The $50 Challenge
SMITH COLLEGE
OCTOBER 2014
* S SQUARED *
PRODUCT
- cookies/chips/tea
- collaged glass bottles
PLAN
- Sell in the streets of Northampton across from
the Starbucks. Play guitar to attract costumers.
OUTCOME
- Did not turn out very well. Only made back money
that we spent. Perhaps lack of mobility and signs
prevented more profit?
Samin Gokcekus & Sarah Hirsch
In Action
Net Proceeds
$0.00
Charity: Gillette House
SEXY BOBA
• Homemade Taiwanese bubble milk tea
• $5 for each
• Use real milk, real tea bag, and less sugar 
healthier
Net Proceeds
$82.88
Charity: CISCO
Family Portrait Face Painting
Members: Chenxi Fang, Zhiyi Chen, Shengjie Dai, Jingping Nie
Our Idea
• Do face painting for Smithies and their family members on the
Saturday of family weekend
• Designed 5 Smith-related or Fall-related styles (i.e. Smith Pride,
Smith Pioneer, Halloween Pumpkin, etc.)
Outcome
• Painted 25+ faces/hands
What We Learned
• How to make our idea work
with limited resources
• The importance of teamwork
• Be flexible
Gallery
Net Proceeds
$110.00
Charity: Smith College News
Hippo-Halloween Candy Delivery
1. What is our idea?
• Consumers can choose in between Two sizes of candy ($5 for
small one and $ 8 for large one) along with a free card.
• All team members delivery candy bags to Smithies’ dorms at the
eve of Halloween.
2. Outcomes
• We sold out all of our candy bags(40 bags in total)
• We adjusted our price after receiving responses from consumers
that our original prices were too high.
Net Proceeds:
$184.00
Charity: CISCO
Clicks & Treats
Sipho Kargbo, Samantha Bergman, Serena Sakheim, Lucia Simova, Jenny Park
Idea
• Hold a bake sale to support the Smith College Global Medical Brigades!
How we did it!
• Produce a variety of sweet treats (cupcakes, whoopie pies, cookies)
• Take family photos of customers who buy package deals
2 cupcakes = 1 photo
4 cupcakes = 3 photos
6 cupcakes = 5 photos
Results
• No pictures were taken as customers only bought single cupcakes.
• The beginning of opening the business was difficult as many potential customers had already eaten.
• Outside factors may have deterred potential customers to buy sweet items (time of day, weather, other events nearby)
• To fix this problem, Clicks & Treats brought our booth to them! We brought our goods to events where parents might be. We
canvassed the Smith vs. Wellesley soccer game, a field hockey game and other Family Weekend events!
Net Proceeds:
$268.75
Charity: Global Medical Brigades
Boba Bubble
Mengqi Chen
Iris Dong
Lingxuan Li
Wanqi Wang
Anyu Xu
What did we do:
- Sold bubble tea for $3 each
- Sold (pre-order) self-made postcards, 1 piece or a set of 8
- Presented TECC in terms of vision & volunteer programs
Outcomes:
- Received 11 pre-orders from students & parents
- Publicized TECC and its summer programs in China & bring
in prospective participants
- Learned how to sell ideas, communicate effectively, and
collaborate w/ team members and other groups
- Holding on till the last minute matters!
Net Proceeds
$339.00
Charity: TECC
Friends of Bears
Smith Bear Parents Project
• Brief Description:
Fundraising to befriend a rescued moon bear
(Cost $15: Bear Parents Certificates + Gummy Bears)
• Strategies:
- Set a specific goal: 50 donors or “Bear Parents”
- Exemplify the impact of donation: e.g. you can spoil your
bear with a pot of honey if you donate $8
- Change locations per Family Weekend schedule
- Provide update about the befriended bear in the future
• Outcome:
Over 80 donors
Net Proceeds
$340.20
Charity: Animal Advocates of Smith College
Asian Dessert Express

Sell mochi, a Japanese delicacy made from rice flour and filled with red bean
paste

We put a twist on the classic mochi and decided to offer a different option – Nutella
mochi

We made four big trays and ended up selling all of them
Net Proceeds:
$403.03
Charity: Animal Advocates of Smith College
InkChina
Jiaying Liang
Jiaao Lu
Mingrui Xu
Yitian Ye
Chenjia Zhu
Strategy:
-selling handmade bookmarks, postcards, and larger pieces containing Chinese Caligraphy;
-approaching potential customers with samples and asking whether they are interested in check
out our products;
-offering customized bookmark option
Lessons Learnt:
-it is important to take advantages of the location, try to capture more customers
-having assigned jobs for each members makes the process more efficient
-handmade stuff is the best!
Outcome:
-primary customers: parents who are interested in Chinese culture
-the idea of supporting Education in China was appealing to many donors
InkChina
Jiaao Lu
Yitian Ye
Chenjia Zhu
Mingrui Xu
Jiaying Liang
Net Proceeds
$469.75
Charity: TECC
Grand Totals
THE 2014 $50 CHALLENGE
SMITH COLLEGE
Team
Net Proceeds
Charity
S-Squared
$0.00
Gillette House
Sexy Boba
$82.88
CISCO
Family Portrait
$110.00
Smith College News
Hippo
$184.00
CISCO
Clicks and Treats
$268.75
Global Medical Brigade
Boba Bubble
$339.00
TECC
Friends of Bears
$340.20
Animal Advocates of SC
Asian Dessert Express
$403.03
Animal Advocates of SC
Ink China
$469.75
TECC
Team
Net Proceeds
Charity
S-Squared
$0.00
Gillette House
Sexy Boba
$82.88
CISCO
Family Portrait
$110.00
Smith College News
$184.00
CISCO
Clicks and Treats
$268.75
Global Medical Brigade
Boba Bubble
$339.00
TECC
Hippo
Grand Total:
$2197.61
Friends of Bears
$340.20
5 hours, 9 teams,
38 students, Animal Advocates of SC
organizations Animal Advocates of SC
Asian Dessert Express 6 charitable
$403.03
Ink China
$469.75
TECC