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[quote=Anonymous]I’m at a school that contributed PTA funds for the grocery gift cards during the pandemic, did food drives for other schools, let’s parents know they can donate money to other school’s school supply drive and other things along those lines.  We are also in the range of 50k in fundraising.

And even though I attend PTA meetings, I never paid enough attention to know if we contribute to the CCPTA fund. I bet we do. I’m also going to guess I know more about what the PTA does than 90% of parents at our school.  We just don’t get good attendance at PTA meetings.  We also have been running low on volunteers for things — and this was pre-pandemic. Officers, parents to run big events etc.

Telling parents money raised at an event or direct dollars given will go to other PTAs would likely dry up a good number of the committed volunteers left. I frankly have so little time to give the PTA but really try to fit in meetings and events.  We do other volunteer in the community.

But I make the time for the PTA because it gives me a tie to my kids’ school and I know it funds some of the things they really enjoy. That money going elsewhere — particularly now that I only have two left in upper elementary — and I would be less inclined to help and give. 
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