ClassE is where we grow entrepreneurs and nurture success. This is what we have been learning this week.

Sponsorships are due today and golf sign-ups will continue until the event.

Please consider supporting the students as they raise money for their start-up seed money.

Click here for the flyer.
 

Monday, Oct 16th - Sponsorship Sign Orders Due, Sales Update, Social Media & Advertising Review

Tuesday, Oct. 17th - Workday

Wednesday, Oct. 18th - The Men Who Built America
Lifespan Theatre

Thursday, Oct. 19th - Tour of First Fruits Homestead
with Lauren Callendrilla
2436 N. County Rd. 1800 E.,  Charleston

Friday, Oct. 20th - Work Day

Sunday, Oct. 22nd - Golf Outing Set-up 2-4 pm

ClassE meets daily from 8 - 9:20 am, Lifespan Center (unless noted above), 11021 E. Cty. Rd. 800 N., Charleston (Loxa Road - northeast of SBLHS). Class is open and everyone is welcome.
Continuing to Make the Sale

Students continued to make calls, write emails and personally visit prospective golfers and sponsors. We have one more week to fill up the course.

We reviewed the Excel spreadsheets that were created to organize this event and made enhancements to make them more
informative.  A Facebook event was created and students are learning how to increase their views
by boosting their posts.
Two students attended the joint Chamber of Commerce after hours to help promote the event.



Touring Lanman Oil Company

Mike Lanman, father of ClassE student Ben, spoke to the class about his entrepreneurial journey. His father owned a hardware business on the square, but he took another route and now owns four Lambo's convenience stores and supplies gas and diesel to 76 locations throughout Illinois.

At first, convenience stores were known for the "Cokes and smokes" but now they provide more food service, showers to truckers, video games, gifts and lottery tickets.

We hope to learn more about retail and positioning on the shelves in another day in class.
Learning Via Extra-curricular Activities 

ClassE student Mason Phipps performed at the Lifespan Center during a fundraiser for Little Theater on the Square this Tuesday evening.
Many other students are busy with football, cross country, cheerleading and soccer and golf.


We are so thankful for the generosity of the Coles County businesses that sponsor ClassE. For a complete listing and more information about these businesses, please click below.  We also appreciate the that the Lifespan Center serves as our home base throughout the year. We hope you support them as they support us!


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