Class fund non-participants: where do you think the party food comes from??

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They have a $4 delivery fee, making the pizza almost $13.

If you need to order 5-7 for a school party, a $4 delivery fee makes very little difference in the total cost.

The delivery fee is per order, not per pizza. If you do the $5 medium deal, you could order 10 pizzas (half of a pizza per child!) for $50 + $4 delivery fee + tax and tip and still end up under $60.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people feeding these kids so much junk? My kids eat these things, but when you consider how often there are constant school parties, other parties, sweets, the whole trend is insane. We are raising sugar addicts and then wondering how it happened. Stop overfeeding your and my kids. Simple as that. Pizza water carrots and cookie? So, two crap unhealthy parts to carrots?! You know what, you all deserve the obesity crisis because you love creating the obesity in your own kids. I don't even give a crap how sanctimonious I sound.

Most schools have 2-3 parties a year so if your kids are sugar addicts then that is on you, not the school. Many kids don't get invited to outside parties after preschool ends. You should organize the parties if you don't want what is being offered.

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They have a $4 delivery fee, making the pizza almost $13.

If you need to order 5-7 for a school party, a $4 delivery fee makes very little difference in the total cost.

The delivery fee is per order, not per pizza. If you do the $5 medium deal, you could order 10 pizzas (half of a pizza per child!) for $50 + $4 delivery fee + tax and tip and still end up under $60.

$20 Costco cake (and maybe some cupcakes nut free for the kids with nut allergies)
$10 fruit and veggies
$10 water and plates and forks.. still under $100

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Stop centering parties around food would be another thought.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how much the kids really appreciate it. It seems like the room mom is appreciating it the most.

That's crap. In my kid's school, lots of parents volunteer for parties (not just the room mom), and while I enjoy watching the kids, it takes time to buy snacks, come up with an idea for a craft/game, and decorate. It's definitely work, and in my kid's school, the kids seem to love the chance to celebrate Halloween, Valentine's day or the end of the year.

Kids very much appreciate and enjoy it and for some kids its the only parities they attend. I have no issue putting all the work into it and heavily funding it but for someone to then complain their child isn't getting enough slices of pizza is absurd when they will not contribute. Ours are not at lunch and the end of the day.

+1. My kid’s parties are also at the end of the day so they can be dismissed immediately after. Never any pizza. While some room parents do more elaborate parties with fancy crafts and decorations, we’ve had others that consisted of mini cupcakes, salty snack and fruit and a few craft packs or seasonal games picked up from target (25$ Total). Kids love these parties.

See, these are the moms who know what they are doing. Snacks and some interesting crafts make the kids very happy. The Valentines party my DC had this year was so much fun for DC - no over the top decorations, just streamers and confetti and some heart themed table cloths and napkins and plates. The kids were served pink and red cupcakes, juice, chips, yogurt and a fruit. There were 4 games (a hand made craft and 3 games that the parent volunteers conducted). The kids loved it.

My guess on the budget:
6 Tablecloths - $6
2 packs of napkins - $2
Cutlery - $2
Streamers - $5
Confetti - $3
Heart shapes - $5
Large Cupcakes - $15
Two 12 count Juice boxes - $7
Yogurt squeezies - $7
Fruit - $7
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Food and Decor - $59

Kids crafts - $1 per kid - $20
The three games - each game around $7 = $21

$100 budget, give or take a few dollars. I'm being generous with the budgetting for decorations and food. It could cost $10 less.

Confetti and streamers? Not only a huge waste of money, but what a mess (CONFETTI?!?!) Offering a teacher $100-$200 for different events on behalf of a class of 20, to me, is very cheap. What games were around $7? What crafts were $1 a person?

You can do really cheap crafts but you have to plan ahead and catch supplies early (i.e. summer sales or clearance). I've done things like slime for under $1 a kid with the fancy glues as I got them on clearance and some supplies we had at home.

I work for an employer that does a ton of very high-end corporate events, so a lot of times I can get decorations and supplies for free.

Even better. My spouse has gotten things from corporate companies like fidget spinners we've used as activities and just painted over the logo.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people feeding these kids so much junk? My kids eat these things, but when you consider how often there are constant school parties, other parties, sweets, the whole trend is insane. We are raising sugar addicts and then wondering how it happened. Stop overfeeding your and my kids. Simple as that. Pizza water carrots and cookie? So, two crap unhealthy parts to carrots?! You know what, you all deserve the obesity crisis because you love creating the obesity in your own kids. I don't even give a crap how sanctimonious I sound.

Most schools have 2-3 parties a year so if your kids are sugar addicts then that is on you, not the school. Many kids don't get invited to outside parties after preschool ends. You should organize the parties if you don't want what is being offered.

DP, but it's the overall trend to have too much junk food everywhere. For many kids, it's not just the 2-3 class parties, but it's also the 25 birthdays celebrated at school with cupcakes or other treats, the snacks at every team sport or girl scouts or whatever, all of the candy given with valentines, etc. It is pretty ingrained in American culture that kids can't do any activities or gather in any way without some sort of junky snack being offered.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

They have a $4 delivery fee, making the pizza almost $13.

If you need to order 5-7 for a school party, a $4 delivery fee makes very little difference in the total cost.

The delivery fee is per order, not per pizza. If you do the $5 medium deal, you could order 10 pizzas (half of a pizza per child!) for $50 + $4 delivery fee + tax and tip and still end up under $60.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people feeding these kids so much junk? My kids eat these things, but when you consider how often there are constant school parties, other parties, sweets, the whole trend is insane. We are raising sugar addicts and then wondering how it happened. Stop overfeeding your and my kids. Simple as that. Pizza water carrots and cookie? So, two crap unhealthy parts to carrots?! You know what, you all deserve the obesity crisis because you love creating the obesity in your own kids. I don't even give a crap how sanctimonious I sound.

Most schools have 2-3 parties a year so if your kids are sugar addicts then that is on you, not the school. Many kids don't get invited to outside parties after preschool ends. You should organize the parties if you don't want what is being offered.

DP, but it's the overall trend to have too much junk food everywhere. For many kids, it's not just the 2-3 class parties, but it's also the 25 birthdays celebrated at school with cupcakes or other treats, the snacks at every team sport or girl scouts or whatever, all of the candy given with valentines, etc. It is pretty ingrained in American culture that kids can't do any activities or gather in any way without some sort of junky snack being offered.

And, most schools now have banned classroom parties, and I don't know what sports you play but we don't have snacks at every team, cub scout/girl scout, etc. You are over exaggerating.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people feeding these kids so much junk? My kids eat these things, but when you consider how often there are constant school parties, other parties, sweets, the whole trend is insane. We are raising sugar addicts and then wondering how it happened. Stop overfeeding your and my kids. Simple as that. Pizza water carrots and cookie? So, two crap unhealthy parts to carrots?! You know what, you all deserve the obesity crisis because you love creating the obesity in your own kids. I don't even give a crap how sanctimonious I sound.

Most schools have 2-3 parties a year so if your kids are sugar addicts then that is on you, not the school. Many kids don't get invited to outside parties after preschool ends. You should organize the parties if you don't want what is being offered.

DP, but it's the overall trend to have too much junk food everywhere. For many kids, it's not just the 2-3 class parties, but it's also the 25 birthdays celebrated at school with cupcakes or other treats, the snacks at every team sport or girl scouts or whatever, all of the candy given with valentines, etc. It is pretty ingrained in American culture that kids can't do any activities or gather in any way without some sort of junky snack being offered.

And, most schools now have banned classroom parties, and I don't know what sports you play but we don't have snacks at every team, cub scout/girl scout, etc. You are over exaggerating.

NP but the PP is NOT exaggerating. There seems to be a snack sign-up for every daggone activity my kid does. And then if you don't sign up the snack mom keeps bugging you until you agree to bring the damn goldfish and juice boxes. It's ridiculous. Every kid has to bring in treats for their birthday, every parade has candy, every holiday has candy. We take all our kids' candy and keep it in a candy jar at home so we can dole it out a couple pieces at a time. That jar hasn't been empty in years.

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NP but the PP is NOT exaggerating. There seems to be a snack sign-up for every daggone activity my kid does. And then if you don't sign up the snack mom keeps bugging you until you agree to bring the damn goldfish and juice boxes. It's ridiculous. Every kid has to bring in treats for their birthday, every parade has candy, every holiday has candy. We take all our kids' candy and keep it in a candy jar at home so we can dole it out a couple pieces at a time. That jar hasn't been empty in years.

Even when they try to mitigate the damage by requesting healthy snacks, many parents still send in the sugary junk. I'm not sure whether they're trying to be the "cool mom" or whether they fundamentally don't understand what a healthy snack is. When my kid was in K and we had group snacks, a few parents always sent in cookies. It wasn't even 1 or 2 cookies. They would send in the individually wrapped stack of 6 oreos. No kindergartener needs a snack of 6 oreos.

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DS teacher does not allow birthdaysnacks. The kids are asked to bring a book for a class and the class sings happy birthday. His games do have a snack element to them but I don’t see it as a big deal. No snacks at Cub Scouts. His classroom events are pretty low key, a cookie or mini cup cake per kid. Valentines and Halloween are easily handled, the candy goes into the dessert drawer and only one piece a night. We end up with Halloween candy into the New Year.

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NP but the PP is NOT exaggerating. There seems to be a snack sign-up for every daggone activity my kid does. And then if you don't sign up the snack mom keeps bugging you until you agree to bring the damn goldfish and juice boxes. It's ridiculous. Every kid has to bring in treats for their birthday, every parade has candy, every holiday has candy. We take all our kids' candy and keep it in a candy jar at home so we can dole it out a couple pieces at a time. That jar hasn't been empty in years.

Even when they try to mitigate the damage by requesting healthy snacks, many parents still send in the sugary junk. I'm not sure whether they're trying to be the "cool mom" or whether they fundamentally don't understand what a healthy snack is. When my kid was in K and we had group snacks, a few parents always sent in cookies. It wasn't even 1 or 2 cookies. They would send in the individually wrapped stack of 6 oreos. No kindergartener needs a snack of 6 oreos.

Send in your own snacks and problem solved. People choose it because its easy. We've always had either the school provider or no snacks. This is the first year we've had snacks after multiple years in elementary school and parents send in their own.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people feeding these kids so much junk? My kids eat these things, but when you consider how often there are constant school parties, other parties, sweets, the whole trend is insane. We are raising sugar addicts and then wondering how it happened. Stop overfeeding your and my kids. Simple as that. Pizza water carrots and cookie? So, two crap unhealthy parts to carrots?! You know what, you all deserve the obesity crisis because you love creating the obesity in your own kids. I don't even give a crap how sanctimonious I sound.

Most schools have 2-3 parties a year so if your kids are sugar addicts then that is on you, not the school. Many kids don't get invited to outside parties after preschool ends. You should organize the parties if you don't want what is being offered.

DP, but it's the overall trend to have too much junk food everywhere. For many kids, it's not just the 2-3 class parties, but it's also the 25 birthdays celebrated at school with cupcakes or other treats, the snacks at every team sport or girl scouts or whatever, all of the candy given with valentines, etc. It is pretty ingrained in American culture that kids can't do any activities or gather in any way without some sort of junky snack being offered.

And, most schools now have banned classroom parties, and I don't know what sports you play but we don't have snacks at every team, cub scout/girl scout, etc. You are over exaggerating.

NP but the PP is NOT exaggerating. There seems to be a snack sign-up for every daggone activity my kid does. And then if you don't sign up the snack mom keeps bugging you until you agree to bring the damn goldfish and juice boxes. It's ridiculous. Every kid has to bring in treats for their birthday, every parade has candy, every holiday has candy. We take all our kids' candy and keep it in a candy jar at home so we can dole it out a couple pieces at a time. That jar hasn't been empty in years.

Not at our school or activities. You can also refuse or send something healthy instead. No birthday treats, no candy, none of that. That is specific to your school. Chose a different school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people feeding these kids so much junk? My kids eat these things, but when you consider how often there are constant school parties, other parties, sweets, the whole trend is insane. We are raising sugar addicts and then wondering how it happened. Stop overfeeding your and my kids. Simple as that. Pizza water carrots and cookie? So, two crap unhealthy parts to carrots?! You know what, you all deserve the obesity crisis because you love creating the obesity in your own kids. I don't even give a crap how sanctimonious I sound.

Most schools have 2-3 parties a year so if your kids are sugar addicts then that is on you, not the school. Many kids don't get invited to outside parties after preschool ends. You should organize the parties if you don't want what is being offered.

DP, but it's the overall trend to have too much junk food everywhere. For many kids, it's not just the 2-3 class parties, but it's also the 25 birthdays celebrated at school with cupcakes or other treats, the snacks at every team sport or girl scouts or whatever, all of the candy given with valentines, etc. It is pretty ingrained in American culture that kids can't do any activities or gather in any way without some sort of junky snack being offered.

And, most schools now have banned classroom parties, and I don't know what sports you play but we don't have snacks at every team, cub scout/girl scout, etc. You are over exaggerating.

NP but the PP is NOT exaggerating. There seems to be a snack sign-up for every daggone activity my kid does. And then if you don't sign up the snack mom keeps bugging you until you agree to bring the damn goldfish and juice boxes. It's ridiculous. Every kid has to bring in treats for their birthday, every parade has candy, every holiday has candy. We take all our kids' candy and keep it in a candy jar at home so we can dole it out a couple pieces at a time. That jar hasn't been empty in years.

Not at our school or activities. You can also refuse or send something healthy instead. No birthday treats, no candy, none of that. That is specific to your school. Chose a different school.

Above poster proves stupidity exists. Yes, choose a different school if you don’t like the food policy at your school.

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Not at our school or activities. You can also refuse or send something healthy instead. No birthday treats, no candy, none of that. That is specific to your school. Chose a different school.

Above poster proves stupidity exists. Yes, choose a different school if you don’t like the food policy at your school.

No kidding. You also can't exactly choose a different public school. People are really stupid and out of touch if they think that pulling your kid out of free public school and sending them to expensive private school is even a viable option for most people.