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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. For the non-participants, do you object to the "extras" that are purchased with the funds, or the methods by which the fundraising happens.

I'm a former PTA president, and I understood that constant fundraising could be a big turn-off, so while I was president we try to limit the number of things we did, but we still did them, because there were good things the school got that they wouldn't have if we didn't raise the $$ for it.

Not just "fun stuff" but things like smart boards. (Budget paid for most, but it would have taken several more years to get all the classrooms equipped with smartboards, so we did fundraising to make up the difference.

We also tried to do different options for fundraising. One option was a just a straight-up donation. No gift wrap to buy, candy to sell. Just write one check and the beginning of the year. You get a thank letter from us so you can write it off on your taxes, and can ignore any and all further fundraising the rest of the year, but still have helped out. (Any amount accepted, including $5.)

For me personally, this is what I like to do, and I would love it if that was ALL I had to do for fundraising. The reality I learned is that some people really, really like buying the giftwrap, candles, etc. and if we didn't also do those fundraisers, we were basically losing out on money that could help our school.

I also gladly accepted any and who could donate the gift of time. We tried to put on a variety of family events throughout the year that were NOT connected with fundraising. (Reading Night, Math Night) and those are great fun but don't work unless some folks pitch in a few hours to help out.[/quote]

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