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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][u]Worst[/u]

1. Scholastic Book Fair expensive books and scholastic makes most of the money. Time intensive and always run by diva martyr moms who would give Putin a run for his money in dictatorships without term limits.

2. Anything Boosterthon. Our school has an athletic day/fun run that was run by parents which was fun and free. We looked at Boosterthon and good grief it looks awful. Half the money goes to the company and they advise you not to tell parents. They go into the classroom and apply high pressure to kids.

3. Jump Rope for Heart: Great cause but also has heavy handed tactics at our school. Expensive and they push kids to spend more for prizes. If you don't sign up, donate $$ then your kid gets to sit in class alone while all the other kids have a fun popsicle party. This wasn't PTA but run by a teacher in our school.

4. Read-a-thon - too complicated and there really is nothing fun about recording your minutes and keeping track of sheets, It felt more like an accounting exercise.

[quote]Best[/quote]

1. Beginning of the year and end of year picnic/carnival - easy, kids get to run around, good chance to meet other parents
2. New family welcome event - this was great, it was at someone's house on a large lot our first year. Kids ran around and met other future friends. 
3. International Night - parents REALLY got into this at our school, good food
4. Science Fair - coordinated by a teacher, a PITA if you are hosting your kids team to put it together but a really good event
5. Book donation - collected used books and gave them to school with high FARMS for the counselor/medi specialist to just give out to kids to keep
6. Other used donation drives - a good way to give something that is needed and clean house.

[quote]OK[/quote]
1. Bingo Night - fun but gets old after many years
2. Movie Night - good for younger kids
3. Talent Show - kids who like to perform enjoy it[/quote]

It is interesting that you dislike all fundraisers but like all events that are freebies.    Your "Worst" events fund your "Best" events.  You sound like just another freeloader parent at the school.[/quote]

NP here.  Who likes attending fundraisers?  I will attend them and donate, but I don't enjoy them.  "Freebies" as you term them are accessible to the broader community and usually have an education component.  Ask me to cut a bigger PTA check at the beginning of the year and then I would rather not hear from you piecemeal for smaller events (although my kids' ES doesn't have Boosterthon or Read-a-thon, so I can't opine on why they are bad.)[/quote]

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