Second Fundraiser!

This weekend, just Saturday, we had another car wash and raised about $940! We were all extremely excited, most of us probably thought that we wouldn't raise as much money as last weekends nevermind over last weeks amount. We all worked really hard and had a great time while doing it. Although this time there were much less customers, at least I think there were, we were still able to raise over last saturday's amount which is a huge accomplishment. It wasn't as fast paced or crowded as it was last saturday (there were probably at most five or six cars in the parking lot for the car wash at a time), but people donated more money and it was a different crowd. Even with one or two other car washes going on we were still able to raise over last saturday's amount. Supposidly there was a car wash at the Barnstable Recreationally Center that was charging twenty dollars for a car wash, and someone saw that their parking lot was very scarce. Just goes to show that our idea, or Senorita Briggs' idea, really works out great and is far better than asking for a price.

I went outside the box and took a risk by attempting to work with a sign. Lizz and I worked together at the same time so it was a lot more fun, we were very enthusiastic. Ms. Kirk actually came over to us and told us to stop because they were getting an overload and because the cars were going entering the line in the wrong direction. We were very enthusiastic which probably helped to bring customers in. We did the wave with our signs, like they do at baseball games, which one customer said that that is what brought him in and thought it was awesome. When we were out on sing duty a lot of cars came in so I really feel that we helped a lot to bring the cars in. Also, since there weren't as many cars there seemed to be a lot more people working; there was actual opportunities where you could go an get water or pizza and have a quick respite.

One downfall was that there were people on Main street or the business owners that told us that we were being too loud on Main street. Voice projection on Main street will have to be another issue that we will have to deal with and find a way around. We could make more signs and have more people along Main street, but today we could not because there was somewhat of a shortage on sign people or people willing to do signs. I look forward to next weekend with the yard sale and car wash, I believe that we will raise over $1,000 or even more. More importantly, todays car wash was extremely fun and it became really enjoyable for everyone, which was a great advantage to getting more customers to donate because happiness and laughter is contagious.