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Post by shelby on May 13, 2020 5:44:41 GMT
Those of you that have seniors that would be graduating , are they sending out announcements?We just received one from our friends son and it is so cute . He is in his cap and gown with a mask on and holding two rolls of toilet paper.. It is so him, so much more so than a formal one would be. I love it
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Post by mikklynn on May 13, 2020 11:06:42 GMT
Not yet, but I hope our niece sends them out. That one sounds awesome.
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Post by johnnysmom on May 13, 2020 11:56:01 GMT
Our school doesn’t do them, parents just order from Shutterfly or wherever and it usually doubles as an open house invite. Ds’ has been sitting in the shutterfly account waiting to see if we can have a late summer party. Tbh I’m kinda over the toilet paper 2020 “logo” and masks and TP pics. It was cute the first dozen times but it’s be been so overdone. (Now if I let him ds would totally send out grad announcement pics of him drinking a Corona 🙄)
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Post by peabrain on May 13, 2020 11:58:16 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true?
I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days?
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Post by snyder on May 13, 2020 12:15:52 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? I don't really see them as a money grab except when I learn the person has sent out 100+ announcements.
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Post by amom23 on May 13, 2020 13:21:54 GMT
Graduation here has been moved to June 21. DS and I just the other day designed and ordered his announcements from Shutterfly. I plan to send them out as normal. We are going forward with hosting an open house in the late afternoon following the ceremony. I'm starting to receive announcements from his classmates planning the same. We live in a rural community where almost everyone knows everyone. The graduates all have open houses on the same day following the ceremony and lots of people hop from house to house. If people feel uncomfortable stopping over that will be ok. I've never heard people refer to the way our community does graduation as a money grab???
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Post by amom23 on May 13, 2020 13:23:25 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? I don't really see them as a money grab except when I learn the person has sent out 100+ announcements. HAHA you've never lived in a small town. Around these parts people get offended if they aren't invited. The same goes for weddings. Funerals tend to be big events as well. Added: Since people tend to get invited to lots of grad open houses the average amount people usually give is $10-20.00 so nothing over the top extravagant. It's more about getting together and celebrating the graduate.
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Post by janeliz on May 13, 2020 13:29:14 GMT
I don’t think we’ll send any out. My good friend has already told me about a gift she’s putting together for my DD, another friend has already given her money, and our smallish family (or at least family members who would be inclined to give her something) all know about the graduation plans. I just hate spending money on paper that will just end up in a trash can.
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Post by KikiPea on May 13, 2020 13:30:58 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? UGH There are certain things that you know 100% are money grabs. This is NOT one of them, no matter how many you send out. The only way it would be is if you put a store registration on it, or a link to a Go Fund Me, or something. People who feel like it is can just toss it and move on.
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Post by johnnysmom on May 13, 2020 13:44:09 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? Any other year maybe (at least around here it’s expected that a party invite is attached and therefore you should bring a gift; an announcement means no party and I’d assume you still want a gift). This year? Absolutely not! I think everyone understands that parties may not be possible but sending announcements (with or without the hope of a gift/acknowledgement) is perfectly acceptable.
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Post by auntkelly on May 13, 2020 14:40:49 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? The 2020 seniors and their parents have missed out on so many rites of passage due to the pandemic. I think it is really sad someone would consider graduation announcements sent this year to be a “money grab.” If they don’t like it, they can toss it in the trash.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on May 13, 2020 14:49:43 GMT
Are they seen as a money grab these days? Unless you are planning to send them to people you haven't seen since the Mommy & Me play groups, or that 5th cousin twice removed you've not seen since you were 10, you'll be fine! Congratulations to your DD!
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Post by huskermom98 on May 13, 2020 15:46:28 GMT
My sister & stepsister didn't send announcements for their graduates, but it doesn't surprise me because they would seem like the two least likely to do it under these circumstances (not a knock against them, that's just their personalities...). It's also possible they didn't because the turnaround time between the final decision of how graduation was going to be handled (online) and the actual online ceremony on Mother's Day was too short to even try, so maybe why bother?
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Post by ~summer~ on May 13, 2020 16:46:51 GMT
Yes I’ll be sending out announcements- I think it will be traditional with maybe a touch of silly. I’m waiting though until he actually graduates and we are 100% certain of his college plan. Things are like moving every day it seems.
Edited - not seen as a money grab / we just send to close friends and family and not common at all for people to send money (other than grandparents)
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Post by Sorrel on May 13, 2020 16:50:31 GMT
I am not sending any out. DD doesn't care, and it just isn't our thing, really.
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Post by freecharlie on May 13, 2020 18:11:32 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? Not to me. I love getting them from friends and students. Parents are proud of their kids and they just want to show them off a little. The person complaining about the money grab can just ignore it (and if they don't have kids that have graduated, I bet they'll send them out as well). And for the most part, we'll send each of them $20 or whatever.
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Post by scrapmaven on May 13, 2020 18:24:07 GMT
Normally, I would say it's a gift grab, but this is a different situation. I would send them to the people w/whom you are closest who would want to celebrate w/you. These are strange times and we have to do things outside of the box.
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Post by maryland on May 13, 2020 19:52:09 GMT
We didn't send them out for our 2 kids that graduated recently. We are so bad at sending Christmas cards so we didn't bother with graduation announcements. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) I don't think people will think it's a money grab. I thought they were just to send a cute picture of their child to let family and friends know they are graduating. I have never felt obligated to send a gift or check for announcements.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 13, 2020 21:43:48 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? I wouldn’t view it as a money grab normally, and especially not under the current circumstances. It’s not like they can have a party or anything this year, and if they did have a party that I was invited to I’d send a gift whether I planned to attend the party or not.
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Post by scrappinmama on May 13, 2020 22:00:30 GMT
I just sent some out although someone told me it just makes it seem like a money grab. Do you think that's true? I'm just really happy for dd and proud of her. She's so ready to get on to college. I just wanted to celebrate her accomplishments. Are they seen as a money grab these days? I never saw them as one! But now I'm wondering if we're in the minority with that opinion? I haven't ordered my son's yet. I was going to order from Costco. Just an announcement with his picture on it. We do not expect anything. I'm just proud of him and our older relatives aren't on social media and will never see a photo if I don't send the announcement.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 22:09:27 GMT
I never saw them as money grabs. At the same time, announcements are only sent to aunts and uncles and grandparents.
Now open house invitations could be seen as money grabs. I have about 10 seniors from band that sent me an invitation. I don't know if I can afford to give money to all of them right now, but I am trying to see if I can figure out who's going where for college. Buying lanyards might be cheaper - maybe. I need to check.
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Post by librarylady on May 13, 2020 22:18:26 GMT
I lived in small town and have huge family. Sending the announcements/invitation is what you do. I didn't send to a couple who were friends of my parents. I didn't really know them and didn't want to be a grabber. The man complained to my father because they didn't get an invitation from me.
Now, we live in the city and only get them from the children of close friends. However, I do send a small check to all the graduates at our church.
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Post by Peal on May 13, 2020 23:58:43 GMT
I have the announcements for DS, but haven't done anything with them yet. We ordered them a long time ago.
When I graduated from High School I sent an announcement to the white house and got a nice card back from President Bush (H.W) And Older DS sent an announcement to the white house and got a nice card from Pres Obama. I was thinking we will pass sending one to the white house this year but DS does think we should do it.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on May 14, 2020 1:07:23 GMT
DD is mailing her HS graduation announcements tomorrow. She's only sending out 27, to immediate family and close family friends. I don't think I've ever received an announcement from anyone that I wouldn't have sent a gift to anyway, so I don't see them as a gift grab.
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Post by huskergal on May 14, 2020 1:24:13 GMT
We mailed announcements to close friends and family. This is our 4th child. We sent them out and had open houses for our other children. We are very proud of our son's accomplishments. If we have an Open House this summer, we will send out postcards or do a Facebook invite. We invite people that actually know our son. I hope people don't see it as a money grab. That makes me sad. Can we really not celebrate this major milestone?
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