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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD was fundraising to cover travel expenses to a tournament the school will not pay for (hotel and dinner). Some girls didn’t participate at all in the fundraising and some only raised $50. Each player had a goal of $500. We didn’t need this much money from each player but because some just didn’t participate others had to make up the difference.

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If parents want kids to do things like this, they should be prepared to pay. I'd pay whatever my kids expenses were. I mean, all throughout youth sports, parents pay happily. Why should it be different in HS? I think in most sports there is an expectation that the school covers somewhere between some and all of the cost but if its not all covered, just pretend its another club sport and write a check for you part of the costs.

I just don't do fundraisers, sorry. Just get the amount needed for each player from each player. If the cost is $2000 and there are 10 kids...bring your $200 or don't come on the trip.

And I think the first thing to do in cases where its known funds will be needed is to have a participation fee. Pay to play.  Then any travel or unusual expenses can be collected later.[/quote]

But it isn’t a travel team- it is a public school where all should be able to participate if they make the team. That would not be fair.

I also despise fundraising. The best way I have seen this handled was for an overnight field trip for my kid’s elementary school (a long time ago). A letter was sent to parents saying  “cost is $250 per kid, please make check out to xyz. If you are willing to donate extra for a child whose family cannot afford the cost, we would be very appreciative ”  I am sure it was written more eloquently and I can’t remember the exact dollar amounts, but many families just donated/paid an extra $50-$100 etc and it worked out. I wish sports would do this, and save us all the fundraising headaches. The only person who would have to know who did/didn’t pay would be the person collecting the $. [/quote]

Punching bag PP here...This would be reasonable. I would even likely contribute. And for the peanut gallery, I'm not wealthy but I have enough to pay for basic extracurricular expenses without engaging in a dog and pony show. I'm not opposed to fundraising, I'm only opposed to forced fundraising. I'm happy to pay my kids cost. You want to fundraise, fine, but my kid isn't costing the team money so I'm not doing it. Except for contributions I might make. I'm not working, sending emails, sending letters, pounding pavement, asking, begging or anything else.[/quote]

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