Week #1- In Class

This past week, I have been very active in working on my group's $200 Project.  On Monday, we finalized the idea that we would design, print, and sell Brookline High School Athletic calendars.  I then met later that day with Mr. Williams and Mr. Rittenburg, the Assistance Director and Director of the Athletic program at BHS.  They both loved the idea, and Mr. Williams told me that if they looked good, he would invest more money so our group could make additional profit.  I also let them know that all of our profit from the calendars would go directly to the Athletic program.  When I got home that day, I began to do some research to figure out the costs and margins of profit for this project.  When I discovered VistaPrint would sell a calendar for less than $6 a unit, I realized how profitable this project could become.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, I spent a few hours combined finding good pictures to put into the calendar.  I had to make sure we did not infringe on any privacy problems or copyright issues, so I only found a dozen pictures I could use.  Our group had decided we would put 4-5 pictures per month (1 sport) for all 12 months (12 total sports), with a total of 48-60 photos.  I used some contacts in the school, including Mr. Butchart and Mr. Williams, and discovered that CJ's father had created the slideshow of pictures for the varsity Banquet last spring.  CJ got me the pictures on Thursday, and by Friday morning Mr. Fischer and I were ordering 100 calendars.  Mr. Williams invested $330 for this to happen, but with a maximum profit of $970, it is a very sound investment.

The calendars should hopefully be arriving at the high school by next Friday (12/12/14), and we need to sell at least 36 to make profit.  That gives us 11 days, which I believe my group, with the help of Superfans and the Athletic Department, will be very possible.  This entire project has been a ton of fun and I am passionate about this work because it is using the Logo that I had helped create last month.