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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I ran a neighborhood watch on a long block with 50 houses. We started a block party every year. I organized the first few. Some of us had more money than others. We suggested folks donate $10-20. This went to rent a bounce house for the kids (with the pre-event being 30 minutes for adults to bounce), burgers, hot dogs, buns, propane, etc. We asked everyone to bring a side, but it was fine if you didn't donate or didn't bring a side dish. Our neighbors are generous. Some donated more.

OP, I think you're upset about the spirit of the donation. Our goal was to bring our neighbors together. To get to know each other in order to reduce crime and work for positive change in our neighborhood. We did that. It was lovely. We worked together to do many positive things for the neighborhood.

I sat on this post all morning because I wasn't sure how to feel about your reaction. I think my advice to you is to suggest this year that a couple more "fun" activities be subsidized by the group (i.e. the $20 without talking about it directly). Do a bounce house. Get a food truck. Do frozen ice. Balloon animals. Pay for something. But you make it happen by going to this party and suggesting it lightly to a few key folks.[/quote]

You let an anonymous post on a dusty corner of the internet bother you all morning? Yikes.[/quote]

I'd rather be him than some creep peeping in the windows all day looking for something to snipe.[/quote]

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