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[quote=Anonymous]Every year, I get multiple computer generated email requests to make donations or to buy some crap that I don’t want — so that the kid attending the school will get some cheap prize. I’m over it.  When kids ask me themselves for something that they genuinely care about, I donate. I have bought tickets for performances — even when I realized at the last minute that they cost more than the token fee that I was expecting.  I give birthday gifts and shower gifts and show up for parties held at trampoline parks.  Emails several times a year for prizes and “fun runs”, especially for multiple kids: It’s too much. And it’s really too much when it’s not reciprocal, since I won’t be doing anything involving fund-raising on my end.
 
If the kid is attending a school that’s genuinely in need, tell me what the teachers need or give me a link to their wishlists. 
I’m happy to make a donation for something specific— from lunch bills, to winter clothing, to a discretionary fund that means that Every student can go on trips and have a treat.

If the kid would like a plastic toy, like the ones they get for reaching a donation target,  let me know. I’d be happy to buy them one.

I do have one exception to this though. Every now and then, the fundraising involves something that I’d genuinely like to have. For those, I donated cheerfully and regarded it as a win-win. 
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