Not a one. We went to school, learned the things we were meant to learn and returned home for quality family time. My family had 9 kids in that school system and we all got a quality education without one fund raiser.
Office Employees Asking for Money for Fundraisers - Opinions Wanted
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I really dislike the fundraising and selling stuff at the workplace.
One recently was to raise money for laptops for the kids. I thought about it for a while. Why would I want to buy your kid a laptop? I don't have children. I can barely afford a new laptop for my husband that is in Nursing school, and I could use some help to pay for the very expensive printer cartridges as well.
One recently was to raise money for laptops for the kids. I thought about it for a while. Why would I want to buy your kid a laptop? I don't have children. I can barely afford a new laptop for my husband that is in Nursing school, and I could use some help to pay for the very expensive printer cartridges as well.
Wear a white T-shirt with the word NO!! on front and back.
12" high letters.
That's your solution.
12" high letters.
That's your solution.
I too think it's better to donate directly to a fund so that all your $$$ goes to the cause, and not some fund-raising company. Buying those items means a profit for the manufacturers of the item and the company that produces those slick promotional materials and pays the spokespeople to go hold those pep rallies at the school. Often they'll offer some big prize like a bicycle to the kid with the most sales, all that comes out of the monies you'd rather see go instead to the school.
Although recently my church's youth group had a fund raiser using something that I thought was a pretty good deal. They were selling "Slice the Price" cards from Domino's pizza, for $10 you got a card that made all your future pizza purchases BOGO for the next 8 months. My kids sold them by asking "do you ever buy pizza from Domino's?" and if the answer was "yes" then they'd try to sell them a card. So people weren't buying something they didn't really want or need, it was giving them a benefit from something they already did.
Although recently my church's youth group had a fund raiser using something that I thought was a pretty good deal. They were selling "Slice the Price" cards from Domino's pizza, for $10 you got a card that made all your future pizza purchases BOGO for the next 8 months. My kids sold them by asking "do you ever buy pizza from Domino's?" and if the answer was "yes" then they'd try to sell them a card. So people weren't buying something they didn't really want or need, it was giving them a benefit from something they already did.
Last week my nephew was selling cookies for one of the teams he plays on. They where selling the cookies in lots of 3 for $45, you couldn't just buy 1 box!
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$45.00???????? WOW!!!
$45.00???????? WOW!!!
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In our case, they keep wanting MORE! And at the same time, they want to keep the tution low. I am not sure where they can cut back but we are really going overboard on fundraisers.
Everytime my daughter brings home fundraiser brochures, I will look over them first and toss them in the garbage unless they want them back. Sometimes I want to be EVIL and write "NOT INTERESTED!" on the brochure with a black marker.
Sometimes I wonder about "brownie points" and what kind of kick back do they really need? I can understand about the soldiers wanting items but to keep asking for it, it gets tiring and I am not going to keep adding that extra expense in "maintaining" our boys overseas for every "donation and fundraising" for them. Twice a year, I certainly would but once or twice a month, come on!
I don't think they really understand how bad parents have to be in a budget that they really can not afford, let alone for the tution, lunches, after school fees, PE fees, etc. they need.
I love field trips and I will NOT accept fundraising that way. Just give $2 to $5 dollars for gas for parents to take the kids somewhere (pumpkin patch or zoo) and a bit of spending money for the gift shop. For high schoolers, I am sure there is a way they can make money on their own without fundraising.
Twice a year, dd's school does school auctions which I will NOT ever donate again. I donated last spring, some chick stuff such as a tote box, heating lamp, bulb, a book of BYC's Chickens for Dummies, chick feed, chick waterer and feeder, a small bag of shavings and a coupon from the hatchery. They never told me anything how it went, not a thank you...not a darn thing! So I won't do it again, that is for sure! If I was going to do that again with all that chick stuff that cost me $50 in those supplies, you bet I would be donating that to a local 4H or have some kind of raffle that all the monies can go to the 4H club. Got burned and left a bad taste in my mouth, that is for sure. Even SCIcelandics would donate 25 of his special chicks to the school raffle, shipping included! Not a darn thank you! Good riddance! From then on, I refused to get involved with the school's programs whenever they ask for volunteer time, fundraising events and even lunch room or recess monitor volunteer jobs. There's seem to be a "catch" to any of these things.
In our case, they keep wanting MORE! And at the same time, they want to keep the tution low. I am not sure where they can cut back but we are really going overboard on fundraisers.
Everytime my daughter brings home fundraiser brochures, I will look over them first and toss them in the garbage unless they want them back. Sometimes I want to be EVIL and write "NOT INTERESTED!" on the brochure with a black marker.
Sometimes I wonder about "brownie points" and what kind of kick back do they really need? I can understand about the soldiers wanting items but to keep asking for it, it gets tiring and I am not going to keep adding that extra expense in "maintaining" our boys overseas for every "donation and fundraising" for them. Twice a year, I certainly would but once or twice a month, come on!
I don't think they really understand how bad parents have to be in a budget that they really can not afford, let alone for the tution, lunches, after school fees, PE fees, etc. they need.
I love field trips and I will NOT accept fundraising that way. Just give $2 to $5 dollars for gas for parents to take the kids somewhere (pumpkin patch or zoo) and a bit of spending money for the gift shop. For high schoolers, I am sure there is a way they can make money on their own without fundraising.
Twice a year, dd's school does school auctions which I will NOT ever donate again. I donated last spring, some chick stuff such as a tote box, heating lamp, bulb, a book of BYC's Chickens for Dummies, chick feed, chick waterer and feeder, a small bag of shavings and a coupon from the hatchery. They never told me anything how it went, not a thank you...not a darn thing! So I won't do it again, that is for sure! If I was going to do that again with all that chick stuff that cost me $50 in those supplies, you bet I would be donating that to a local 4H or have some kind of raffle that all the monies can go to the 4H club. Got burned and left a bad taste in my mouth, that is for sure. Even SCIcelandics would donate 25 of his special chicks to the school raffle, shipping included! Not a darn thank you! Good riddance! From then on, I refused to get involved with the school's programs whenever they ask for volunteer time, fundraising events and even lunch room or recess monitor volunteer jobs. There's seem to be a "catch" to any of these things.
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This. I am thoroughly disgusted not only at the fund raising public school kids are expected to do, but the amount of money teachers are expected to put into their classrooms. When you add in low salaries and huge student loans, it's a wonder anyone chooses to teach any more. There is something basically wrong with requiring school then, in effect, requiring families to help pay for it.
At every job I had, I let it be known from the outset that I would choose my own charities, thank you, and did not wish to be included in office birthday parties or showers or whatever. I avoided things like sign up sheets simply so it would be clear I was not a candidate for any of that stuff. The only exception I would make was chipping in for a card for everyone to sign.
This. I am thoroughly disgusted not only at the fund raising public school kids are expected to do, but the amount of money teachers are expected to put into their classrooms. When you add in low salaries and huge student loans, it's a wonder anyone chooses to teach any more. There is something basically wrong with requiring school then, in effect, requiring families to help pay for it.
At every job I had, I let it be known from the outset that I would choose my own charities, thank you, and did not wish to be included in office birthday parties or showers or whatever. I avoided things like sign up sheets simply so it would be clear I was not a candidate for any of that stuff. The only exception I would make was chipping in for a card for everyone to sign.
I agree with you when I was in an office environment there were some I could barely stand to work with let alone spend liesure time with.
In Oregon we had timber reciepts for each county to fund schools from the sale/harvest of federal timber and never had money issues, thanks to the greenies that money is all but gone and our forest are now managed by wildfires. Unless timber quits growing it is a stable source of income.
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This. I am thoroughly disgusted not only at the fund raising public school kids are expected to do, but the amount of money teachers are expected to put into their classrooms. When you add in low salaries and huge student loans, it's a wonder anyone chooses to teach any more. There is something basically wrong with requiring school then, in effect, requiring families to help pay for it.
At every job I had, I let it be known from the outset that I would choose my own charities, thank you, and did not wish to be included in office birthday parties or showers or whatever. I avoided things like sign up sheets simply so it would be clear I was not a candidate for any of that stuff. The only exception I would make was chipping in for a card for everyone to sign.
In Oregon we had timber reciepts for each county to fund schools from the sale/harvest of federal timber and never had money issues, thanks to the greenies that money is all but gone and our forest are now managed by wildfires. Unless timber quits growing it is a stable source of income.
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This. I am thoroughly disgusted not only at the fund raising public school kids are expected to do, but the amount of money teachers are expected to put into their classrooms. When you add in low salaries and huge student loans, it's a wonder anyone chooses to teach any more. There is something basically wrong with requiring school then, in effect, requiring families to help pay for it.
At every job I had, I let it be known from the outset that I would choose my own charities, thank you, and did not wish to be included in office birthday parties or showers or whatever. I avoided things like sign up sheets simply so it would be clear I was not a candidate for any of that stuff. The only exception I would make was chipping in for a card for everyone to sign.
I admit I haven't read all the posts but here was my situation at work years ago.
My university had a huge drive for a well-known charity and the goal (with pressure) was to get 100% participation. I was one of the few hold-outs because I read that the head of the charity was up for a $4 million retirement, in addition he had use of a penthouse and private jet. I figured the charity didn't need my lowly contribution, but it was a moral issue with me. The head, hint: Aramony, was later convicted and sentenced to 7 years. (It was also stated later that he would receive ONLY a retirement of $2 million!)
We had had paycheck deductions from DH's pay years earlier for this charity so giving was not the issue. We now give mostly to children and veterans charities, and check to see how much is administrative costs.
Frankly, I am so burned out with this constant begging from every direction, mail, TV, telephone (charities, political, etc. are exempt).
My university had a huge drive for a well-known charity and the goal (with pressure) was to get 100% participation. I was one of the few hold-outs because I read that the head of the charity was up for a $4 million retirement, in addition he had use of a penthouse and private jet. I figured the charity didn't need my lowly contribution, but it was a moral issue with me. The head, hint: Aramony, was later convicted and sentenced to 7 years. (It was also stated later that he would receive ONLY a retirement of $2 million!)
We had had paycheck deductions from DH's pay years earlier for this charity so giving was not the issue. We now give mostly to children and veterans charities, and check to see how much is administrative costs.
Frankly, I am so burned out with this constant begging from every direction, mail, TV, telephone (charities, political, etc. are exempt).
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