I have to make over 200 lapel ribbons by next Friday.

[lightningandsnow]

My school's doing the Day of Silence, and me being the gay-straight alliance president, I'm organizing the event. We're giving out black ribbons in memory of Lawrence King, and apparently, almost all 175 staff members at my school will be wearing them. Plus, I need to make them for all the student participants in the day of silence - about 50, I think, possibly more.

It's lovely that so many people are getting involved. What's not lovely is the fact that I have to assemble all the ribbons by hand! This idea was just brought forth a few days ago, so I didn't have much time.

Next year, I am ordering them in bulk. Off the internet. There's no time for that this year, though.

[Chan790]

1. If you have access to some space...

maybe through the school.

You could have a "work party". Get a few pizzas and a few bottles of soda, invite 10 or so members to help you make the ribbons. Many hands make work light; It shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes to make 300 ribbons that way. (That'd be my second piece of advice...make extra.)