Both the DECA club and art program have been diligently selling frozen cookie dough in order to generate funds for their programs. The art fundraiser took off Oct. 23 and ended Oct. 30 while the DECA benefit began Sept. 18 and is still in process.

“A lot of our competitions require a lot of traveling expenses.  The money will cover our dues and traveling costs,” said senior DECA member Spencer Jones.

The money obtained by the DECA fundraiser will not only cover the expenses mentioned by Jones, but benefit the Arkansas Children’s Hospital and March of Dimes.  In order to meet their monetary goal, the students are each expected to sell a minimum of ten tubs of cookie dough at $17 per unit.

The cookie dough is a product of Otis Spunkmeyer and is a popular fundraising choice among DECA organizations nationwide.

Students involved with DECA have been instructed to stress the benefits of the product they are selling.  The convenience of the item as the holiday season approaches is a key selling point.

“You can just pop them in the oven and take them with you,” said DECA sponsor Ariana Langford.

As for the art fundraiser, the students sold Paula Dean brand dough in order to raise funds to implement technology in the art rooms.  The initial goal was to purchase three computers complete with art software for each art classroom in order to assist with research and printing.

“AP Studio requires us to get pictures on the computer and print them.  It would allow other classes to get pictures for their projects without having to go to other classrooms,” said senior art student Kendra Sparkman.

In order to achieve their goal the students were expected to sell eight tubs of cookies dough at $15 per unit. In addition to the obvious motivation of bettering their program, the students were given incentives such as penguin key chains and the promise of a pizza party for the class who generated the most profit to assist them in meeting their goal. While the classes put forth a great effort their goals were not exactly met.

“We got about one third of our goal.  That is enough for one computer per classroom,” said art instructor Ms. Delozier.