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[quote=Anonymous]PTA board member here, and I'll just add my two cents...

1. I'm always thrilled to accept a straight-up donation check. As others have pointed out, 100% goes straight to the school, and it's far easier than all the work that goes into organizing fundraisers.

2. While I appreciate that for many folks the stuff in these fundraisers is cheap/tacky/unhealthy I assure you that if we could get by with just asking for donations, we would have given up fundraisers a long time ago.

There are families that have never even paid our $5 PTA dues, but who easily buy (or get friends/family to buy) $200 of stuff. I guess for some folks, the intangible quality of "helping the school" is not a big motivator, and they need a physical product they can hold.

Our PTA never went overboard on these kinds of fundraisers (I purposely did not ask for assemblies to be held or endless morning announcements. We sent home the order packets, sent out several email blast reminders, one paper reminder, and that was it.) But I would feel like I was denying the school $$ if I just got rid of the fundraiser, despite my personal opinions on the quality of the products or the merit of direct donation vs. purchasing stuff.[/quote]

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