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re: Has School Fundraising Gotten Out of Control?
Posted on 3/3/18 at 12:39 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 3/3/18 at 12:39 pm to pioneerbasketball
I buy the Ruston High Football discount card for $20 every year, put it in my wallet, and forget it. It's good for discounts all over town. So many places listed on the back, you need a magnifying glass to read it.
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Posted on 3/3/18 at 12:48 pm to LSUFanHouston
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One of the many reasons we pulled out kids out of Catlick School. Every damn month it seemed like they were sending some stuff home with the kids to sell. Popcorn, candy, more candy, cookies, gift wrap, christmas presents, Cookie dough, etc.
The public school has one candy drive a year. They do other stuff like jean days, valentine's day candy sales, etc. I don't mind sending the kids with a buck to wear jeans, etc.
To be fair, the public schools have an enormous fundraiser every year called taxes that none of us have the ability to say no.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 12:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
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But, you could tell them at the start of the year you ain't selling anything and just pay the fee and be done with it.
That's not a bad way to do it at all.
Our Catholic school doesn't kill us with having the kids sell stuff thank goodness.
My problem is that our mens club raises over $100K a year and the women's club does at least $125K a year and we still get hit with 3-4% tuition increases a year.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 1:03 pm to Evil Little Thing
quote:smaller box
The box got smaller this year probably a good thing for my arse.
Smaller arse
Win win
Posted on 3/3/18 at 2:38 pm to pioneerbasketball
I don't know but I did a all time shitty move earlier today. I saw some girl scouts selling their cookies outside of a store and some dude was asking them if they gave a military discount. Its fricking cookies for fund raising, what kind of a fricking jackass does this. 
This post was edited on 3/3/18 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 3/3/18 at 3:08 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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asking them if they gave a military discount. Its fricking cookies for fund raising, what kind of a fricking jackass does this.
Stolen valor guy?
Posted on 3/3/18 at 3:11 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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some dude was asking them if they gave a military discount.
That's pathetic.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 4:12 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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girl scouts selling their cookies outside of a store and some dude was asking them if they gave a military discount.
I laughed.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 4:23 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:That goes on in every state. The private school 3 miles from my house has that same fee: $1200.
The private/Catlick schools in Houston had a system. Each year, they charged you an extra fee. If you fundraised enough, you did not have to pay the fee. If you fell short on fundraising, you would have to pay difference. But, you could tell them at the start of the year you ain't selling anything and just pay the fee and be done with it.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 4:23 pm to pioneerbasketball
I think all fundraising for kids has gotten out of hand. Between kids raising money for their travel teams, to girl scouts, to kids raising money for schools, etc.
The other day... I forgot where I was.. it was somewhere where you don't expect to get hit up but I had a little girl come up to me asking if I wanted to try a girl scout cookie and buy some. It might have been 5 guys in towncenter (a few weekends ago maybe).. Anyway, when I looked to where Books a million use to be, there were a group of mom's and their daughters selling them.
You can't go to the store without someone asking if you want to give money for something or go somewhere in public without someone asking you to buy shite or whatever. It really is annoying.
I bought some jambalaya dinners from my nephew for school.. It didn't really matter, I would have bought them from him no matter what, but I just assumed $5 a ticket.. He told me $16 (I bought 2). I figured it must cost them at the most $2 a dinner.. That's $6 profit on each dinner. Anyway, it is too much.
The other day... I forgot where I was.. it was somewhere where you don't expect to get hit up but I had a little girl come up to me asking if I wanted to try a girl scout cookie and buy some. It might have been 5 guys in towncenter (a few weekends ago maybe).. Anyway, when I looked to where Books a million use to be, there were a group of mom's and their daughters selling them.
You can't go to the store without someone asking if you want to give money for something or go somewhere in public without someone asking you to buy shite or whatever. It really is annoying.
I bought some jambalaya dinners from my nephew for school.. It didn't really matter, I would have bought them from him no matter what, but I just assumed $5 a ticket.. He told me $16 (I bought 2). I figured it must cost them at the most $2 a dinner.. That's $6 profit on each dinner. Anyway, it is too much.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 4:26 pm to pioneerbasketball
We have a gala and a golf tournament. I'd rather ask someone for a $2k sponsorship than sell them overpriced cookie dough
Posted on 3/4/18 at 1:20 am to OweO
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That's $6 profit on each dinner. Anyway, it is too much.
It's a FUND RAISER not a value meal you cheap frick. God you really are a top 5 shite poster.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:13 am to Cajun367
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It's a FUND RAISER not a value meal you cheap frick. God you really are a top 5 shite poster
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