Frankly I want to give of my own choice and my choices are always either environmental causes or campaign contributions. Having my 10 year old niece lean on me hard to give to a charity I have no interest in, The American Heart Assocication, stinks.
I Love my niece and she doesn't understand I have a strict pecking order on my dough. She is too young. I already bought a magazine from her this year that I didn't need. Charities and schools use kids to guilt their relatives. I think this is totally f--ked up.
My niece doesn't really care about this charity she just wants to meet her quota, she has already sent me text links and emails about her page (with the thermometer of how much she has raised). And I am busy trying to save money to buy her Christmas presents. Maybe I will give her a choice. Hell, I can't wait till she gets out of elementary school.
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I'm with you 100% on this one. How can you say no to those sweet little faces looking up at you?
Have you ever had to pay $8 frickin dollars for a roll of wrapping paper? From each of three nieces??
At least with this one, she gets involved with the jumping and there's not a private company making some of the profits. (yes, I know the PTA gets some of the wrapping paper money, but the company that runs the thing isn't doing it for free.)
There's a percentage earned, usually about 40 to 50%. My daughter is on a dance team. A couple of years ago I attended a parents' meeting and we were told that each child had to sell $100 worth of Avon. I asked for the percentage earned, told them I was sick of selling stuff, don't have a bunch of relatives, and really didn't need $100 worth of Avon. Could I just write the check for $40 and be done with it? All the other parents loved it and wanted the same thing. Needless to say, we no longer have "mandatory" fundraisers and I don't have a bunch of useless Avon.
tom
My kids weren't allow to sell. I refused to dog my friends with junk and I didn't have family here either.
I think it horrible to make them raise money or they can't go on the class field trip - that is mean. It is almost abusive.
"I can't wait till she gets out of elementary school"
Best nine years of my life
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