Starkville Donation Box

We were given the project of designing a new and improved donation box for the Salvation Army store in Starkville, MS. The previous donation box had proven to be ineffective and therefore needed to be improved or changed. The group has worked to design this box to be everything that the Salvation Army needs and wants. We have discussed different designs for this box, and have come up with our design for this donation box and its parts. We have determined what we believe to be the most practical and useful design for the box and access to the box. While the basic design has been finished, we still must decide precise measurements and materials to be used. This project has several objectives that the Salvation Army desires to be accomplished, regarding the box: higher security, greater holding capacity, and minimal cost. Security has become an issue with the current version of the donation box due to the easy access for any passerby’s. People have been frequently stealing what others have donated, and have
We believe that a very good way to achieve this is to utilize what resources we have already, and after inspecting the current donation box very carefully we have concluded that, while it has its defects, including it as another section it would be to our benefit. The cost used to improve upon the door to the current box would be far less than discarding it entirely and using up more material for a third compartment. If we build more containers, sectioning and attaching them to the current box, we will successfully limit the overall cost, allowing us to expand and make the box even better. The exact cost has still yet to be figured out and is one of the last objectives to be met. We are continuing to do research on materials and their prices so that we can make the most cost effective box we can. This objective should be met by the beginning of November at the very