Club 4100 week

This past week for Club 4100 week I thought went pretty well. I went on thursday and went from 11:00-12:20pm. There were a good amount of us there helping us and the bake sell was a good idea. I went around talking to people that I didn't know and even there was a guy who helped advertise out event. He had bought a brownie and loved it! It was so funny seeing him tell people how delicious they were. Nick had his bull horn , which added more excitement to the moment. In addition, I felt like I had to push myself to come up to people that I didn't know. There was a group of people praying ,which I thought was amazing. I decided to go up to them and pray. Afterwards I introduced myself and I told them about our big community event. Some came over and bought cookies and took broshores. There were a few people thatI felt that did help to contribute well to the community event. Meaning, those that came to buy baked goods and take flyers. It was fun getting to know other people. Nick and I went over to a science class and told them to come over to our table. None of them came over, because they were emorsed in there class. I jsut wish that there wasn't so much competition that day, especially since the carneval was going on at the same time. I guess that is the way that it goes. I am sure that our event will be a success and I am still trying to sell five tickets as soon as I can. It is difficult to do so.

Club 4100 Week!

Ok, well the street teams outing this past Sunday, was not a complete failure. We talked to a few people who were interested. Dispite the rain we went out and did the best that we could. Thank you to Patrick, Alex, and Hillman for conquering the nasty rain. We were able to go to I believe four streets and it was a challenge, because not many people were home. I remember this one rude lady slamming the door in our face. It was to be expected, but that was the first time that has happen on the street where I have witnessed it. At the beginning Hilman and I were partners and Alex and Patrick were partners. Hilman was reall aggressive when it came to our event. I kept telling him to make sure that they know that the proceeds fo back into Brooklyn. He was so hyped up and excited I guess, lol. Anyhow, I was proud of him for stepping up and not being scared. In addition, there was a lady that was interested, but she wasnted to make sure that the club was going to be back to the way things used to be. I think she meant having the old owners. People are funny and so set on their old ways and are so guarded these days about new people. I remember Himan and I asking later, "did she mean wanting the old owners, or haivng the club go back to its glory days?" Deep down we new what it meant.
Later, we switiched partners, I went with Patrick and we didn't have much luck. I recall Alex and Hilman saying that there was someone that was definately interested in going , but was afraid toe buy a ticket, which is understandable. Hence, we all kept on going and ran into people that were either too old to go to events outside or didn't have the funds period. I felt a sense of sympathy for them , but it comes with the territory of asking for money for anything regardless of the intent behind it. It was an ok time, I just wish it was more profitable. I hope that this week during the Club4100 table selling week will be a great success! I will be there Wednesday at 11am!

Coming soon!

I feel like we are really getting things done. Even though we only have three weeks left, I know that things will come together. Emilie has gotten a lot of the kids games and I think that is awesome! I told her that I will be bringing the face paint, nail polish for little girls, a bob for apples bin and more water balloons. In addition, I would like that the street team go out again for next Sunday the third at the same time 1pm. We all could meet at Club 4100 and pass out more flyers and do the questionaires. It is also important that we have enough flyers this time as well as tickets. I also feel like we need to let the people know that the proceeds will go back into their community. That hopefully, will spark their interest and will want to attend. I also hope that most people will be able to attend that last street team event. We will go to the other areas that were not covered the previous time. Moreover, this following week am continuing to work on getting donations. I tried Champs , but they won't, so I will try Sports Authority in Arundel Mills. I plan to get a foot ball or even a regular jersey. Hence, I plan to get donations from the movie theater in Brooklyn. I hope that I am able to get something to contribute for the auctions. Other than that, I am open to any other suggestions.

Street Team Today!

Street Team today was a great success! I am so proud of everyone's time today and effort. That is what team work is all about. When my group first went to the first house all three of us were nervous. It is threatening to go up to a stranger's door. I being the leader went to the first house located off of Crest Hill street. I started off using the scrpit , but as time went on I improvised and it became easier. I remember Missy was scared to go into the houses with fences , but I assured here it was fine. She was so cute, and she actually did the next house. We alternated and Lauren helped as well. This experience really took us out of our comfort zone. Anyhow, we talked with many neighbors some took flyers and said that they were interested and a small amount didn't. Those that were not home we put flyers in mail boxes. Occassionally, we would see people outside in their yard , so it made it easier. The first person that seemed really interested was a middle aged male and we took his picture! He looked happy to know that we were doing this event and helping the community of Brooklyn. I felt like were really doing something fulfilling today. As time went on we walked down about three more streets at this time and stopped at "Charlie's Sub and Pizza shop". The lady there was very friendly and invited us to hang our flyer on the front door. I was surprised , but just goes to show that you can't prejudge others. I was so thrilled, but little did I know that an incident happened previously before entering the place. I heard that a rude woman called us b*****and something else. So we tried to leave the general area quickly. That was interesting..... Another cool thing happened we met a woman that actually works at the club and she wants to bring her whole family. She had I believe three little girls. We took their picture and they were excited. The family seemed very pleasant and were pleased to see that we were helping their community. I just remember they had this big dog that kept smelling all up my crotch! I was like lady please get your dog!Additionally, we went down I believe two more streets because at this time it was getting close to head back. On one of the houses on the way back I remember there was this old man who was so sweet, he said while shaking his head," I am so sorry I don't get out that much and don't go places."He was cute and I felt sorry for him. After leaving his house,I put flyers on people's cars and my group members were all paraniod at first , but I was like, "what ever". I liked my group we accomplished a lot! I think all together we covered five or six streets. Even though we didn't sell tickets we had a lot of interested people. I am proud of ourselves!

The home stretch

I feel like we have come a long way not only as a group , but as a class. I have realized that everyones particaption is vital for the outcome of this event. I am excited to know that the shirts are in so that we are able to represent what we are about on Sunday. Basically, being in charge of the street team has taught me more leadership skills. I am pleased to have learned that a good portion of the class will be attending the out reach community team event. I additionally, hope that we are able to sell a good amount of tickets as well as display flyers in some of the commercial sites, such as the subway or the library. That shows that we are really serious as a class to help restore this sense of place in Brooklyn MD. These up coming weeks I hope to leave flyers at the Commons Information table as well as the Student Athletes counter. I also will inform more of the friends about the event and hope to sell them tickets. Finally, I plan to distribute many flyers out to my other classes. Other than that just waiting for more action, and wanting to help where ever I am needed.

Everything for “Spot Light” has been updated with the correct web address. I have continued to post up more flyers. As for information about the street team I hope to go out April 19th at 1:30pm until 3:30pm. I have received a list from the class about who wants to come. However, I will email everyone tonight about the date and those that couldn’t come before perhaps can come this time. It would be nice to have two groups of five or more to go help. The leaders of the group will be Hillman and I. We will all meet at the Commons circle at 1:00pm in order to get to Brooklyn at 1:30 and start on time. If you need to carpool with someone please let me know. Also those that can have people ride with them please let me know so that I can seat people. Once I have a response of who is officially going I will update my Blog. I believe that Alex is going to send out a mass text message the Thursday of that weekend, as a reminder to those that are coming. We hope to have the T-shirts in no later than next week so; people need to wear their shirts. In addition, Hillman is coming up with a script of what to say to the neighborhood people. He will hopefully post the script for people to see soon. Hillman also will show where we will go within the neighborhood, so that we stay organized and on schedule. Lastly, I need for people to respond to my email no later than next Tuesday evening.

April and Loving it

This past week was a very busy, but interesting one. I was able to post flyers around campus such as, The Commons near the snack shop, and cafeteria area, the Library and a couple other class buildings. I hoped that advertising this way will help people to want to stop and look especially becaue the flyers were in color. I also went out with a small group of the street team and we passed a few flyers out to the neighborhood people. We went on Monday, however, we realized that we needed a larger group as well as have our t-shirts in order to make a statement. I talked with one elderly man about coming to the event and he said that he would see. He didn't know the owners and didn't feel too excited about the invite, until we told him how they were and about the cause. I really wish that the community would come out of their small box and give the new owners a fair try. Hopefully next time when we go out which I hope will be the weekend of the 18th of April. By then our shirts should be in and it will be closer to May and so the people in the community will not say that the event is to early to be informed about. I really have a good feeling about this. The advertising group is waiting for more details, meanwhile, I will try to figure out how to post our event on "Common Vision" for this up coming week. I also will post flyers with in the dorms and more class buildings as well.