Deadline Extended for Engage Toms River Lemonade Day Video Business Plan Challenge
The deadline has been extended for the 2016 Engage Toms River Lemonade Day Video Business Plan Challenge. The deadline for submitting videos is now Monday, July 11th at midnight.
THE $10,000 LEMONADE DAY CHALLENGE
Once registered, you can then be eligible to participate in the $10,000 Engage Toms River Lemonade Day Video Challenge.
- You will make a 3 to 5 minute video with the child/ren explaining the following:
- Start the video with their name(s), grade(s) and school(s).
- Their thought process in developing their business plan.
- What is their unique selling point?
- What is the idea behind their lemonade day stand design? (the stand does not have to be complete, but sketches etc will be helpful).
- Why did they choose their location and business partner?
- How will they spend, save and share their profits?
- End the video with #WeAreTR
- Please note: any video over five minutes will be disqualified.
- Submit the uncompressed file on a DVD, a memory stick or upload it to engagetomsriver@gmail.com or mail to Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation, 1027 Hooper Ave., Toms River, NJ, 08753.
INFORMATION TO INCLUDE WHEN SUBMITTING
- The file should be named FIRSTNAME.LASTNAME.GRADE example: tara.cunningham.6thgrade
- Do NOT compress your file!
- Submit your file by June 20, 2016, midnight.
- CD’s or flash drives will not be returned and should be mailed to Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation, 1027 Hooper Ave., Toms River, NJ
- Please include the following information in the email, or in the letter accompanying the CD, or flash drive
- Child/children name/s,
- School,
- Grade,
- Age/s,
- Home address,
- Lemonade Stand Address, including business name
- Guardian’s name,
- Phone and
- email address clearly written.
- Please note that if you are a team, one student will act as the lead. Please identify the student leader and then the members of the team.
- If you are part of a group, what is the financial breakdown if you win? For example, if you are three-member team, will you split the money with 33 1/3% to each one, or will the leader get 50% and the remaining two receive 25% each? It is your responsibility to have that worked out.
PRIZE
The selected winner/or team will be awarded $10,000 on Lemonade Day!
- Get the Squeeze out of Lemonade Day, April 9, 2016.
- The deadline to submit your video is July 11, 2016, midnight.
- Judges announce the top three contestants on July 18th, on WOBM’s Shawn and Sue’s Morning Show.
- Public votes for who they want to win the $10,000 from July 18th to July 31th.
- The winner will be announced on August 1st with the presentation of the winning $10,000 check!
Judges will review your video and will be looking for:
- Under five minutes, file named correctly with all contact information.
- Design concept and your thought process. The purpose behind the design.
- Unique selling point.
- Business plan. It should show a clear vision.
- Why the student chose your mentor.
- How the student plans to spend, save and share their profits.
- Has #WeAreTR at the end.
The top three entries will then be announced on WOBM Shawn and Sue’s Morning Show on July 18th.
SUBMISSION CHECK LIST:
- The video is under five minutes.
- Started the video with their name(s), grade(s) and school(s).
- They have explained their thought process in developing their business plan.
- They have explained their unique selling point?
- They have explained the idea behind their lemonade day stand design? (the stand does not have to be complete, but sketches, photoshops etc will be helpful).
- They have explained why did they chose their location and business partner?
- They have explained how will they spend, save and share their profits?
- They have ended the video with #WeAreTR
- Please note: any video over five minutes will be disqualified.
- You are agreeing to submit an uncompressed file on a CD, DVD, a memory stick or will upload it to engagetomsriver@gmail.com or mail to Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation, 1027 Hooper Ave., Toms River, NJ, 08753.
- The file is named FIRSTNAME.LASTNAME.GRADE example: tara.cunningham.6thgrade
- Submit your file by June 20, 2016, midnight.
- I agree that CD’s, DVD’s or flash drives will not be returned and should be mailed to Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation, 1027 Hooper Ave., Toms River, NJ
- I have included the following information in the email, or in the letter accompanying the CD, DVD or flash drive
- Schild/children name/s,
- School,
- Grade,
- Age/s,
- Home address,
- Lemonade Stand Address, including business name
- Guardian’s name,
- phone and
- email address clearly written.
- If you are a team you have identified and included an explanation of the student leader and then the members of the team, and the agreed financial breakdown if you win.
*Toms River Regional School District- List of Eligible Schools:
- Ambassador Christian Academy
- Bayville Elementary
- Beachwood Elementary
- Berkeley Township Elementary
- Cedar Grove Elementary
- Citta Elementary
- Clara B. Worth Elementary
- East Dover Elementary
- H & M Potter Elementary
- Hooper Avenue Elementary
- North Dover Elementary
- Pine Beach Elementary
- St. Joseph Grade School
- Silver Bay Elementary
- South Toms River Elementary
- Walnut Street Elementary
- Washington Street Elementary
- West Dover Elementary