Today, with the help of my mom, I designed an 8 foot long banner that I will be using to promote my event. The banner will be printed and donated by a Printers Square in Manchester, NH. Printers Square is a great printing company. They print everything from newsletters to banners like the one I will be having made. Advertisements are key when it comes to promoting my "Knit-A-Thon," so this donation from Printers Square is monumental. I cannot thank them enough!
I also met with Gail Fitzpatrick today. She is one of the teachers in charge of the Knitting Club at the local Elementary/Middle school in Andover. I met with her to discuss my project and see if I could generate interest amongst the younger knitters. Unfortunately, the actual Knitting Club meetings are over for the year, but Mrs. Fitz is confident that she can encourage some students to help me knit hats during their free time, and even offered up her knitting skills to my cause.
Once all of the designing was done for my banner was completely and my meeting with Mrs. Fitz was over, I started knitting more. I finished a hat and started another today. I'm slowly chipping away at my goal and hopefully with the help from some students at AEMS, I know I can get there!
In your weekly reflection, it might be helpful to connect the process of getting a company to DONATE to your cause. Specifically, what was your strategy for getting Printers Square to donate the banner?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a blast.
You bring up a good question. Donations are the driving force behind my "Knit-A-Thon." Specifically, the banner is being donated by Printers Square for a few reasons. Printers Square is actually the printer used by my parents' company. Everyone that works at Printers Square has known about my "Knit-A-Thon" idea from the very beginning so they have been waiting for the opportunity to support my project. Another aspect to the banner is that their name will be on the banner. This way they are still advertising and possibly gaining more business even though they aren't making a profit on the banner itself.
ReplyDeleteIn order to get other sponsors and donations, it will be essential to advertise the companies that have made donations. That's basically the deal. You give me this, and I will promote you're business. I will be designing other posters to advertise the actual event, so I will be including the logos of the companies who have donated.