1. Rain Barrel
o Eco-friendly
o Recycled
o Water is good for gardens, lawns, shrubs, trees, wash cars, clean up outdoors etc.
o Doesn’t have chlorine or fluorine found in tap water
o Leaf and mosquito filter, overflow adaptor and a spigot that connects multiple barrels
o Though instructions for installation are kind of confusing
What They Provide
Training materials
Flyer and Handout Templates
Webpage
Customer list detailing products purchased and amounts paid or owed
Preparations for the Event
Spread the message by advertising sale and website link
Customers can purchase online
Check for competitors, pricing at local stores, Google, Kajiji and Craigslist
Select date, location and price
Set Up Webpage
Profit
Truckload is usually 300 so if $10 profit (they retain $40) make $3000
Receive money within one week of sale if over 50 sold
Additional charges may apply for deliveries after 5pm on weekends
Actual Event
Customers can pay with paypal, credit, debit or cash (first come, first serve!) or before event
online
Set up takes an hour to prepare tables, supplies, for checking in purchase, managing payments
and distributing barrels
Volunteers guild customers to site to pay or confirm payment, pick up barrels and parts, ask
questions about uses or installation (perhaps good ideas to print out instructions for
installation?)
Next Steps
Research prices of other rain barrels (nice ones are at least $80-$180 and the cheap ones are $10-$20)
Decide on price, location and storage $50, in the gym or (where else can we store it for ppl who want to
pick it up later ?)

2. Fill out a Partnership Request Form
Talk to Halton about their rain barrels