Smera Doshi Senior Project 19-20

We began researching materials and their costs for our senior project. With a Michael's coupon, we are able to buy a pack of 10 canvases for $12.99. We both have paint and art supplies at home that we could use for our art sessions to reduce costs. However, if we were to buy multiple packs of canvases, the cost would be expensive, so we were considering an alternative option of having people paint on paper instead, as this would have the same relaxing effect. I own a polaroid camera, so our plan for taking polaroids at SIR day would not cost us much in terms of equipment. However, polaroid film is expensive, and is around $60-$70 at Costco for 60 films. This led us to rethink our idea for polaroids, and we were thinking of simply bringing a camera and taking pictures and compiling them in a Google photos folder for our class instead. We still have more thinking to do about what other supplies we need for our gift baskets and other events we want to hold, however, we have definitel...

We have been brainstorming ideas to fundraise for our project. We have contacted a few restaurants: Chipotle, CREAM, and Gong Cha. We have found that Chipotle will not be a feasible option, as we need to make a minimum of $300 before being able to make a percentage of profit, and we only have a 4 hour time window, making this hard to achieve. At CREAM, the percentage of profit we can make is only 10% within a 4 hour window, making this difficult to help us fundraise a large amount for our project. Gong Cha seems to be the best option, as they will allow us to run the fundraiser for 4 days and it is close to school, making it easy for people to come during lunch and after school. We have decided to hold our fundraiser during finals week, as students will have time after their finals to get boba, as school ends early each day this week.