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Don't Ask...

Bob

$30 off wouldn't even cover the morning off, so not much incentive to bother.

The missus does like the girlscout cookies though, but always such a hassle.

AmerLisa

No, its not just you..... It irritates me beyond belief! Its a cruel form of brainwash to these kids, and the schools show no mercy, even getting the little kids in on it as well. We have no family here for my daughter to sell to, and of course the neighbor's kids are all selling the same crap, so who do we sell to? My husband won't take it into his office, don't blame him. The last stuff they sent home my daughter just wanted us to buy one thing, so she could get some cheap dime store toy that they promised if you sold ONE THING. :curse::curse:

HoosierDaddy

The only decent promotion I've seen was from our friends up in Chicago (well, La Grange) where they are selling re-usable shopping bags. None of this overpriced cookie dough or magazine pish.

celticgrid

But surely the joys of constant money demands from the school are simply part of the wonderful "quality of life" constantly sought by posters?

I refuse to buy tat that I won't use - a straight demand for money would both cost me less and benefit the school more by cutting out the middle-man, as it were. Most mechanisms benefit the school and the tat-supplier and dispproportionately stiff the parent.

One of our schools has an arrangement with a local supermarket chain...they pay the school 3% of the value of all the receipts they hand in. Now that's a much more acceptable way of fund raising.

another bloody yank

The only one we do is the Boy Scouts popcorn sale. The kids get most of the money and it goes towards the boys summer camp fee. That said we don't go crazy, we just buy a couple of the $10 tins of unpopped kernels for our own use. Selling an 8oz tin of popped corn for $9 isn't easy, much less some of the more expensive "flavored" stuff.

Still not as difficult as the one I had to do in high school... Try selling a 3 month (June, July, August) "calendar" printed as a large poster for $50 (yes, I said fifty dollars and this was in '85-'89) in the working class neighborhood I grew up in! People thought it was some kind of joke...

Poppy girl

I am sick to the back teeth of the kids door knocking and asking for money for crap items, I did break down the other day and spend a whopping $6 on a pair of earings for the cute little 6yrs old girl opposite, you just feel like such a bitch when you say no ..............I have no kids myself and have no interest in funding the local school actvitys etc, I would rather put my money to the local animal sanctuary or a cancer charity

Englishtart

I know my door bell has rung at least 6 times since Monday night by kids from my Sons school selling exactly the same crap he is trying to sell, he refuses to go door to door (which I agree with) I have started getting my Son to answer the door now, as soon as they see him, they just mumble something and walk away!

I have decided that I am going to write the school a 'polite' letter to suggest the donation check method instead of the fundraisers, any guesses on how that will go?

Poppy girl

Yep and looking forward to you posting the reply

Englishtart

to be continued

rebs

The response might not be too bad - my son's elementary school has a 'write a check' campaign as a fundraiser and that seems to go ok. Employers in the area will often match the parents contributions - we did that with my husband's employer.

Now he's at middle school, there was an option when paying the dues for the PTA to pay extra and then not have to take part in the fundraisers during the year - of course, that won't prevent the kids at the door stuff

Deedee13

i was at the grocery store and came out they were selling popcorn HAVE U SEEN HOW MUCH THEY WANT FOR THE BLOODY STUFF!!!! WOT A frigging bloody rip off. Frigging amazing.. Frigging Amazing....

My kids come home and its a tshirt a bloody day.. Everyweek is one more tshirt ordered for some bloody belief or the other.

Now my daughter has joined the straight - gay appreciation society wondering wot the hell is going to be on that tshirt.. well worth the $15 to see how that translates on a tshirt.

ChocolateBabz

Did you see the recent hoo ha over Houston Memorial High School's T-shirt commemorating some football game?

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairba...ex_t-shirt.php

MsElui

my sons school now do one fund raising event. Its a walkathon - and done about a month into the term. They ask for donations or sponsorship and say if they get enough they wont have to do any other fund raising for the rest of the year. They still make it a competition though.

The also collect those box tops things - and thats a competition too!

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Fascinating*, really, what schools choose to get up in arms about and what they let slide.


*Also, somewhat disturbing...