Boosterthon Runs at MCPS schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school did Boosterthon a few years ago. We did raise tons of money but also got the backlash from the parents.

It doesn't bother me that 48% goes back to the company. That does seem in the ballpark with these fundraising companies. Look at Girl Scouts - do people buying the $4 box of cookies realize that only ~ $.70 actually goes to the troop and the rest to the Council?

It would be great if parents took it upon themselves to organize a school fun run and have all the money raised stay in the school. But unless your school has those type of parent volunteers, they will have to outsource the organization/work behind the fun runs.

I think there's a meaningful difference between

-$0.70 goes to the Girl Scout troop and $3.30 goes to the Girl Scout Council

and

-50% goes to the school and 50% goes to a for-profit company

You forgot that with GS you also get cookies for your money! I am still eating my way through this year"sstash of trefoils.

I also have some great wrapping paper from 5 years ago.

With boostetthon you dont get anything.

The rest going to Girl Scout council which is a NON-PROFIT gives financial aid to kids who can't afford Girl Scouts, fixes camps that are inexpensive for kids to attend, and also helps pay for annual meetings, girl's celebrations, etc...

What does Boosterthon do with their 50-55% profit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school (W cluster, mind you), raised 60k from a boosterthon. We love it, and it's the best fundraiser. So keep on selling wrapping paper and candy bars, non-W schools. So glad we live in a W cluster.

The best fundraisers is when the percentage of proceeds is told to the donors up front.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school (W cluster, mind you), raised 60k from a boosterthon. We love it, and it's the best fundraiser. So keep on selling wrapping paper and candy bars, non-W schools. So glad we live in a W cluster.

PTAs shouldn't think of fundraising as Boosterthon or wrapping paper er al. There are better options.

Direct donation and silent auctions raise a a lot of money without the overhead and manipulation of Boosterthon or the crap products of sales.

Thankfully not all W schools resort to the likes of Boosterthon..

Boosterthon violates mcps fundraising regulations because it takes up school time and is coercive. I don't understand how it happens.

[Anonymous]

Our W cluster school does a direct fundraising drive, and we raised over $75,000 last year. More schools should do this instead of traditional fundraisers.

[Anonymous]

75,000?? What the hell? Must be nice going to Potomac or Bannockburn

[Anonymous]

To the W school poster who boasted raising 60k via Boosterthon, why don't you do direct donation? You grossed 6 figures and sent half to the company. If you did direct donation donors could take a tax deduction and spend less and raise the same amount for the school.

And of course, no use of school time or manipulation of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the W school poster who boasted raising 60k via Boosterthon, why don't you do direct donation? You grossed 6 figures and sent half to the company. If you did direct donation donors could take a tax deduction and spend less and raise the same amount for the school.

And of course, no use of school time or manipulation of kids.

Because the moms prefer going to AM yoga and Starbucks than volunteering in their child's school. Easier to write a $100 check knowing $55 of it isn't even going to the school. And do you think they care their kids classroom is getting interrupted all the time or their is competition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school did Boosterthon a few years ago. We did raise tons of money but also got the backlash from the parents.

It doesn't bother me that 48% goes back to the company. That does seem in the ballpark with these fundraising companies. Look at Girl Scouts - do people buying the $4 box of cookies realize that only ~ $.70 actually goes to the troop and the rest to the Council?

It would be great if parents took it upon themselves to organize a school fun run and have all the money raised stay in the school. But unless your school has those type of parent volunteers, they will have to outsource the organization/work behind the fun runs.

I think there's a meaningful difference between

-$0.70 goes to the Girl Scout troop and $3.30 goes to the Girl Scout Council

and

-50% goes to the school and 50% goes to a for-profit company

You forgot that with GS you also get cookies for your money! I am still eating my way through this year"sstash of trefoils.

I also have some great wrapping paper from 5 years ago.

With boostetthon you dont get anything.

The rest going to Girl Scout council which is a NON-PROFIT gives financial aid to kids who can't afford Girl Scouts, fixes camps that are inexpensive for kids to attend, and also helps pay for annual meetings, girl's celebrations, etc...

What does Boosterthon do with their 50-55% profit?

Their CEO makes a high 6 figure salary. Their employees that come into the school? They make minimum wage with a percent profit which is why they are always pushing pushing pushing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school (W cluster, mind you), raised 60k from a boosterthon. We love it, and it's the best fundraiser. So keep on selling wrapping paper and candy bars, non-W schools. So glad we live in a W cluster.

PTAs shouldn't think of fundraising as Boosterthon or wrapping paper er al. There are better options.

Direct donation and silent auctions raise a a lot of money without the overhead and manipulation of Boosterthon or the crap products of sales.

Thankfully not all W schools resort to the likes of Boosterthon..

Boosterthon violates mcps fundraising regulations because it takes up school time and is coercive. I don't understand how it happens.

I don't understand it either. It clearly violates 3 rules of MCPS fundraising and is still allowed. The mom who helped run ours even said at the PTA to hush the profits percentage or people wouldn't donate. To ask grandparents, extended family etc... that would easily write a check. Then you have people coming in classrooms making kids raising their hands if they met goals and giving out prizes in front of other kids. It is cringe worthy.

[Anonymous]

Did Howard County PTA really ban Boosterthon in their schools? I saw that posted but see zero evidence on their website. It would be nice to know which school districts in the country have banned Boosterthon and have evidence to back it up.

[Anonymous]

The wrapping paper barons are getting a good laugh out of all of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The wrapping paper barons are getting a good laugh out of all of this.

This makes no sense!

The choice is not wrapping paper/cookie dough/candles or Boosterthon.

Direct donation, and rebate programs like Box Tops, Giant etc work great without violating MCPS fundraising regulations

[Anonymous]

Our ES did our own Boosterthon last year running solely by the PTA committee. They designed their own webpage of accepting funds. The donation was much less because of failure of wide advertisement and no rewards (those cheap rewards really mean a thing in an ES student's mind anyway). I don't know how much they raise at last, but 100% went to the school.

[Anonymous]

Boosterthon hurts children. It literally hurts children.

This is antithetical to the mission of the PTA and any PTA who uses it should be ashamed.

Who cares if you raise less another why? Isn't this for the kids?

[Anonymous]

It "literally" hurts children? You should literally read a dictionary.