Anonymous wrote:I would rather have my kids collect for UNICEF than hawk candy bars or wrapping paper. You need to find something else to be outraged about. Nobody is forcing them to do it. I don't know anyone who would feel offended by being asked for some spare change for UNICEF.

If your kids come to my house with their UNICEF box, I will be depositing candy in it.

I would rather have my kids collect for UNICEF than hawk candy bars or wrapping paper. You need to find something else to be outraged about. Nobody is forcing them to do it. I don't know anyone who would feel offended by being asked for some spare change for UNICEF.

I'm suspicious of any charity that goes around parents' backs to recruit kids to pan handle to fill their coffers.

I'm anti-unicef for the way that they force everyone to contribute at my employer. I don't do it and I'm amazed at how much I get harassed by it.

The box is meant to collect coins, not benjamins.

I have sometimes felt bad I don't have any handy to give, but I was always glad to see a kid collecting for unicef.

Anonymous wrote:Our private school did this. I thought it was tacky to put parents on the spot like that.

How are you on the spot?

Our private school did this. I thought it was tacky to put parents on the spot like that.

Anonymous wrote:what the problem- are you ideologically opposed to those "who don't have homes, enough to eat, or shoes on their feet," or scare of the evil global UN conspiracy...opt out if you wish, but what's wrong with kids getting a little global civics at school, it's not religious instruction...

NP here. I am opposed to door-to-door donation collecting and putting my neighbors on the spot. It's rude and tacky. They are there trying to give out candy, not money. They can donate on their own time and in their own way. I would never allow my child to do that. Thankfully I've never heard of a school doing this before this thread.

what the problem- are you ideologically opposed to those "who don't have homes, enough to eat, or shoes on their feet," or scare of the evil global UN conspiracy...opt out if you wish, but what's wrong with kids getting a little global civics at school, it's not religious instruction...

Anonymous wrote:I remember doing it when I was a kid and I'm 37.

Ditto. 42 here.

I remember doing it when I was a kid and I'm 37.

Anonymous wrote:These were given out every year to every kid when I was in school. They're not a big deal. It's your choice whether you want to use it or not.

Yup. I'm almost 28 and remember having them in elementary school growing up.

I agree it's not a big deal either way but I can't imagine anyone who is actively anti-UNICEF.

These were given out every year to every kid when I was in school. They're not a big deal. It's your choice whether you want to use it or not.

DC comes home with a collection box for UNICEF and tells us that he is to take it with him trick or treating and ask for donations for kids "who don't have homes, enough to eat, or shoes on their feet."

Anybody else's kid come home from school with the UNICEF donation box?

Do you think this is a school initiative or something that originated from the teacher?

I don't want to make a big deal about it. It just seems a little odd since other school-sponsored drives have given parents more discretion over whether they want to participate or not. I'm not used to them appealing directly to DC.