I know that I can't be the only parent out there who has begun to feel as if the school, the Girl Scouts, and the Boy Scouts(or any other group related to our children) has decided that we are a bunch of money bags. The school had sent home Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough order forms about the third week of the school year, the Girl Scouts have just finished cookie pre-sales, and my friend's son has been selling popcorn for his cub scout troop.
While I understand that each of these groups is a good place for my money to go, there are still times that I feel coerced into buying. MAC has not sold the PTA/school fundraiser for the past two years but we have consistently been one of the top sellers of Girl Scout Cookies in her troop. The fact that the school has a "carnival party" for those who sell a certain number of items, that girl scouts says that you can earn different levels of prizes, and that the Boy Scouts only allows certain prizes if you have earned certain "chips" makes it feel a little like "pimping our kids".
Tonight I picked up the cookies from our cookie Mom and I'll get up early tomorrow morning to sort through them and pack them to hand out tomorrow. It reminds me of when I was in the Arundel High School Band and Mom used to get up early with me on Monday mornings to make sub sandwiches, our fundraiser.
No comments:
Post a Comment