I'm like Pandora - i prefer fundraisers where there is something in it for all parties. bulbs are a fave of mine - but you have to be a gardener for those ones to be appreciated. chocolate i think is so done to death, it's not funny (and i find it depressing that massive boxes of chocolate are sent home with kids - inevitably mum and dad have to pay for at least some of it because they'll have to deal with upset kiddies if they don't). the school my brothers kids go to used to do a fruit drive (spc i think) which was awesome. i guess i dont mind buying things we need from a different source (school fundraiser) and paying a little more for the school to raise money - as opposed to constantly buying raffle tickets or handing over money for the latest "whatever-a-thon" where the kids want sooooooooo badly to raise lots of money so they get the best prizes. i don't mind the photographer ones either ($10 for framed print etc) because again, you get something out of it not much looking forward to E starting kinder/school and having that pressure to sell though. i don't like asking people to give and give and get nothing useful back

i don't mind contributing to charities that aren't pushy - always buy an anzac badge from the other people sitting at the shops etc. i will buy raffle tickets if i can actually use the prize on offer, but if it isn't something i can use, i just don't see the point!