Nicholas Slacanin

Product & Pictorial Log

Mrs. Sprecher
7th Period AP Literature

Date & Time Activity Commentary Pictures with Captions

Wednesday This afternoon I Overall, the meeting
September 6, 2017 met with the was a great success.
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 Etowah Student With the Etowah SSC
p.m. Service on board to provide the
2 hours Committee’s Co- labor for my event, I
President Tommy had accomplished a
Humphrey. Our great feat with which I
meeting focused on was faced. Finding the
the logistics and large surplus of
dates of the project individuals willing to
including how the help with my event
labor requirements presented a difficult
would be fulfilled. challenge for the
As a service club at completion of my
Etowah, the SSC project. With the help,
was granted the the enormous amount of
right to provide the simple and required
service required at tasks surrounding my
my event. From project became much
ticket sales to more attainable and
business feasible. In addition, I
solicitations around was able to instill a
the community, the valuable connection
SSC agreed to with the first of many
satisfy the service Etowah clubs and
requirements in organizations willing to
order to efficiently assist with the event.
run the Free Throw
event. In addition, In these pictures, Tommy and I are discussing
certain the specific parameters and regulations of the
specifications event, which includes where the service is
involving scoring needed the most, how much service is needed,
procedures, proper and when the appropriate time for the event is.
business
solicitations, and
event coordination
were discussed in
their entirety.
Tuesday This evening I met This meeting was very
September 12, with my facilitator productive and crucial
2017 Dave to discuss the to the well-being of the
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 plans for my event entire project. The
p.m. such as possible efforts made in the
1.5 hours venues ticket discussion on the matter
prices, etc. In our of deciding a venue
discussion, we propelled the project to
elaborated on the the next level of
effect and extent of development. With
the project and how these numbers and
large we anticipated places in mind, it now
it to become. With makes it possible for me
the anticipation of to apply for the venue in
receiving large addition to submitting a
amounts of people fundraiser approval
from around the form which shall be
community, we completed in due time.
decided it was in Dave provided valuable
our best interest to insight on how to
have a large, well properly and effectively
known venue with choose a location that
easy access. In made it easy for
addition, we community members to
debated ticket get to. In addition, he
prices and how the excelled in offering
tournament would advice on the price and
be priced. Our talks method of ticket sales.
led to tickets priced Overall, the project is
at $5 a piece with a now in full swing and is
$2 upcharge to prepared for the
enter the approval process, and
tournament with a then business
chance to win a solicitations and In these pictures, Dave and I are discussing
trophy if the company sponsorships. which venue will provide the greatest
contestant wins. Dave’s background in opportunity for my event. We are actively
After an extended helping out with our discussing the situation in addition to mulling
discussion, our church’s annual Free numbers regarding ticket prices and distribution
ideas led us to Throw Tournament amongst Etowah Zone Schools.
decide on the greatly enhanced my
Etowah Old Gym knowledge on the
and cafeteria to be logistics and mechanics
the venue of our of the program.
event.
Monday October This night I These forms provided a
9, 2017 meticulously filled unique challenge in
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 out the required working with the leaders
p.m. forms and consent of education throughout
1.5 hours papers for my Free the school and county
Throw Tournament. board. The forms had
Per county and area specific questions
school that required prior
requirements, I had knowledge which I was
to fill out a able to receive from
Fundraiser request many experienced
form to be sent to teachers such as Mr.
the county board Armistead, my teacher
for approval. The sponsor for the event, as
form required a well as many members
teacher sponsor, of the Etowah
event details, and Administration team. In
suggested dates for order to be completely
the fundraiser. The accurate and to provide
form consisted of the best chance of
many county getting approved, it was
regulatory imperative that I filled
questions involving out each form legibly
food sales, health and correctly to ensure
standards, and its success. Utilizing my
where the money prior meetings and
was going. In knowledge of the event,
addition, the second I was able to efficiently
required form answer each question
related to the event with confidence and a
venue. In order to respected amount of
obtain access of flexibility given the
any school facility surplus of school events
for a project, it is during my suggested
mandatory to fill dates.
out a facility
request form for the
school. In this
form, details about
the project
including locations,
food vendors,
suggested start and
stop times, and
most importantly
tentative dates for
the event. Overall,
each form required
specific detail and
knowledge in
regards to the
project in order for In these pictures, I am working on the Facility
the process to be Request Form along with the Fundraiser
completed and for Approval Form. Both forms are essential to the
the event to be approval of my event and are imperative in
approved. making my tournament a success. Completing
 each form with the correct information marks a
major priority to ensure approval. With careful
consideration from my teacher sponsor and
members of the administration, I remain
increasingly optimistic of my event’s approval
during the October 19 board meeting on
fundraisers.
Second Section of
Hours
Friday October 27, On this date, I This portion of the
2017 brainstormed ideas project was relatively
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 centered on the easy as I used prior
p.m. Free Throw knowledge from
1.5 hours Tournament itself, previous free throw
and how it would tournaments I had been
run. After a part of in addition to
discussions with the one’s my facilitator had
Student Service run. The format and
Committee and my structure with which it
facilitator the final follows replicates the
logistics of the exact Free Throw
tournament’s Tournament I drew
procedures were inspiration from within
ironed out. From my church. Allowing
the introduction of each contestant 15 shots
a placard name and dividing them by
system to the age and gender
numbered scoring promotes a level playing
sheet, a clear set of field or shall I say court
guidelines were for all competitors. The
created to be individual placards
followed by service represent a nice memoir
members at the of the tournament and
event. In addition, I are also a fairly
designed the name effective way of
placard which identifying each
consisted of a contestant by number
contestant number, instead of name to
corresponding to easily keep track of
their respected scoring and data filing
grade and gender, for an ultimate winner.
as well as their own The placards took the
name and their place of wrist bands as
school name. The they were more cost
placard also effective and easier to
exhibits the Atlanta produce for the event in
Hawk and Etowah mass amounts.
Eagle logos to
promote both
teams. Lastly, I
created a scoring
spreadsheet in
which each
scorekeeper keeps
track of each
contestant’s missed
 and made shots in
order to tally up the
final scores to
determine a winner
from each age
bracket.

In these pictures, I am designing the overall

look of the contestant placard and
corresponding scorecard sheets. The design
took inspiration from previous free throw
tournaments and marathons that involved large
amounts of people. This effective numbering
system develops a much easier route for
keeping track of contestants and their
missed/made shots. The scorecard asks for the
number of the contestant and their respective
name, and the placard provides the same
information. The placard design incorporates
Etowah colors with a hint of Atlanta Hawk
flare. Lastly, these placards will be handed out
to contestants as they come to the ticket booths
to purchase/receive tickets to the event.
Thursday This night I worked Creating the flyer
November 9, 2017 on completing my proved to be an
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 event flyer. The important task in the
p.m. flyer represents a overall promotion of my
2 hours crucial part to the event. As a major focal
promotion and point of the promotion
success of my process, it will help
event. In order to administer information
reach the largest on a simplified and
amount of people, effective platform.
the flyer is being Reaching each student
sent to each local at each school in the
elementary school, Etowah zone will
middle school, and greatly increase my
Etowah in order to chances of obtaining
be distributed to more donators and event
students and their goers. The flyer itself
parents. The flyer took a great deal of
consists of dates, thought and design as it
times, event details, had to be effective yet
etc. In addition, I concise. Incorporating
created a ticket brief informational
voucher on the points with required
bottom of the flyer information was a
to help administer meticulous process that
pre-sale tickets utilized input from
before the event in multiple sources. In
order to alleviate addition, the
space and time for registration/ticket form
ticket sales at the found on the bottom of
door. The flyer also the flyer required
has information precision in terms of
regarding where the including all important
money will be information regarding
donated and the pre-sale tickets and
utilized. Lastly, it registration process
provides especially for the
instructions on how younger children.
to appropriately
buy your tickets,
and it has a
registration form
for those interested
in competing in the
tournament.

In these pictures, I am working on the design of

my event flyer. Incorporating important and
essential event information was a must if the
flyer was to be successful. Who? What?
Where? Why? and When? proved to be the
most valuable questions in terms of what
needed to be answered on the form. In addition
to neatness and creativity, implementing the
ticket voucher system at the end of the flyer
was a very detailed and integral process for the
future in order to streamline my ticket selling
endeavor.
Monday This night involved Sending out the emails
November 14, a plethora of to Etowah Zone schools
2017 communication and was a great milestone in
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 information terms of gaining large
p.m. relaying. In order to groves of support for
1.5 hours administer the my project. With the
promotion of my help of these leaders at
event, it was their schools, I am
imperative that I confident that my event
harness the support will expand immensely
from all of and come that much
Etowah’s feeder closer to the ultimate
schools. Thus, goal of raising as much
writing emails to money as possible for
each principal CURE. Each principal
proved to be an brings a great deal of
essential task in experience and
gaining the support professionalism to the
from the schools. In project that will be
addition to appreciated and utilized
describing the event accordingly to make this
in great detail, it project a great success.
was necessary to With the approval of my
set up meetings fundraiser now
with each principal complete, this next step
to discuss ticket propels my project to
sales at the schools, the next stage of
money handling, development which is
further promotion, obtaining the most
and other support from the
miscellaneous community through
questions. As a effective promotion.
result, I set up Utilizing each
meetings with each principal’s connections
zone principal for with their respected
the coming week to PTAs and social media
address these issues accounts allows my
and concerns and to project to reach an
have a person- immediately large
person interaction audience.
with each school
head involved in
the fundraiser. In
addition, I created
an excerpt for each
school to be read on
the morning
announcements to
promote the event
to all students.
 In these pictures, I am writing emails and
replies to each of the Etowah zone principals
from each of Etowah’s feeder schools. I have
included excerpts from my email discussions
with Ms. Valle, the principal of Oak Grove
Elementary School as well as Mr. McGruder,
the Principal of Boston Elementary School. In
the emails I discuss possible meeting times and
give a detailed description of the event. In
addition, I have included a picture of my
morning announcement to be read at each
school in order to promote the event. With the
support of each of these principals and the large
distribution of information at each school, I am
confident that my event will grow to an amount
higher than I could have hoped for.
Third Section of
Hours
Tuesday During this evening My meeting with Mrs.
November 28, and night, I had a Kerri provided a
2017 meeting with Mrs. plethora of knowledge
6:00 p.m. – 12:00 Kerri Magee and expertise in the
p.m. discussing the realm of school
6 hours logistics and fundraising which I had
planning of my not received yet. Kerri’s
event including knowledge with local
company companies and her
sponsorships and connections through
donations. Kerri, these businesses
the President of allowed my project to
Etowah Tennis, flourish as I was able to
worked with me on obtain a great deal of
coordinating the new sponsors and
event while gaining promoters that I had not
adequate support yet thought of. Kerri’s
from the experience in running
community and Taste of Etowah, a large
businesses. In scale fundraiser for the
addition, we Etowah Tennis Team
discussed how my truly showed as she was
connection with able to guide me to a
Etowah Tennis position in which I
would be displayed could raise the largest
at the event. Our amount of money
discussion went possible. Our inclusion
over the new found of the silent auction
ability to utilize the shall bring in a
 Tennis Team’s substantial amount of
credit card readers money therefore
for ticket sales at proving to be extremely
the event to provide beneficial. Lastly, her
an alternative to ability to provide credit
cash and check. card scanners for ticket
Furthermore, we sales shall greatly
talked about the enhance my
additional productivity in terms of
promotion of my door sales and greater
event through ease through
social media and transactions.
local Towne Lake
news outlets.
Moreover, we
created a map of
my event
specifically in the In this picture I am reviewing the plans Kerri
cafeteria which and I went over earlier in the night. They
would hold the included a list of company donations and
vendors and games sponsorships along with what each winner from
for children and the tournament would receive in terms of
families. Lastly, we prizes. In addition to this list, I am also
incorporated the reviewing the floor plan we created of the
silent auction idea Etowah cafeteria and how my event would be
into my project as set up with all of my vendors and booths.
an additional way Furthermore, I am also checking the notes I
of fundraising made about money collections and how to
money and giving effectively use the credit card readers. The
companies the picture of my floor plan and the list of company
opportunity to donations is included as these were main
donate without components of our meeting.
actually being
present at the event.
Wednesday This afternoon my The video is an
December 6, 2017 friends and I excellent promotional
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 created a piece to appeal to
p.m. promotional video younger audiences that
2 hours to be displayed at cannot read the posters
all Etowah feeder around school. Instead
schools. The video the video provides
utilizes a short and another outlet in which
concise nature that the children can receive
gets to the point the information directly
while keeping the from high school
attention of young students. We also intend
children. We for the video to be sent
displayed some out to parents through
basic basketball principal emails and
maneuvers to a announcements, and
catchy tune, and I thus the inclusion of the
gave a brief informational poster is
motivational crucial in giving
invitation to my adequate details about In these pictures I am participating in the
event. At the end of my project for parents making of the video. I am displaying basic
the clip, we who intend to send their skills with my friends such as dribbling the ball,
 displayed my children to the event. cross-overs, and spinning the ball on your
digital poster which fingertip. I am at my local park filming this
included all the clip, and all shots were edited by me and my
details and friend Evan.
information
regarding my event
and where the
proceeds would go.
Tuesday On this day, I had My event was a great
December 19, my event and success, and its duration
2017 fundraiser. was filled with
11:30 a.m. – 9:30 Beginning directly excitement and
p.m. after finals, I began enthusiasm. From the
10 hours to start set up. This lively music provided
included gaining by our DJ to the thrilling
final approval to shoot offs from our
start moving tables contestants, the event
and chairs along for created a wonderful
the event. In atmosphere to raise
addition, I had to money for Childhood
clear the lunch Cancer patients. The
room and prepare coordination of the
to bring in event taught me the
materials required value of self-confidence
for my event. In and determination in
addition, I bought addition to containing
additional posters, yourself when all the
contestant placards, odds were against you.
tickets, and The support and
supplies for my generosity of all who
fundraiser. Then, I helped truly made the
received my set-up event a success that I
volunteers from the hope can live on in
SSC to begin the Etowah’s legacy. By
main preparation. giving an actual
This included representation of
setting up booths running an event, this
with carnival games project tested my skills
such as ring toss, and knowledge as a
pyramid throw, and leader, and it clarified
ping pong. We any doubts I had in that
covered each table this is the career oath for
with gold and blue me. I yearn to lead and
tablecloths and set bring groups together to
up chairs around complete a task, and
each. We also set thus the entrepreneur
up our ticket tables, route is a clear choice in
8 in total. Each my future endeavors.
table was
distinguished with a
handmade poster
detailing which
school it would
serve. For instance,
the Bascomb table
was distinguished
with a Bascomb
poster.
Furthermore, we set
up the gym while I
instructed
scorekeepers on
how to properly
score and mark
missed/made shots
for each contestant.
When the event
started, we helped
with the Hacienda
Vieja catering, in
addition to the
Peace Love Pizza
catering.
Throughout the
duration of the
event, I monitored
volunteers while
coordinating the
event which
included overseeing
the silent auction
tables, carnival
booths, and ticket
sales stations.
Lastly, my
volunteers and I
cleaned up the
venue by taking
down and placing
the tables and
chairs where they
had been found. We
reset the lunchroom
and counted all
donations received.
Our total reached
$1,721.19!
 In these pictures, I showcase the main potions
of my event from the food to the carnival
games. I am seen standing with Mrs. Kerri,
many of the contestants, and many of my
volunteers. In addition, there are pictures of the
winners with their trophies. Lastly, I included a
picture that details the money raised and where
all the funds came from in retrospect to the
event.
Wednesday On this day, Dave This final meeting was
January 11, 2018 and I meet one last an excellent way to
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 time to discuss the recap my entire project
p.m. outcome of my and the successes it
1 hour event and the funds brought along with it.
I had raised. We The amounts raised and
went over how the how the money was
funds were raised definitely
collected and how reflected our hard work
they should be sent and commitment toward
out to my contact at making an impact on the
CURE. Dave and I cancer community.
also reflected on
what aspects of the
project could have
been more
streamline and
efficient in order to
enhance the overall
success of the
project.
In these pictures, Dave and I had completed our
discussion on the project and were reflecting on
the job we had done. The project was an
excellent portrayal of the future leadership roles
I could take on in a company.