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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all OP God bless you for taking it on. I've done it and I hate it. I prefer to volunteer in other ways. The really good room moms I've seen (which does not include me) make 4 requests. First two requests come the same week-1 via email and 1 via note home in weekly folder. (Attaching an envelope sounds like a good idea). Third request comes maybe a week later. Fourth request comes 2 or so weeks after that saying something like "It's not too late" and "any amount would be so helpful."

One year for things like pizza parties the room parent charged by the slice and had us pay by a certain date. She gave a reminder or 2. it's an affluent area and the cost was pretty low (she had good coupons). You'd be surprised how many parents get their act together to buy their kid 2 slices of pizza. Sucks for kids who's parents still don't do it, but honestly I think she said she got 100% participation. [/quote]

So some poor kid might have ended up hungry? That's horrible but so in line with the "I've got mine" point of view.[/quote]

This is smart!  The room mom probably would have paid for the kids of the deadbeat parents and fed them, but she certainly cut down on the number of kids for whom she had to foot the bill by taking this approach.

I wouldn't agree with this for a more economically diverse neighborhood, and the room mom in question probably wouldn't have done it if she was cost conscious enough to use coupons.  However, since it was an affluent area, I think it's great.[/quote]

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