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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids came home today with stickers on their shirts to support the Boosterthon. The school had signs of different sizes stuck in the ground along the KnR route. A teacher e-mailed a message to the parents reminding us to register our kids tongiht so they can start getting prizes tomorrow. Each child had a packet from the Boosterthon that included this page:

"How to Get a Pledge

Student Script
'Hello, may I speak to [sponsor]? Hello, [sponsor], this is [your name] I am calling to tell you about a cool, new program at our school called the Boosterthon Fun Run. In a few days, I will be running laps around the Boosterthon Speedway. Iw ill be running between 30-35 laps ... 35 is the most I can run.

[Sponsor], I have a question for you ... Will you please pledge me a dollar amount for every lap I run? You can pledge 1 dollar, 2 dollars per lap or any other amount. I will call you next week to tell you how many laps I ran.

Thank you for helping me reach my goal!"

The brochure also had "Pledge Secrets"  like these

-- Make a family viseo asking for a pledge. Share it on Facebook.
-- Group text 5 work friends asking for a pledge.
As a family, Facetime or Skype with relatives.

I understand schools are looking for donations that are used on the student body, but this feels so slimy. I remember fundraising like this when I was a student, but this feels so orchestrated and gross. I noticed music posters in the hallway the other day and now I see in the brochure that they were Boosterthon posters that involve another component to drive home the message: Boosterthon! Woo-hoo! Raise money!!

I've heard these folks get 45%? of the proceeds. There are junky trinkets being used as incentives. There was a pep rally for the whole school.

I'm not judging anyone who participates, I just hate the idea of this enterprise.[/quote]

I absolutely hate these “prices”. They are hand out in front of other students, so basically the more you donate, the more stuff your kid gets in front of all classmates, so they can be sad and cry then to their parents for money 🙄🙄maybe stop f-not wasting money on free food and actually pay for the things schools need[/quote]

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