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we are mean, mean people and we don't participate in them.
we give money to a couple of key causes we're passionate about, but FFS - if the playgroup costs another $50 a year to sun, ask me for it - don't expect me to buy or sell pies and chocolates and raffle tickets and whatever other stuff you have on your mind every five minutes.
I know that probably sounds mean and stingy, but we have 3 (coming up to 4...) people on one income, one car, one mortgage, and basically no disposable income or free time.
I signed up for playgroup, and I understand there's a cost involved - but I didn't sign up to take fundraising drives to work to try to get everyone to chip in for my kid's play group costs. In the same way I ignore the boxes of chocolate and tupperware order forms when other people bring them for the fundraising for their kids' kinders or Auskick or Guides or whatever.
Ok, Grumplestiltskin has finished her narky contribution ... :pms:
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I guess it depends. Something like Tupperware (and I'm biased cos I sell it, but anything like that which is not a consumable item) i see as different. If I was going to buy it anyway then id get it from the fundraiser rather than elsewhere given the price would be the same.
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Mae of mine is cool - i've stolen his idea. When the kids get given chocs to sell, he asks how much profit that box makes, gives that amount and doesn't take the chocs. Lawdie knows his family and colleagues don't need more chocolate!!!!
I'm lucky in that my work has a kids grant available every 3 years -I got one for my CC which was $2,500 and next year I'll apply for one or the kinder. I figure with grants that it's a big amount and has to be defined what it's for to get it - so it's a definate benefit. I also help apply for other community grants (eg Woolies) instead of selling stuff. But having said that, I do like the bulb fundraisers....
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Ooh Kaz, I forgot about that, we can do that at work too! do they still have a few rounds per year (if you miss out in an earlier round I mean)
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that's fantastic, Kazbah and Pandora!
my work doesn't, but they do tons of probono stuff for causes they care about - which is good, because our kids will (hopefully!) grow up seeing that work and philanthropy really can go hand in hand - just with the expectation that we have skills/resources/whatever, so of course we share ...
it's more the constant fundraising drives which drive me nuts ...
I haven't seen the bulb one, but considering I managed to kill mint I don't think I'd be buying them either ;)
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Urgh, I have to organise half of the fundraising that's done for kinder and playgroup here. I've seen the igures for our kinder and wilst we have quite a good nestegg, the shire has told us that we have to double last year's fundraising. We wanted to have a fundraising levy at the beginning of the year which would have amounted to last years total but one parent kicked up a fuss ( which in the long run, would have saved them alot of hassle and MONEY! It was brought up because our area was hit with major flooding 3 times in 6 months and it would have just saved so much hassle for so many families).
it's frustrating. I'm more peeved that the council is dictating how much we have to raise.
On top of those, I also have netball fundraising and tennis fundraising, and I tell you what the amount of cooking we do as catering for our fundraising efforts is ASTOUNDING... not to mention I really hate cooking. Gah.
Yep, not a fundraising fan either.
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Tupperware just came through Childcare today :lol: Thankfully it is a low pressure one and I may consider a purchase as I don't mind the odd piece of Tupperware.
Was wondering about grants, especially in regards to those windows that need replacing at Tanstar's kinder. That is something that should be just relying on parental fundraising.
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I say no to everything. The only thing I have given to any fundraising was $5 of raffle tickets when the next door neighbour (a little girl) came knocking on my door. We give enough in other ways.
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See we get grants and we STILL have to fundraise :S
