tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599328150757668352011-07-07T17:09:57.806-07:00momeesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775285773374502897noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359932815075766835.post-25963179804114164712010-01-17T13:36:00.000-08:002010-01-17T13:39:36.936-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">This blog is for the kids in Sunday School at CHN and their parents.&nbsp; If you want to leave a comment, click on the comments button and share your thoughts.&nbsp; Your comment will not appear until it has been seen by a Sunday School teacher.&nbsp; For your safety, please do not use your whole name when leaving a comment.&nbsp; You might use just your first name, or make up a nickname that we will recognize, but will mean nothing to strangers.&nbsp; If you have questions, ask me at church or call me at home.&nbsp; <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1359932815075766835-2596317980411416471?l=chnsundayschool.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>momeesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775285773374502897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359932815075766835.post-77287306121072802002010-01-17T13:26:00.000-08:002010-01-17T13:38:10.489-08:00This Sunday, January 17, the kids and I decided to raise money to help<br />people in Haiti.<br /><br />We decided the best way to make money was to sell something people might want that we already have but no longer want.&nbsp; We are going to have a book swap.<br /><br />We asked the parents and the&nbsp; older kids to meet with us after church.<br /><br />The date of the book swap will be <b>Saturday, February 13, 2010.</b>&nbsp; We will use the large church hall.&nbsp; The sale will last 2 or 3 hours.&nbsp;<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We will need the following supplies:</b><br /></div>books to sell<br />boxes to display them in<br />bags for people to take them home in<br />2 money boxes<br />change<br />tokens or tickets for the swap.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We need to do the following things:</b><br /></div>Collect supplies, especially books<br />Create flyers<br />Put flyers all around in Swampscott<br />Put a story in the newspaper and other media<br />Ask people to mention us on social networking sites (parents will want to know about this)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>How a Swap Works</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Shoppers pay admission (we might give them a raffle ticket with their admission)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For every 2 books they bring to the swap they get a ticket letting them take one book home.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They can buy more books for cash.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Things We Need to Decide</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">How much will we charge for admission?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Do we want to limit the amount you can swap?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">How much will we charge for cash purchases?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1359932815075766835-7728730612107280200?l=chnsundayschool.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>momeesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12775285773374502897noreply@blogger.com0