Students asking relatives and friends to buy such things as gift wrap, magazines or cookie dough are as much a part of the school year as report cards and parent-teacher conferences.
But some PTA officials are saying enough is enough. They're searching for alternatives to catalog sales that emphasize education and improving the school community, rather than raising the most money.
In suburban Kansas City, that's been the goal at Franklin Elementary School in the Liberty School District for the last three years, where the PTA has replaced catalog sales with a four-week read-a-thon, with students getting pledges for the number of minutes they read. More...
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I'm so glad someone is finally saying 'No' to sales of products at schools. I'm sick of it. We teach our children to sell cheap products for too much money, and then we wonder why our adult board members don't know how to fundraise. I'm glad you posted this: it's very educational.
I have a blog at www.werth-it.com/blog, if you're interested.
I'll be back to look at your blog again: I hope you post more.
Katherine Wertheim
There is a company called Go Green Fundraising that offers a number of educational and earth friendly elementary school fundraising ideas. All of the fundraisers have reasonably priced and earth friendly products.
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