraiser for library at Providence Christian Academy

Overview:
Sharon and I did not have a chance to meet with each other this week due to our hectic schedules, so we did an email interview. We usually talk over email anyway, so it worked out perfectly and flowed smoothly for each of our schedules. Things are still moving along progressively, though, and with the tweaking of some scheduling plans and artistic designs, our project will be in full swing by Monday, October 29. Book collection has begun. We do have one “bump in the road”, though.

Work Completed:
We have each completed sketches for our t-shirt design so we have to pick one of these and submit it to the t-shirt company. We are still trying to design on an event name, which we hope we can ask the class about today. The flyer is still waiting on the event name, but a classified has been placed in The Tiger for our fundraiser so that students and faculty might make donations. That classified continues to run for the second week in a row.

Next Steps:
Our next step involves making an important decision. While I was working at The Tiger office last night, I learned that the Delta Zeta sorority sisters are doing a children’s book drive in honor and remembrance of their fallen sorority sister, Emily Yelton, who passed away in the beach house fire at Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. on Sunday. I think this might interfere with our project. If I had to guess, I’d say that most of the book donations are going to be made to Emily Yelton’s sorority; it makes more sense to do that, I agree. I am worried that we will not have a successful collection, so I’m now wondering what we should do. Should we change what we’re collecting, who we’re collecting it for, etc? This is something we need to talk to Professor H. about, and perhaps even our classmates.

Conclusion:
We have a lot of work ahead of us, but our main task is to decide what to do about the other book drive that has now come about. Even if we have to come up with another public relations event, I think it’s still possible to conduct and carry out a project with almost a full month left of classes. I will continue to worry, but hope that Professor H. has some suggestions.