My three year old is in pre-school right now and it seems like every week there is something being sent home about school fundraisers. Now don’t get me wrong, I think fundraising is a great way to help your school raise money, without raising tuition or cutting programs and events, but it does seem like there is a lot of them going on. There are though some great fundraisers going on that I would have never thought of before.
When I was in school, since I was at a private Catholic school we too had fundraisers to support the school and keep tuition down, but we did boring events and the same ones every year. Like mini-marathons and candy selling were popular ones. I can still picture the fundraising thermometer in the front hallway of the school.
Now in my son’s preschool they do some pretty fun ones. One for example that I think is once a month is where if you go to a specified restaurant the school makes around 15% of your order. Another one is selling t-shirts and spirit wear, scholastic book sales, and silent auctions. I do think too that something about fundraising really helps parents get involved with their kid’s schools even if they don’t have the time or ability to help out personally.
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We have fundraisers at the school I teach at. However, they are for adults only since the kids tend not to be responsible enough. We do use the Scholastic Books as a way to get new reading material for our students.
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I agree that all of the fundraisers can be a bit much, but I love how much better the variety is now :)
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I get tired of the fundraising too. As PTA president I do my own, then there is the principal, the staff and individual classrooms. It can be very overwhelming when you get 3 or 4 forms at one time.
Tiffany
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I got a little sick of all the fundraising when I was in school! I won't have to deal with that, with my kids because military bases' schools don't fundraise and there is no soliciting in military housing!
Lucky you!