tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316012839879148372.post4992727494475482175..comments2023-05-29T11:00:26.593-04:00Comments on Life With Boys: Up to My Eyeballs in FundraisersRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10669093963153870989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316012839879148372.post-58624419751593901722008-10-03T10:31:00.000-04:002008-10-03T10:31:00.000-04:00I hate fundraisers too--but I don't hate them near...I hate fundraisers too--but I don't hate them nearly as much as I hate the school for making my daughter think that she can sell 50 items and win a limo ride to lunch with the principal! Then I have to be the bad guy that says that even if everyone she knows bought something, she wouldn't get to 50 items. <BR/><BR/>This year her school said no Sally Foster--instead just donate the money...Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894295421058919524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316012839879148372.post-32722100030363156052008-10-02T20:26:00.000-04:002008-10-02T20:26:00.000-04:00No...DO NOT call relatives! Burn those darn fund-...No...DO NOT call relatives! Burn those darn fund-raiser stuff! I LOATHE the fundraisers and the school has more and more each year! What I can't stand is the way they "pump up" the kids about selling and getting the dumb, cheap prizes. One day Sophia came off the bus with all these wild ideas about how to sell this stuff. She wanted to go RIGHT then to the neighbors....but I had to explain the Villamor'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068460667027743299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316012839879148372.post-18195554549424966752008-10-02T07:40:00.000-04:002008-10-02T07:40:00.000-04:00Oh yes! Shanna, I did forget about the Fun Run fun...Oh yes! Shanna, I did forget about the Fun Run fundraiser that came home Tuesday. I might participate except I'm soooo irritated about all the other fundraiser stuff.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669093963153870989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316012839879148372.post-63982722021809653922008-10-01T15:37:00.000-04:002008-10-01T15:37:00.000-04:00We are supposed to be selling wrapping paper and c...We are supposed to be selling wrapping paper and chocolate for one school, coupon books for another school and calendars for Brownies. (And those are just the fall fundraisers... there's lots more.) I do buy some wrapping paper, but that's it. I'd rather write a check where the whole thing goes to the school, than 40% or whatever of the junk I buy. And yeah - we are paying tuition at both {sue}https://www.blogger.com/profile/09266404817244565359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316012839879148372.post-47442441156461656932008-10-01T08:21:00.000-04:002008-10-01T08:21:00.000-04:00Abigail just came home with her *preschool* sally ...Abigail just came home with her *preschool* sally foster fundraiser. That would be the preschool that I already pay tuition to every month. Ugh. But you know, I couldn't see that I needed any over-priced wrapping paper, so I just threw the whole thing in the trash. <BR/><BR/>I figure if the kids ever want to ask people themselves, they can, but I'm not doing it for them. If they did a fun Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com