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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PTA volunteers should not need “thank you” breakfasts. Parents should not need “community building” events for themselves. The PTA is for the kids and should be kid focused. [/quote]

That's just now how things work. If you think you can do it better run for PTA President.[/quote]

lol how do things work? I can tell you how things work at the PTA - a bunch of parents who take themselves way too seriously and often neglect to think about what would actually be welcome to the school as a whole. The idea of a thank you event runs counter to what should be more like a mutual aid society. A hierarchy of volunteers runs counter to that. PTA is not the place to get your ego stroked. [/quote]

Ok. How much money have you raised for any non profit? Tell us. How many years have you been in fundraising?[/quote]

Dude, that is the point. It is a school PTA, not a professional nonprofit fundraiser for the Humane Society. [/quote]

Dude make a friend and go with them to the invites instead of sounding like such a loser that nobody talks to you at a PTA event.[/quote]

Thanks for proving then point. [/quote]

What point? We still don't know what events we're talking about. I volunteer and I don't go to the "thank you" breakfast because I don't care that much. But I don't think she muffins and coffee expense is really breaking the budget. People are more likely to volunteer if they know someone else. OP isn't putting in any effort whatsoever. [/quote]

+1 When I first opened this thread, I assumed OP would be talking about the big after school events like the movie nights and spring carnivals and stuff, where the kids run around crazy and adults barely supervise. Or where local MS/HS kids from the neighborhood come alone. Instead it’s about some vague event where people socialize and it isn’t a fundraiser, and the PTA is spending money on it? Is this a private school? Or are they raising money that OP doesn’t know about? Because PTA’s as non-profits are only supposed to spend a very small amount of money on “themselves” (events, supplies etc.) and the vast majority needs to go to fundraising. [/quote]

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