All Done!

ALL DONE!!! A bit late but I was being crammed with a lot and had to do lots of paperwork for my project. But I'll fill you in with all that happened the past two weeks. Well first I bought supplies at Home Depot and Staples and planned to do the project during the break but too many people canceled on me so I moved it to the next week. After that, I took another visit to Home Depot to buy some other things I thought of. During the following week, I made sure to tell people that I changed the date to accommodate others schedule better, but I still got a lot of cancels. However, I decided that I was still going to do it and that Friday I went ahead and did it. I had five friends help me for a bit during school and afterward only two were able to stay longer, (both of which stayed for a while and helped a lot.) After that, I had my siblings and some church friends come and also help a lot. So after 11:40am - 9:00pm and 12:00am - 2:15pm the next day and coming in at a price tag of around $300 (100% funded by donations) my project was finally completed. 66 hours of working (all hours of volunteers combined) was really worth it, on Monday when I checked up on it I could see that the elementary really loved it. Thanks to all those that helped!

Almost done

A couple weeks ago I posted the list of supplies needed to complete my project and their prices. This week I've spent about 9 hours walking and driving around asking for donations towards my project. I estimated that in order to fully fund my project I would need $237, after I finished I had collected $275 and 4 Paint rollers, 6 trays, and 3 painters tarps. I also have been promised 2 buckets of paint, but haven't received them yet. As for next week, I had planned to proceed with my project the 7th and 8th but, due to rain I will need to push it till the week after. But I will still buy the supplies that I need so I can be ready to start when I can. Below Photo of my notes on the donations and photo of the letter I gave to companies asking for donations and the edited version I gave to people. height="820" />

Actually on time YAY

This week was productive but didn't bring the results I was hoping for. So I did what I wanted to do, I made the letter that was requested and visited four different places to ask for donations, two Home Depots, one Wallmart, and one Lowes. All of which, told me that their donations manager was not there. I got numbers and extensions for the managers and next week I will call and set appointments so I can get the supplies I need. I also Will be shooting to get the project started and finished on April 7th and 8th. Thanks again. Below is the letter that I made and gave to the stores.

Oops I did it again

Last week I did my post but forgot to post it on to the blog so here it is :/ So this week I went ahead and contacted 10 different stores by calling them, and told them about my project and what I needed from them. The ones that answered told me two things, they need the Tax Id number of the benefactor (John Adams Academy) and a letter. I also visited a local Home Depot and the person in charge of donations was not there. My plan for next week is to make the letter that will include what I am doing, for whom, what I need, and the tax id number. I will also find a day (hopefully next week) to go and deliver them. Thank you. Below the phone number and addresses of the places I contacted.

Oops

Well, I didn't get to do anything. Not much to really say, I just got super busy with a lot of things. It also doesn't help that I don't drive and both my parents work late, so even if I am not busy I likely cannot go and ask for donations cause I won't have a ride. But for this week I found a work-around for the time bing. So what I am planning on doing is contacting the many different stores by email and if they like the idea of donating then I will go ahead and meet up with them. So that's it for last week, thanks. (Below: Logos of places I'll be contacting)

Pricing

Hello again! So for this week I went to home depot and a couple other places and found all the supplies (and the prices) I will need for my project. Next week I will be hopefully working on collecting donations, but for now here is the list. Traffic Paint: Red, Yellow, Blue, White. (37.98*1)+(21.97*3)= $103.89 9" Foam Roller 4.47*10 = $44.70 9" Roller Handle 3.87*10 = $38.70 Paint Trays 1.98*5 = $9.90 Chalk line $5.97 Buckets 2.97*3 = $8.91 Gloves $7.98 Paint Brushes 10.47*2 = $20.84 Gold Paint $3.68

Another Update

So, I'm sorry for posting late but I decided to wait till I received my project proposal back from the Scout council, which leads me into my update. So I finally have the project completely approved, which means I can start getting it done! this week I will be going and getting specifics on supplies I need and collecting donations. Below are images of, first the signature, and second a picture of the member of the council and I. .

For the weekly update, I have Completed most of which I have planned to get done this week. My goal was to, Fill out Project Workbook, District Committee Approval, Find Specific supplies, and Check Weather. I was able to complete all of these except the District Committee Approval, I updated the calendar again to fit what I am going to do (screen cap below). As for the rest: the weather seems to be looking cooperative in the next few weeks, so I shouldn't run into any problems with that, and I found the specific supplies I need and filled out the Project Proposal so once I meet with the council I'll be ready to go. (Image 1: Calendar Update) (Image 2: Picture of the signs acquired) (Image 3: A picture of a part of the worksheet where I put the estimated cost.)

Week 2 Update

For this week my goals were... Project approval from, Scoutmaster, Unit leader, Unit committee, and Post Calendar. All of which have been completed, the I got the approval from, Scoutmaster, Unit leader, and Unit committee during a meeting I scheduled and presented at in 1/24/17 (Tuesday). There is a link and screenshot provided below of the website I used as guide for the approvals, and which thoroughly explains how to get the approvals needed. There is also a picture of the current project calendar. (More details in the previous post) http://www.eaglescout.org/project/approve.html

Calendar

Below is the link to the calendar for my project; the calendar has the week and list of what I plan on doing. The calendar can and will change according to what gets done. The date of the actual project is in between week 5-10 because the painting has weather limits. The project needs to be done in the correct weather or the paint will not work correctly. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oDNbTw0x2iexq9edGSlJN83m39qv_Pz5FkVEY8lWq0E/edit?usp=sharing

What Am I Doing?

Hello, Welcome to my Senior project (and Eagle project) Blog. And for this project, I thought that it would be great to paint a USA map in the elementary school playground of JAA. The reason's I chose this project is because, first I know that the school previously had a similar map until it was later cut off by some other things, and second it help's teach kids more about the US. (very helpful in geography quizzes later on.) The Map will be 20 x 30 feet on the playground blacktop. The photos below show the area I marked in chalk where the map would be added and amount space it requires. The project has already been approved by the school and I am going to get it approved by the Boy Scout committee soon. Thank You! -Dilan Johnston