Sonora Elementary

Partnership Project Intro. to Ed-Spring 2013

Professor A.J. Shirey

Our Team

Cara Maxwell

Amanda Wheeler

Teri Spivey Doug Denmark a.k.a. Easter Bunny

Bethany Wood (not pictured)

Introduction & Overview

For our EMPACTS project, our team partnered with a Springdale

Elementary school, Sonora Elementary, and their P.T.A. to raise funds

for playground equipment and other basic needs of the scholars at

Sonora. The school opened in August of 2011. In their district, as in

many others, schools are not provided a playground when they are

constructed. It is up to the school and it’s P.T.A. to raise the money to

have playgrounds installed. In conjunction with the school, we aided in

one fundraiser: Owl You Need is Love Family Fun Night. We also hosted

three other events: Easter Bunny Pics, Zumba and an Artfully Owlish

Event-Art Auction and Spaghetti Dinner. We have a group goal of

raising $1000 in our partnership with the PTA.

Project Objectives

• Service to the Community: Our project is providing a service to the community through

helping a local public school, Sonora Elementary, in their fundraising efforts to build a

playground for their students as well as members of the community. We collaborated with

the Sonora Elementary P.T.A. and administration throughout the project and have engaged

the public to aid in our fundraising efforts. We received donations from local businesses

and used media to help aid our fundraising efforts.

• Technology: We used many forms of technology for the project. When not in class, we

communicated primarily through email, text and shared our work through Google Drive. We

also put documents into a LiveBinder account as well. We used a Nikon DSLR camera to

take pictures for fundraising and to document our project. Various computer programs

were also used for flyers, brochures, logs and QR code for flyer.

• Skills we developed: Delegation, collaboration, problem-solving and partner support skills.

We each became more familiar with different types of technology. We also learned how to

communicate more effectively with our peers as wells as professionally with community

organizations. We have also organized three fundraising events.

Owl You Need is Love

This was our first fundraising event. We had a photo booth at the Owl You Need is Love Family Fun Night on February 8. We took photos for $2 each and raised close to $80.

Easter Bunny Pics The Easter Bunny visited Sonora Elementary on March 29 and we were

there to capture it all! We took 249 pictures and were able to raise close to $500 while putting smiles on hundreds of little faces!

Zumba We held a Zumba Fitness Event on April 22 at Sonora Elementary from

4:30-6:30. Instructor Carlos Hernandez donated his time for the Fitness instruction, Papa Rap came out and we all got a great workout! We charged $5 per person and Sonora scholars were free. We raised $55.

Artfully Owlish Event

Please join us for a Spaghetti Dinner and Art

Auction May 3, 2013

5:30-7:30 p.m. 20200 Sonora Rd.

Springdale $5 per person $15 per family

More coming soon........

Dr. Stewman & Bentley Kirkland artfully working on their creations!

Rebecca Shuster and Mandy Gower artfully working on their creations!

A Hoot of a Success!

Participation and Responsibilities

• Bethany Wood-assisted with Owl You Need is Love photo booth and edited photos, solicited donations for auction, preparation/clean up for auction.

• Amanda Wheeler-auction flyers, solicited donations, took photos at events, collected money for Zumba, assisted with organization of photos, helped with art preparation, attended auction meetings and assist in auction preparation/clean up, helped with final presentation.

• Cara Maxwell-contact to Sonora Elementary, scheduled meetings with Sonora and EMPACTS group, solicited donations, proposal, took photos at events, edited and got photos developed, helped with art preparation for auction, attended auction meetings, got food for auction, auction program, preparation/clean up for auction.

• Doug Denmark-Easter Bunny, assisted P.T.A. with book fair, helped with art preparation, attended auction meetings, art selection for auction, collected money for Zumba, preparation/clean up for auction.

• Teri Spivey-facilitate Zumba fundraiser, prepared flyers for Zumba, took photos at Zumba, made tickets to pre-sale, solicit donations, picked up donated items, final project presentation, set up photo booth and assisted with photos for Easter Bunny pics, preparation/clean up for auction.

Participation Log Name Date Log In Log Out

Description

Amanda Wheeler 2/8/2013 5:45:00 7:30:00 Owl you

need is Love

Amanda Wheeler 2/19/2013 3:30:00 4:30:00 meeting @

sonora

Amanda Wheeler 3/13/2013 1:00:00 3:00:00 Soliciting

Donations

Amanda Wheeler 3/15/2013 2:30:00 3:00:00 Jim's

Razorback

Amanda Wheeler 3/28/2013 1:15:00 1:30:00 Phone to

country Gardens

Amanda Wheeler 3/30/2013 8:15:00 10:30:00 Easter bunny pics

Amanda Wheeler 4/2/2013 3:30:00 6:00:00 Mattes for art

auction

Amanda Wheeler 4/11/2013 11:30:00 1:15:00 Editing Easter pics

Amanda Wheeler various 1:00:00 3:00:00

computer time ( Tax ID, Flyers, spreadsheets, etc)

Amanda Wheeler 4/22/2013 4:00:00 5:45:00 Zumba

Fundraiser

Amanda Wheeler 4/29/2013 10:30:00 11:00:00 Met w/ Dianne Phillips

Amanda Wheeler 5/3/2013 2:15:00 9:00:00 Auction

Bethany Wood 2/8/2013 5:30:00 7:30:00 Sonora Owl

You Need is Love-Volunteer

Bethany Wood 2/8/2013 8:30:00 10:30:00 Owl You Need is Love- Photo

Uploading & Editing

Bethany Wood 2/9/2013 1:00:00 2:30:00 Owl You

Need is Love- Photo Editing

Bethany Wood 2/13/2013 4:45:00 5:00:00 Editing

Bethany Wood 2/14/2013 9:15:00 10:00:00 Editing

Bethany Wood 2/14/2013 10:00:00 11:00:00 Donation Soliciting

Bethany Wood 2/14/2013 7:45:00 9:00:00 Editing

Bethany Wood 12:00:00 1:00:00 collective

time for redoing the donation letter

Bethany Wood 5/3/2013 5:00:00 9:00:00 Auction

Participation Log (cont.) Name Date Log In Log Out

Description

Cara Maxwell 2/8/2013 5:30:00 7:30:00 Sonora Owl

You Need is Love-Volunteer

Cara Maxwell 2/17/2013 1:00:00 2:00:00 Project

Proposal Preparation

Cara Maxwell 2/19/2013 3:15:00 4:30:00 Sonora

Meeting for Art Auction

Cara Maxwell 2/23/2013 12:00:00 1:00:00 Project Updates

Cara Maxwell 3/11/2013 7:00:00 8:00:00 Worked on

proposal and created project timeline

Cara Maxwell 3/30/2013 8:15:00 12:15:00 Easter Bunny pics at Sonora

Cara Maxwell 4/2/2013 2:00:00 3:00:00 Selecting art

for auction at Sonora

Cara Maxwell 4/2/2013 4:00:00 6:00:00 Matte making

for art auction at Sonora

Cara Maxwell 4/9/2013 3:30:00 5:00:00 Art Auction meeting and

matte making

Cara Maxwell 4/22/2013 4:00:00 6:00:00 Zumba

Fundraiser

Cara Maxwell 4/29/2013 10:30:00 11:00:00 Meeting with Diane Phillips

Cara Maxwell 5/3/2013 Noon 9:00:00 Auction

Doug Denmark 2/14/2013 2:00:00 4:00:00 Assist

Sonora P.T.A. Book Fair

Doug Denmark 2/19/2013 3:15:00 4:30:00 Sonora

Meeting for Art Auction

Doug Denmark 3/30/2013 8:15:00 12:15:00 Easter Bunny pics at Sonora

Doug Denmark 4/2/2013 2:00:00 3:00:00 Selecting art

for auction at Sonora

Doug Denmark 4/2/2013 4:00:00 5:00:00 Matte making

for art auction at Sonora

Doug Denmark 4/9/2013 3:30:00 5:00:00 Art Auction

meeting and matte making

Doug Denmark 4/22/2013 4:00:00 6:00:00 Zumba

Fundraiser

Doug Denmark 5/3/2013 2:00:00 7:15:00 Auction

Participation Log Name Date Log In Log Out

Description

Teri Spivey 2/12/2013 3:00:00 4:00:00 Spoke with

Carlos /zumba class preparation

Teri Spivey 2/19/2013 3:45:00 4:30:00 Sonora

Meeting for Art Auction

Teri Spivey 2/22/2013 1:00:00 3:00:00 prepared

tickets for zumba/and flyer

Teri Spivey 3/16/2013 12:00:00 3:00:00 worked on getting donations

Teri Spivey 4/2/2013 9:00:00 11:00:00 worked on

prezi for final presentation

Teri Spivey 4/8/2013 7:00:00 10:00:00 work on Prezi/flyers/donation

pick up

Teri Spivey 4/9/2013 3:30:00 4:00:00 "update"

meeting at Sonora

Teri Spivey 4/16/2013 3:00:00 5:00:00

communicate with carlos and papa rap/confirm zumba

Teri Spivey 4/22/2013 3:30:00 6:30:00 Zumba

Fundraiser

Teri Spivey 4/25/2013 2:00:00 4:00:00 drop off

more donation request

Teri Spivey 4/25/2013 2:45:00 3:45:00 set up

meeting for east lab with Dianne Phillips

Teri Spivey 4/25/2013 7:30:00 12:00:00 work on pp and prezi

preparation

Teri Spivey 4/26/2013 12:00:00 12:30:00 pick up donations from Sams

Teri Spivey 4/27/2013 11:00:00 4:00:00 work on

Prezi and PP for final Presentation

Teri Spivey 4/29/2013 10:30:00 11:15:00 attended meeting with Mrs

Phillips to work on East Website

Teri Spivey 4/29/2013 10:05:00 10:25:00 meet with team members to discuss final

Presentation material

Teri Spivey 4/29/2013 12:00:00 1:15:00 work on adjustments to final

presentation

Teri Spivey 5/3/2013 5:00:00 9:00:00 Auction

Project Timeline

• February 8-Owl You Need is Love

• February 19-Auction Meeting

• March 30-Easter Bunny Pictures

• April 2-Auction Meeting

• April 9-Auction Meeting

• April 22-Zumba Fundraiser

• May 3-Artfully Owlish Event (auction)

Conclusion • Amanda Wheeler- This opportunity to help my community gave me a strong sense of pride. I am

very glad that Cara asked for assistance. She has been amazing and very patient. Doug and Teri have stretched themselves to help a school in need as well (and even former member, Bethany) The three events that we partnered with Sonora Elementary for went better than I could have imagined. Our final event, "An Artfully Owlish Event," that we are hosting, is quickly approaching and I have nothing but high hopes and tall demands for a successful outcome! I have to say, it will be nice to breathe after our projects are over, yet I will leave while patting everyone on the back for a job well done! Thank you "Team Sonora!"

• Bethany Wood- I was really surprised with how much effort everyone put into this project. In most of my experience with group projects, everyone tries to get by with the bare minimum, but this group went above and beyond and got so much done and put so much time and effort into this project in such little time. I'm so glad to see that we were able to help out Sonora. If I had to do anything differently, I would probably try to have one specific event instead of several events spread out through the semester.

• Cara Maxwell-Overall I really enjoyed getting to know my team and working with them. It amazed me that they were so willing to help out the scholars at Sonora. My boys attend Sonora, but the others had no connection. They went above and beyond on this project and I am proud that we have been able to do so much. We still have one more event to go but I am confident it will be a success because of the work my team has put into it. If I had to do anything differently, it would be focus on just one main project. In all we had four events that we either helped with or did on our own. That is a lot to do in one semester.

Conclusion continued... • Doug Denmark-I enjoyed working with my fellow team members. I feel that we put together a pretty

good group. A lot of great ideas for fundraising projects besides the Zumba class and Art Auction were discussed and as the only male member of Team Sonora I truly felt that my ideas and suggestions were not ignored. If I could do it all over again, I would have to agree that focusing our efforts on one project would be the way to go. For the most part I am happy that I was able to help and only wish I could have done more. Even if means putting on the rabbit suit again. Thanks to Cara, Amanda, Teri and Bethany for including me in Team Sonora. Hoot Owls Hoot! • Teri Spivey- This project has been ben both time consuming and inspiring. I think overall our team has worked together to do a great service to provide funds for this School. Though my children do not attend Sonora Elementary, I know how important it is for children to have a safe place to release their energy! I am proud to have been part of this experience. I am also thankful to be a part of a team that truly cared about the outcome and success of our mission! We did not have major conflicts or a team member who did not contribute in some area to complete our goal. Thank You to Team Sonora for working together as a team and making our project a success. We all have reason to be proud...raising $600 to benefit this school was not picnic in the park...It will be great to see the success of tonight's Auction and add that to our total ... Go Team Sonora Hoot-Hoot we collected some loot! A big Thank You to Sonora Elementary for Partnering with us and all of our contributors and supporters...we could not have done it without you all! I think the only thing different I would have done is to choose event and put all focus on it , having atotal of 4 events for this project, school, work, and a second empacts project was a bit much for one semester! Thankfully ...we have made it through and I am Proud to be a part of Team Sonora

Funds Raised

Mini Events - $600

Main Event - "Artfully Owlish Event" - Auction

$3000!!

...and counting

• Sonora Elementary School especially Dr. Regina Stewman, Mrs. Charlisa French and Teachers • Sonora Elementary P.T.A. • Sonora EAST Program • Springdale School District • Carlos Hernandez • Papa Rap • Tyson Foods • Tim's Pizza-East • Jim's Razorback Pizza • Wal-Mart and Sam's Club • NWA Naturals Baseball • Walton Arts Center • Whimsy Woo • Larry Williams Auctions

• Arkansas Democrat Gazette (NWA Times) • Kari Goff • 104.9 the X (Jon and Deek) • Girl Scout Troop #5089 • Kim Cook • Amanda Ladish • Docuprint • Sally Ghanim @ Enrich Salon • Amy Hester @ Salon on the Square

Acknowledgements

Team Sonora