Help me understand boosterthon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boosterthon puts employees on site for a week or so before the event. The payroll is a real cost.

If your PTA doesn't want to do any work to raise money, Boosterthon will do it for you. There are many ways for a PTA to raise money without resorting to them, though. It just takes a lot of (free) parent time and effort.

Just curious, what do those employees do exactly?

Some activities during the day to entertain/amp the kids up and then run the events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is our first year at MCPS so we’re new to this. The school (well the PTA to be precise) recently organized a boosterthon to raise funds for the school, which is of course fine. What really surprised me was that after saying that this is to benefit the school community, everyone contributes what they can, etc, it appears that kids got rewards based on what their own parents contributed.

Am i the only one that thinks this isn’t right? Yes it seems all kids get at least a small little something. But I heard some kids talked about how much their parents paid per lap, complaining (crying even) why their parents didn’t pay more, and got very upset when they saw their friends take home much larger gifts. Just really baffled that something like this happens in what’s perceived as one of the wealthiest areas. What are we teaching the kids with this - you’re as good as what your parents can pay???

It's a crappy system for the reason you listed but also because it teachers children that unless there's something in it for them- why bother? Raising money for school is a good civic duty that they should do for free. Not because they get some junky trinket. I stopped participating in those by dcs 3rd grade

Paying taxes is good civic duty. The prize is public services.

[Anonymous]

Do not give a single penny to a Boosterthon fundraiser. Tell your PTA you will send in a check in the spring but that you can't support them while they are working with such an unethical company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not give a single penny to a Boosterthon fundraiser. Tell your PTA you will send in a check in the spring but that you can't support them while they are working with such an unethical company.

How are they unethical? I get that they're a business...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is our first year at MCPS so we’re new to this. The school (well the PTA to be precise) recently organized a boosterthon to raise funds for the school, which is of course fine. What really surprised me was that after saying that this is to benefit the school community, everyone contributes what they can, etc, it appears that kids got rewards based on what their own parents contributed.

Am i the only one that thinks this isn’t right? Yes it seems all kids get at least a small little something. But I heard some kids talked about how much their parents paid per lap, complaining (crying even) why their parents didn’t pay more, and got very upset when they saw their friends take home much larger gifts. Just really baffled that something like this happens in what’s perceived as one of the wealthiest areas. What are we teaching the kids with this - you’re as good as what your parents can pay???

It's a crappy system for the reason you listed but also because it teachers children that unless there's something in it for them- why bother? Raising money for school is a good civic duty that they should do for free. Not because they get some junky trinket. I stopped participating in those by dcs 3rd grade

Paying taxes is good civic duty. The prize is public services.

The prize for raising money for your school is having a nice school DUH