• 6/9/2007 10:00:00 PMTNT Fireworks As I had mentioned in a previous post, we will be selling fireworks this summer in a tent in WalMart's parking lot.  So this weekend, Grandma Carol, Peggy and I drove out to Stevens Point to attend the training session provided by TNT fireworks.  We left Friday evening and stayed the night at the Hampton Inn at Plover.  After we arrived and checked in, we walked over to a near by Chinese restaurant to eat.  After dinner, I began to work on the adoption presentation I will deliver at church tomorrow.

    In the morning, we headed north on Hwy 51 to the Country Springs Hotel and Conference Center.  TNT had 4 basic training sessions for us to attend:
    - How do fill out your paperwork
    - How to run the credit card machine
    - How to setup your tent
    - How to return the unsold product after the 4th of July

    We received a "manager's kit" and a free hat.  They had additional hats and shirts for $5 each.  That is actually a very good deal.  If you've ever been to any kind of outing or concert where they sell shirts and hats, you know that they can typically sell for anywhere between $10 and $30.   These were of good quality and looked nice so I was happy to purchase some extra promotional clothing for Carol and Mary who are helping us so much with the adoption.

    Over all it was very informative but not too overwhelming.  We will have to man the tent 24/7.  I'll be pulling the evening shift which includes staying over night at the tent.  Peggy will pack a lunch for me and bring a change of cloths each morning and I'll shower at work.  I will have the dog with me as well as a baseball bat.  I'm not looking forward to this part, so right now I'm in the process of recruiting volunteers to stay in the tent with the dog and I.

    We will be purchasing a cash register to use at the tent but we are still looking for a small generator.  I'd rather not have to purchase that because I think it will be quite expensive.  A new register is about $100 at SAMS or Office max but a generator will be a couple hundred.  That will eat into our profit significantly.