Kids selling products to fund Public Schools...
By buggles64
@buggles64 (2709)
United States
March 6, 2009 3:01pm CST
My son brought home yet another fund raising packet from school. This time it's selling items online. In the fall they were selling items out of a catalog. I personally don't like the schools sending these items home expecting the kids to sell these products. We live in a different society today, and most just don't have the money to purchase these types of products. I think there are other great programs out there such as the box tops points from specific products as well as Campbell Soup Labels that help with extra funding. Do you like or dislike your kids going door to door to sell these products?
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@mammamuh (582)
• Sweden
11 Mar 09
For school I think it's awful! I think it's bad enough when they have to sell things for their teams, but can understand that part a bit more - since they will need money if they are going to go to tournaments far away. Our soccer team (Girls 96/97) mostly raises money in other ways than selling stuff - we've only done one selling activity with plastic bags that were no problem selling at all!
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@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
11 Mar 09
Yes, and these are little kids that they are expecting to go door to door. I know a lot of parents take these fund raisers to work with them, and they do the selling for the kids. But when your not working you can't do that, and i just don't feel comfortable going around door to door...I feel like I'm begging for money, and basically that's what we're doing, even though they are getting something in return.
@ladym33 (10978)
• United States
8 Mar 09
I think that once a year is fine, as these fund raisers do help out with a lot of expenses, and helps to cover things like field trips that parents might otherwise have to pay out of pocket. At my older kids school they must have had a bad fund raising season because we have been having to pay for a lot of the field trips out of pocket, and I am talking $8 to $12 a piece not just a couple of bucks like in the past.
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@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
10 Mar 09
I think my biggest concern right now is that the economy is in such bad shape, and I think the schools really expect the parents to buy this stuff....and they just don't have the finances. I also don't like the idea of the kids going door to door when there are other ways that they can earn money.
Maybe as you have suggested, once a year wouldn't be so bad. This is the third door to door money maker that they have sent home this year. It went straight to the trash.
@momtrying2makeit (3270)
• United States
6 Mar 09
I think it is wrong that they expect little kids to sell items too. Everytime my girls bring that stuff home I pitch it. To me my girls attend public schools and I feel they do get funding from the government and the city and state and I am not rich at all so to me to ask little ones to sell stuff so they can have more money to me is wrong.
Today I had a few kids come up selling candy bars I felt bad telling them no but I do not have any spare money right now. These were elementary kids to and to me for some reason I would older kids would do better when it comes to door to door selling. These kids that came to my door live around the block but they did not even have their parents with them. nice discussion and happy mylotting. 
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@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
7 Mar 09
This last fall, when my son brought the catalog home I allowed him to go to the next door neighbors and that was it. He made a total of three sales, both neighbors bought something and then his grandma bought something.
We have so many programs that are out there that are suppose to help with school funding (lottery tickets, taxes, etc..) We do what we can by sending in those box tops and campbell soup labels.
I know schools need money to function and supplies are exspensive, but there are other things that we can do like donating materials that we have at home.
@Pleiades (846)
• United States
8 Mar 09
Ugh...I hate that. Whenever my children comes home with things like that...I automatically throw it away in the trash can. I don't like being bugged by those door to door kids because they turn on their large eyes and water works (tears) to get me to buy...and I'm always short on cash. My ex would buy from them because he remembers what it's like having to do things like that. I saw how someone suggested movie tickets, that sounds like a good idea. Those candy bars taste like soap and candy in general is way over priced. I have four children to look after, I can do much better at a grocery store.
There is something my children's school is doing: grocery store. I have a tag I keep on my keychain and everytime I go to Albertson's, they scan it and the money is credited towards their schools. So, I'm killing two birds with one stone.
Cheers to single motherhood!
*Pleiades
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@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
10 Mar 09
Our local supermarket has a rewards program similar to that too. Each school has a code, and when our order is complete, all we have to do is type the code in where we want the funding to go to.
