Operation Candy Gram Project

Name: Griselda Casillas


Project Title: Operation Candy Gram


Project Time Table:
Start on: October 11, 2010
Finish by: December 17, 2010


Milestone Dates:
Oct. 11-17: Collect Halloween candy and make halloween labels.
Oct. 25-29: Sell Halloween Candy Grams during lunch and deliver them last period.
Nov.15-19: Collect Thanksgiving candy and make labels.
Nov. 22-24: Sell Thanksgiving Candy Grams during lunch and deliver them last period.
Dec. 1-10: Collect candy canes
Dec. 13- Break: Sell candy cane grams.


Mentor/advisor for project:


Phone/email of advisor:


By the end of this project what I would like to see as the end result is to be able to donate a large sum of money we make by selling the candy grams to charity. I want my team members and I to make this project work and run smoothly. We will have to attach candy, properly separate it, and deliver it. This project will align with our mission and goals as a class because we are improving our community by raising money to donate to charity. By helping charity we are making the world a better place.


The biggest obstacles or challenges we think we might face are getting the candy, having time to sort and deliver the candy. In class we would have to sort the tags for the different classes,and tape the candy to them. If we have more people it will be much easier because it wouldn't take as long. We could either buy the candy or have people in our class help us by bring a bag or two of candy.


The milestones we are going to meet are:
Before Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas we were thinking of setting up a gram sale and donating all the profits to charity. We will sell the candy grams for 25 cents each. How this will work:


1. The week before each sell the group will:
a.prepare labels to tape tp the candy(printing/cutting out in appropriate colors/pictures)
b. collect the candy itself.
c.advertise/make signs around the school.


2. At lunch for the week of each sale, there will be a table set up during lunch. Buyers will:
a. give the money to one person.
b. another person will give them the labels.
c. on the labels the buyer will write who they want to send the candy gram to, who the candy gram is from, and the teacher of the recipients last period class.


3. Later, that day in leadership class the group will attach the candy to the labels and then separate them to the class they will go to. Finally, we will deliver them to the appropriate classrooms.


 The Milestones for the Dates These Events Will Take Place are:
Oct. 11-17: collect Halloween candy, make Halloween labels and advertise.
Oct. 25-29: sell Halloween candy grams during lunch and deliver them during leadership class.
Nov. 15-19: collect Thanksgiving candy, make Thanksgiving labels and advertise.
Nov. 22-24: sell Thanksgiving candy, make Thanksgiving labels and advertise.
Dec. 1-10: collect candy canes, make Christmas labels and advertise.
Dec. 13- Break: sell candy cane grams.


I will work really hard to meet the deadlines. I will make sure everyone in my group is doing their jobs and are not slacking off. I will manage our time well so that we don't get behind with the deadlines.


The following are the materials we will need to succesfully carry out our project:
- Candy for Halloween and Thanksgiving
-Candy canes for Christmas
- Orange, black, brown, purple, red, and green printer paper for the labels
- Tape to attach the candy grams and labels
- Table to use for sell at lunch
- Sign makings to advertise




Other things we need besides materials to be succesful in selling our candy grams are people willing to help make signs to advertise, attach the labels to the candy grams, sorting the labels and help us deliver them. We also need someone to help us count the money after the sell.


Here are the jobs people will be doing if they choose to help:
           - make signs to hang around school (2-3 people)
           - sell the candy grams during lunch ( 2 people)
           - sort and assemble the candy grams ( 3-5 people)
           - deliver the candy grams ( 4-5 people)


My plan to hold myself and my group accountable for the success of our project is.
I will make sure my group is on task, doing their assigned job and not slacking off. I will manage the time for everyone in my group to have enough time to advertise, sell, sort and deliver the candy grams.