Recognize this picture? Ya, me too and guess what? It goes for my own children too. I hate this time of year so much because it's the time of year EVERY stinkin' kid in the neighborhood, including mine, comes peddlin' the same ole' crap to my door. There are SOOOOO many reasons I HATE fundraisers.1. Now I have 3 kids bringing the same stuff home.
2. Now I have 3 kids things I have to keep track of, because if I don't guess who's paying for it.
3. Now I have 3 kids who ALL want me to buy there stuff because(refer to reason #4)
4. The school has thrown some big assembly, they have taken our kids out of class for, and pumped them up to sell THEIR stuff, and told them they can win some STUPID prize, which you can buy down at the local Dollartree.
5. Everyone they want to sell to already has a kid who's having the same conversation I am having with my kid. The ones who don't have kids you would rather NOT bother.
6. Haven't we already sent enough money to school for this and that?
When they say "Fundraisers are optional", what they are really saying is "You can let you students teacher know you don't want to participate in the fundraisers, but they are going to come home anyway begging you till they are blue in the face to bring the CRAP home."
Okay, now I feel better.
17 comments:
AMEN!! Can't we all just give them $100 at the beginning of the year and be done with it.
We just had this conversation with Jackson about 10 minutes ago.
Refer to my post last year about this very thing! Seriously...take my advice in the post. You will feel like a whole new woman.
http://priceisrightfamily.blogspot.com/2007/09/making-great-strides-today.html
We told our kids flat out NO the first time this crap comes home. We don't do fundraisers. Period. Then we have a little discussion on the difference between selling 100 candybars or going down to walmart and buying it for $3 on Saturday. Works everytime.
My kids are too affraid to ask me about it anymore. I don't know if that makes me a good mom or a mean mom. If they could at least sell something that I needed. Last year it was $10 loafs of frozen bread. Why not toilet paper? We all need it, tack a doller onto it and sell it as a fundraiser.
I hate fundraisers too. I tell Tyler that if he will just help around the house, I'll give him some extra money to spend for his allowance. That usually helps, but only have a few days after the huge assembly with all the enticing things. You said this perfectly.
this will be the first year that one of my kids will be coming home with one of these packets. GRRR It's enough that I get at least 4 kids running to my door at the same time on there way home from one of these assemblies to sale me stuff. Of course because i'm the biggest sucker ever I'll buy something from them...usually too expensive wrapping paper but I'll complain about it for days and then when my expensive rolls of wrapping paper show up I don't want to wrap any presents with it because it's so expensive....
Jeff always said I would rather just send the 20$ straight to the school instead of buying something dumb.
Now our school has switched to no nonsense fund raising. They just ask people to donate money. I guess its better than selling junk.(guess who never sends the $20 to the school.)
You know how I feel about this too. And you also know my kids came home with the crap too. Annoying as all get out!
I hear ya! Screw those charities.(< not sarcastic). You should make your kids sell those no soliciting signs door to door. All that fundraising will come to a screeching halt.
By the way, kids don't sell door to door here. Against school policy because it's too dangerous. So at least you live in a place where it's safe for kids to knock on a stranger's door. Although, it sounds like knocking on your door might have dangerous cosequences.
It is a little bit like going to a garage sale and spending 100 dollars and coming home with a naked dirty doll and a puzzle missing a piece. Waste of money!
Amen sista.
Don't send them to my house :) No fundraisers is my favorite part of charter schools. They just ask for flat out donations :)
AMEN! I just had this conversation with Meghan last week. They have like five fundraisers a year. This time it's overpriced Christmas gifty junk (none of which looked all that great and the cheapest of which was about $25), and frozen cookie dough (like $20 for a dozen cookies...Ok that may be an exaggeration, I didn't actually look at it very close this year). Her teacher has been pressuring me to join the PTA (Which I've managed to avoid for five years...I know, I'm a bad mom), but all they do is stupid fundraisers. Ugh!
AMEN.
I totally agree...my 4 kids jsut came home with forms today....hear LOUD on my part...there has to be a better way!
I think that there are a lot of people that really hate fundraisers... what do you think?
I hate them too... and luckily we don't have to pedal in the charter school. Our biggest fundraiser is what class can bring in the most box tops... Yeah for the charter school. So even though you have the bus... we don't have fundraisers....(smile)
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