Car Wash and Yard Sale

This Saturday, on the 29th of May, we had another fundraiser. We had both a yard sale and a car wash going on at the same time. Even though there was a lot more events going on a the same time we were still able to handle everything with organization.

I thought this weeks fundraiser went farely well. The car wash was a little slower than last weeks and there weren't many customers at the yard sale. However, I believe we raised over nine hundred dollars because Zack Fayne said he collected roughly five hundred dollars in the morning plus about $150 in the afternoon and about three hundred and fifty dollars with the yard sale, however I don't know for sure how much we earned so it's an assumption. Although there were fewer cars this weekend than last weekend we were still able to reel in plently of cars. Also, with the yard sale it was more of a struggle to sell stuff than to bring customers in for the car wash.

In the beginning of the car wash Vani, Hannah, and I went out to South St. (I believe that's the street) and used signs and our voices to bring in customers. From the start we felt like nobody really wanted their cars washed and they weren't really coming in, but we convinced ourselves that it was just the morning and that nobody was really ready to have their cars washed. After about and hour or so we decided to get someone else to do it. We started helping out washing cars but there were only a few of them there, so I decided to go see what was happening at the yard sale. The yard sale was about the same as the car wash, very few people. It was sad to see so few people at the yard sale because we worked so hard to get it organized, especially Ms. Kirk, and we set it up to the best of our ability and no one really seemed interested. At one point Omar and I went out to the streets and sidewalks and handed out flyers about the yard sale and car wash. Even then no one really seemed interested, they just didn't really care. There were some people that were like "Ooh yea I'll go check it out" but others just completely rejected it. Although the day didn't seem like it was going anywhere I am super excited to see how much we raised.

One awesome thing about the entire day was that while a lady, Karen, was getting her car washed she offered us summer jobs at Sea Breeze which is right on Main Street near Katy's Ice Cream. I was super excited and she said to come by on monday, tuesday or wednesday. It really shows that our cause is getting around, she said that she loves what we're doing (raising money for Morocco and such). What a great way to end the dat; to get a summer job for Morocco which might have gotten you the job was just the cherry on top!