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Update:

I have filled out the registration form for SH. I am going to put the start date for donations down for Monday as we will have some guidelines set up by Sat night. The end date will of course be the 13th.

We have the option of having barrels, boxes, posters, or literature provide for us. I believe I am going to request 1 barrel for my neighborhood and some literature. I am going to try and get them to send Whirlpool (my company) a newsletter about the event to get more donations.

That being said we have to input a poundage goal. I am thinking 600 lbs (3 barrels full). It may sound like a lot but we have a month to collect!

The only forseeable problem is delivery. They will only accept deliveries on a Monday-Friday basis. I am trying to get them to work with us to make it happen. If not, we will figure something out.

To everyone, thank you for the participation and interest. Look forward to seeing anyone that can make it on Sat.

 

To anyone that wishes to start collecting early (i have)....here are their "favorite things":

Peanut butter, tuna and other canned meat, macaroni and cheese, canned veggies and fruits, soup.

Im sure anything else is welcome.

 

So basically any non-perishable food is alright, right? And this sounds awesome Kyle, good work with SH!

-Matt

 

Ok - my thoughts

Everyone involved starts working now by talking to friends, family, and co-workers about donating.

When they offer to donate, we get a pick-up location for them and tell them that sometime on January 13th, a caravan of S2000's (top always down) will swing by that location and pick up the food, and load it into the trunk. If they are not home they can leave it on the front porch. (along the lines of Trick or Cans)

This gives us a route, as we spend the day driving from location to location doing pick-ups, as well as giving our friends, family, and co-workers a little show of our passion for the s2k. Our goal is to fill each s2000 trunk and deliver it to SH.

When complete, we can get a photo of the group, cars, and donations in the parking lot of Second Harvest, and send a post-card type thank-you to everyone who donated.

This would make a great yearly tradition.


Things that would need to be done to make this happen:
- We would need to create a spreadsheet for each participant to track donations and locations of pickup
- We would need to limit the pick-up zone.
- Donation commitments would need to be finalized 1 week before the drive so that we can map up the route in advance. We might even want to have a few people drive the route the Saturday before, and verify all locations can be found, or are drivable, and have time to address any problems.
- As already mentioned, we would need to work out a drop-off time for the food to SH on Saturday.
- We may need to build in a rain / snow date. It would not be as fun doing this with the top up. This needs to be discussed, as moving dates for this would not be easy at the last minute. (would we just complete this top up?)

Let me know what you think...

 

I think that we might need to have a couple designated spots in which we meet donors to pick up donations as opposed to going to their houses. I think the house thing would work if it were a neighborhood-wide event, but not for something on a larger scale, it would be too hectic. Maybe have a restaurant or a starbucks or something picked out for people to come to (looking for a group of top-down S's in the parking lot) to load up and we can then drop them off at SH and then proceed to go for a drive or go out to eat etc etc etc.
Just my two cents.

 

But typically, people only want to help if it does not involve work for them. Getting people to drop off donations themselves, could leave us sitting in a parking lot with nobody showing up.

If all they need to do, is open the door, and hand it off, then donations will be much larger. Personally, Id be willing to donate cans to see all the cars (top down in January) pull up to my house to get it.

We would just need to keep the Pick-up zone in check, and have time to map it out.

Personally, I dont want to sit in a parking lot all day for this. The fun is in the drive.

 

okay, dumb question.
how do I go about putting the banner in my sig?

 

yeah, that's very true. The lazy nature of people totally slipped my mind.
the main thing then, will be keeping the pickup zone in check and being able to find out where to go/where we are (which I will be no help, as I'm coming from Nashville and have no idea how to get around out there).
But on another note, I'm gonna post a link to this thread in the Music City forum.

 

Cool - And being the "First Annual" im sure we will run into many problems with a large list of things to correct for the "Second Annual". People will get lost, things will be missed, and who knows what else, so hopefully everyone involved will not expect miracles with what we are doing and in such a short timeframe. I see this only as a primer for a much better event next year.

As for other regions, we can tweak it as we go. Would people from other regions be willing to do this within our community? Could this branch out into similar events across the country? Would these seperate events all join together in the end for one cause? Who knows? Any ideas are welcome.