Pacing back and forth, I pondered how our volleyball fundraiser was going to stay afloat. The council was distraught, unable to acquire more teams, with the tournament in two days. With our advisors and the vice principal leaning towards canceling the event, my council had two choices: get eight more teams to sign up or call off the event. I didn’t want to cancel because I knew that as Junior and Senior year approached, we needed more money to fund our proms and class trips.
After school ended, I sped to our advisors’ room. We all pitched ideas, from decreasing the number of team members to changing the tournament date. I wasn’t content with any of the suggestions. And then it hit me. Rebates. Everyone wants to get a deal- pay less for more. The concept was simple: after the end of the tournament, we would give two dollars back to every participants. …show more content…
I failed to understand why people weren’t interested. Volleyball was a relatively popular sport in our school, and most of the students loved the rebates concept. I was about to doze off, at my 8:00 bedtime, taking the last peek at my messages on my phone. I saw that a majority of our school was online and awake. I began messaging a few of my friends, telling them to create a volleyball team and attend the event. It worked. My two-hour bedtime extension was fruitful, with more than seventy messages yielding more than ten new
After school ended, I sped to our advisors’ room. We all pitched ideas, from decreasing the number of team members to changing the tournament date. I wasn’t content with any of the suggestions. And then it hit me. Rebates. Everyone wants to get a deal- pay less for more. The concept was simple: after the end of the tournament, we would give two dollars back to every participants. …show more content…
I failed to understand why people weren’t interested. Volleyball was a relatively popular sport in our school, and most of the students loved the rebates concept. I was about to doze off, at my 8:00 bedtime, taking the last peek at my messages on my phone. I saw that a majority of our school was online and awake. I began messaging a few of my friends, telling them to create a volleyball team and attend the event. It worked. My two-hour bedtime extension was fruitful, with more than seventy messages yielding more than ten new