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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you all. I will indeed just write a check and have done with it for this fundraiser. I'm new enough and this school's dynamics are complex enough that I am not going to raise a ruckus about the existence of this fundraiser, but I will see what I can do in the future to promote healthier alternatives.[/quote]

I think you should become involved with the school and put and end to this kind of fundraising.  as you point out, you do not want to buy or harrass  friends and family asking them to buy useless crap when the school gets a fraction of what you spend.  writing a check to the school for the amount you were planning to spend sounds mu better (I did this with our daycare, after I decided that I did not want to spend $$$ on tons of useless wrapping papers when the daycare was getting around 20% - I just wrote a check to them and told them I was not going to order anything).

our DCPS does not do this type of fundraising. this is what our school does: ask for donations to the PTA (a certain amount suggested per child, any amount is welcome); hold various events organized and run by parents (mainly a fair with games and moonbounces, and an auction); also, the school has some type of agreememt with Amazon so any purchase done on Amazon by parents, the school gets a percentage (and these are purchases for thing parents would buy anyway, so why not having to school getting a cut).  I like these types of fundraising because every dollar spent goes directly to the school (except for the Amazon purchases, but these are purchases we would do anyway on Amazon), and we are forced to buy useless things or force our families and friends to do the same so the school gets pocket change. at the same time, these activities require really a lot of work and planning by the parents, for sure slapping parents with the type fundraising you describe is easier[/quote]

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