tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post3832403844830771745..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: FundraisersMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-20852920642860509232011-08-26T08:45:55.718-05:002011-08-26T08:45:55.718-05:00Thanks y'all for sharing in my misery. :-) If...Thanks y'all for sharing in my misery. :-) If anyone needs candles, gift bags and/or snacky mix kinda things let me know because I've got them all. And will probably have wrapping paper by Monday. And now I know who can't turn me away. :-) <br /><br />InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-81835959064528515102011-08-25T19:34:39.748-05:002011-08-25T19:34:39.748-05:00Been there, done that. Hubby couldn't sell at...Been there, done that. Hubby couldn't sell at work and I didn't work. Nuff said. Guess who ended up buying all the stuff. Me!<br /><br />Fundraisers come with school and all other outside curriculum. Because of this, the whole stigma induced dilemma, I will not turn a kid away from my door without ordering something and showing my support. I had too many doors shut in my face.<br /><br />Good luck!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-71942882526485544872011-08-25T18:54:55.131-05:002011-08-25T18:54:55.131-05:00I like the wrapping paper and the cookie dough but...I like the wrapping paper and the cookie dough but I live so far out in the country no one bothers me. My son is long gone from school but I can remember how hard it was for him to sell. I hate the kid side of the fundraiser because it does disappoint them. I used to just write a check to the band in high school and college and them tell them don't ask me to do anything. They usually left me alone.Cherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-65949783388959569362011-08-25T14:43:24.220-05:002011-08-25T14:43:24.220-05:00I am only on the buying end.
I cannot tell a kid ...I am only on the buying end.<br /><br />I cannot tell a kid no but I have learned to just give them money if I don't want the item. And really, who wants a tin of stale popcorn?<br /><br />However, there are some things they buy that I really like. I love that wrapping paper. It's high quality and there is a lot on the roll. I give a lot of gifts and I enjoy wrapping. Last year I was disappointed that no one offered me any so I've bought from three kids this year. I also like girl scout cookies and boy scout popcorn. I don't mind the candles.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1005659206853746982011-08-25T12:33:07.126-05:002011-08-25T12:33:07.126-05:00Shortly after I moved to St. Simons Island (19 yea...Shortly after I moved to St. Simons Island (19 years ago) one of the local elementary schools had a fund-raiser to purchase playground equipment. This was called "Pennies Freom Heaven" and that is just what it was. Someone donated an old fish aquarium, another parent from PTA donated a stand to put it on and still another parent fixed a cover(non removeable) with a slot in it for the top...and the fun began! Each day the kids would come in and drop all the pennies they had collected into the "bank"; the "bank" showed up at all the PTA meeting; the newspaper ran a story about the event and local people with no kids in school dug out their penny collections to donate to the cause. I don't remember how many months the penny drive went on, but all of the pennies collected was enough to purchase the equipment needed. The kids were so proud that they had a hand in collecting money for the cause and no one was burdened with selling anything. Good idea, huh?PM's Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589041787489100928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-66421512381491619692011-08-25T09:51:10.023-05:002011-08-25T09:51:10.023-05:00I have always hated that they make kids sell stuff...I have always hated that they make kids sell stuff. I was just another desperate and broken-hearted kid trying to sell my crap to people so I could win a TV or whatever. When I think of how I used to go far and wide knocking on doors -- shudder. It's a wonder more little kids didn't get hurt back then. :/ I'd think a check to the school would be easier for everyone.Lynn Raye Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823590040842807378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-20941276406325717862011-08-25T09:34:25.805-05:002011-08-25T09:34:25.805-05:00I have 5 grandchildren. Nuff said. :-/I have 5 grandchildren. Nuff said. :-/Linda Winstead Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870355400804918712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-51302552427344691672011-08-25T08:10:23.522-05:002011-08-25T08:10:23.522-05:00My youngest son has been out of high school for TE...My youngest son has been out of high school for TEN years, and I still have some wrapping paper I bought when he was in elementary school. Some of us parents used to beg to be able to just send a check to the school and forget the selling. When the kids can't sell door-to-door (and in our neighborhood all but a few homes had kids selling the same thing so it would have been pointless if they could have done that), daddy is in management and can't sell stuff at work and all your family lives out of state, it's a real headache.<br /><br />I wish someone would ban those sales fundraisers because they're just awful. I think the back to school party sounds great.<br /><br />I can't remember every buying anything I wouldn't use, but as I said, I'm still using it decades later. And I'm sure I've bought something out of guilt.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-23983168543236724122011-08-25T08:04:23.710-05:002011-08-25T08:04:23.710-05:00LS does one fundraiser at the beginning of the yea...LS does one fundraiser at the beginning of the year (Yankee Candles if anyone is interested!). That's all. But I remember being in school and having to pimp out jewelry and chocolate and wrapping paper. All so we can have a limo pick us up from school and take us and 4 friends to McDonalds or something. Its probably cheaper to just hire a damn limo and take your kid and their friends to McDonalds than sell the $1k worth of crap to earn that prize.<br /><br />There's only so many candles you can sell. Cookies and cookie dough always seem to fall when I'm dieting and a $25 tub of dough is tempting and dangerous.<br /><br />Personally, I like the coupon cards or booklets. Sure, most of them are useless to me(free golf, anyone?) but usually there's enough stuff I do use that I make back my investment plus some. I like the cards in particular because I can use the 'free large size upgrade on a Jack's Combo' 45 times in a year as opposed to having four coupons that come and go. Makes up for the discount at Dreamland I won't use.Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.com