This week I worked at the Science Museum and helped with laminating, and cutting out resources for teachers and students. I learned about the importance of museums in educating youth. I also attended a meeting in the Legislature and learned about how policies are debated.

The event I will be hosting is a Thrift Market at my school. The event will be sponsored by my club, Kids Helping Kids Club. Students and families will donate clothing and other items to be sold on October 11th from 11:00 to 3:00 at Eno River Academy High School. Half of the money will go to our Kids Helping Kids bank account, which funds club bake sales, club advertising, and other items that are needed for the club. The other half of the money will go to the UNC hospital. Our goal is to raise as much money as possible for UNC. Kids Helping Kids has been working on this fundraiser since the beginning of August. Our community partner is Eno River Academy and the principal, Dr. Brown approved the thrift market to be hosted on October 11th. The additional organizations that we can pair with are stores that have extra products that they can donate. The activity will be held in the ERA commons, we asked permission and we were approved, parking will be in the high school lot, and we do not need a permit. ERA will provide all of the tables and chairs needed. With additional clothing we will donate it to GoodWill. We will need at least three volunteers to help with set up and take down, we will also need around three people to help customers with check out. Because the event is held by Kids Helping Kids club, we will coordinate volunteers on the club's Google Classroom. Kids Helping Kids club will meet every Thursday during lunch prior to the event. Project Phases: Before: Gather donations, get approved to host the event, advertise the event on social media and the newsletter, and get volunteers. Day of: Set up a thrift market, set up a cash register, put clothing on tables and add their prices, take pictures of the market to most on social media, host the event, take down the event, lock the doors and wipe down the tables. After: Thank club members and families, write an article to put in the school newsletter about the event. There are no safety concerns as school officers and admin will be present. We will ensure other parts of the school are locked. Below I have attached the volunteer forms. Each volunteer will volunteer from 10:15 to 3:30. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v1mGzXAcS-9UnDifAmUIR2CwELyhQzFglEC-PqUQmNs/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Timeline: August: Plan event with club leadership September: Get approval, hang up flyers in the hallway promoting the event, collect donations, post on social media, host club meetings. October: Finalize volunteers, talk to students about the event, more marketing, and host the event. We plan to spend around $100 on the event, the money will come from our club bank account: Rack to hang clothing 4 table cloths Plastic bags to put clothing in from Aldi 3 white boards to display prices Packs of name tags, to use as price tags Fall decor from the dollar store Ice (we will also be selling snowcones) Gift card as a thank you to the club advisor for helping us set up the morning of.

To promote the thrift market, we posted a flyer on the club Instagram. The official school account also posted the flyer. Me and other club members walked around the school and put flyers up promoting the event. We also requested to have the flyer displayed in the parent newsletter, our request was accepted and many families saw the post.

At 9:00 me and the club president got to school and started setting up for the event. At 10:00 the rest of the volunteers got to school and decorated the market. They also made snow cones for us to sell for additional profit. From 11 to 3:00 we sold clothing. At 3:00 we cleaned up and boxed up extra donations to be brought to Good will or to be saved for next year's event.

I think that the Kids Helping Kids Thrift Market was a successful event and reached our goals. We received 100+ clothing items to sell at the market. Families donated jeans, dresses, shoes, toys, baby books, and even a bag of homemade earrings. We were able to raise money for the club to host more fundraisers such as a bake sale in the spring. We also were able to raise around fifty dollars for the UNC pediatric department. The club will vote exactly where within the department we would like to have the money go at the next meeting. Our goal is to foster a relationship with our school community and be able to make a donation to the hospital once a quarter, the thrift market brought awareness to our goals. We were able to talk to many different families who all wanted to help us succeed. I could tell that I made an impact because I got to see families excited and proud of how their donations would impact others. A family came in and looked around the thrift market, one of my fellow classmates excitedly exclaimed “I donated that bag! Oh and look, it's my old shirt!” The family then bought a few new items and got excited to hear that their money was going to go towards helping sick children. Next time we do an event, I would like to try to promote it better. We did not have as many people come as we desired however, the people that did attend often made large purchases. Some families did not find anything that they wanted but they donated money to us. Overall, the thrift market made an impact by bringing the school community together to raise money for children.