Operation Product

So I officially placed my product into action today. I stapeled together packets containing an information letter and flier about the Sacks of Hope campaign and placed them into the mailboxes around my neighborhood. I'd say there were about 250 homes here, give or take a few. I did walking on half, but the other half I decided to take my car and drive to pass out the remainder. Of course, with my luck, it figured that I would end up getting too close to a mailbox and make a few brutal scratches on my passenger side mirror. So much for being a good driver...

The information letter explained the graduation project, my goals, and gave a little bit of information about the situation in Sudan. The Sacks of Hope flier gave a short paragraph about the refugee situation in Sudan, as well as stating what the "start-up Sack of Hope" contains:

-Family sized tarp/ground sheet to offer shelter from rain and sun

-Family sized blanket to keep the whole family warm on cold nights in the bush

-Family sized mosquito net for protecting against insects, snakes, and scorpions

-Cooking pan for boiling water and preparing millet gruel

-Plastic canister to carry 5 liters of water

-Hand-held sickle for cutting the dried grass that is required for roofing a shelter

-10 Fishing hooks

-Hoe head for cultivating

-Seeds for planting crops

-22 lbs. of grain to feed a family of five for one week

All of those things are curtial to a family's chance of survival, and it can all be given for a donation of $50 to Christian Solidarity International.

I'm hoping that I'll get some good feedback from my neighbors and that I can raise enough money to really make an impact with this project. I'm planning on doing a short presentation in a few days to tell about what I have learned through all of this as the second part to my product. I'm sure that will go well.