Wednesday, September 27, 2006
You buy from my kid, I'll buy from yours
Two of those packets came home today, and the kids exclaimed "FUNDRAISER TIME!!!"
I cringed. Literally.
Because not only will my kids be known as the obnoxious children who solicit, there will be other obnoxious, soliciting children soon.
That is why I believe we should all subscribe to the "I'll buy from your fundraiser if you buy from mine" mentality. It should be an unspoken promise, but one we enter into gladly and not with that feeling of "great ... now I gotta buy a $ 15.00 tin of popcorn from Johnny."
And I have a bone to pick with my PTO: WHY do you insist on participating in a fundraiser that does, indeed, dangle the XBox carrot in front of my second grader's nose? For only 180 measly items can this be a permanent fixture in my home. And you KNOW that Queen Bee wants it. Because Queen was top cookie seller in her troop last year. So she thinks she can do it again.
The bad thing is, I have to break it to Queen very gently that Girl Scout cookies and a $ 10 candle are two totally different things. You don't see too many people getting all frothy at the mouth for a vanilla scented candle. I HAVE seen people get all crazy-eyed when it comes to a box or two or ten of Thin Mints.
So .... let the fundraising games begin, and may the parents of these children maintain their sanity.
posted by Knitting Maniac at 4:51 PM
I'm a mom of three peeps ... Queen Bee, The Door Man, and the Chandelier Monkey, and wife to Ace, the Helpful Hardware Man. I created this space to get away from the people known as my inlaws, and because life with three kids and a hubby is all Unexplored Territory.
The nine-year-old who seems to be growing older every minute, has an opinion and a comment for everything, and has a true servant's heart.
The seven-year-old who loves the organization of things, will someday be someone's therapist because of his kind soul, and will more than likely be living with us until he is 40 years old.
The five-year-old with the 13-year-old attitude, who has a dictator's personality, asks you to watch her all the time and say "hold on" to keep your attention, and will someday come home on the back of some dude's motorcycle with 10 tatts and a body piercing or two.
The man of the house, the fixer of things, the winner of prizes, and the only person in his family to escape the South.
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6 Comments:
good luck with that. I refuse to pay those outrageous prices. However I will make a donation, which is tax deductable. They won't get their points, but I will get something in return at least.
so true about the cookies. Who doesn't by Girl scout cookies?
You should see the teacher (me) who has to try to collet all the envelopes. Put up with the assembly where the man is screaming with the kids over the prizes they can win. Buy something yourself or you seem like an unsupportive faculty member. Believe me, fundraisers stink for everyone all the way around.
Hi, How ya doing? I remember these fundraising sales...
I am a little early for TT but what the hey, I'm here to invite you to an art gallery opening. I have 13 paintings on display...come on over if you have some time!
Candy
http://gnosticminx.blogspot.com/2006/09/gallery-for-day-little-party.html
Oh Bellezza... I can only imagine how much it irks the teachers, too while you have to remain supportive throughout the whole process for fear that you are going against the system. I would hate to think of all the headaches of the educators.
Isn't it insane the amount of crap they expect kids to sell? I haven't had to have that experience YET but I know that it is coming. And to make some kids feel bad because they didn't sell enough is plain cruel.
When do GS Cookies go on sale again? I love me some thin mints! Drama Queen is going to be a girl scout just for that reason! LOL
I loathe school fundraisers. In fact, I refuse to let my kids participate. Instead, I politely return the form with a check for $20, knowing full well that $20 is more money than the school would get from whatever crap they've commissioned my children to sell. And I don't have that crap hanging around my house collecting dust.
But Girl Scout cookies...bring 'em on! I bought from both the next door neighbor AND my friend's daughter (who happens to live 150 miles away). I'm a sucker for Thin Mints.
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