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Post by hennybutton on Jan 27, 2015 4:03:14 GMT
I can't stand the frozen cookie dough fundraisers. The cookies are absolutely nasty and the boxes take up way too much room in my freezer.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 27, 2015 4:09:42 GMT
My sister's kid's private school raffles, and their marathons. Ugh, hated them! I'm so glad the last kid is almost out of school and I barely talk to her these days, so she doesn't bother trying to hit us up anymore.
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styxgirl
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Post by styxgirl on Jan 27, 2015 5:03:03 GMT
Trinket/clutter type fund raisers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 5:07:42 GMT
Pretty much all of them. They're kind of out of control, IMHO.
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chendra
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Post by chendra on Jan 27, 2015 5:09:09 GMT
All of them.
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 27, 2015 5:13:27 GMT
I agree on the cookie dough and any food based fundraiser.
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Post by Belle on Jan 27, 2015 5:18:36 GMT
Cookie dough, Girl Scout cookies and Boy Scout popcorn
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Post by scrapmomof2 on Jan 27, 2015 5:36:19 GMT
I love the cookie dough! At least the one from Savory! They also have great caramel popcorn!
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Post by cmpeter on Jan 27, 2015 5:39:32 GMT
Our elementary school never did many and the junior high and high school just did spass the hat.
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Post by Kymberlee on Jan 27, 2015 12:56:20 GMT
All of them! Mostly Girl Scout cookies because I think they are pretty average. It makes me crazy during cookie season. I get hit up from friends with kids, coworkers with kids, students, and then DH gets bombarded at work also. I feel like such an ass when I say no, but I can only have so many sucky boxes of cookies in my cabinet.
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Post by grinningcat on Jan 27, 2015 13:07:43 GMT
Every single one. The only fundraiser I'll willingly "donate" to is my friend's daughter's girl guide cookies. But that's not really a fundraiser, they make such piss poor amounts of money that it's more of a racket than a fundraiser.
I'm tired of people constantly fundraising instead of actually just paying for whatever is "needed". It's just overkill.
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Post by hop2 on Jan 27, 2015 13:15:04 GMT
I have a girl scout ( well for one last cookie season ) but I give 1 box of cookies to 'cookies from home' it's on our form and the council sendit, to every girlscout who politely asks ( not parents) it's $4 and they don't have to come deliver them and troops away from home get cookies from home. Win win IMHO
I do 'hate' frozen food fundraisers even moreso as the seller because if I can't catch the person the day it comes in then I have to have freezer soace for all the frozen stuff ugh.
Good fundraisers to me keep it under $10 better yet under $5 and I dont need to be bothered again.
I kind of like the $5 discount card from the baseball team. I pay $5, kid gets $4.75 (.25 cost of printing and laminating ) and I get discounts all over town that add up to about $10.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jan 27, 2015 14:23:12 GMT
All of them. Since our neighborhood prohibits solicitation, my husband is a frequent business traveler, & our nieces are single adults, our only source is the obnoxious/insulting parents blocking the grocery store entrance.
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Post by josie on Jan 27, 2015 17:38:39 GMT
I agree, I hate them all! My daughter is in daycare/preschool and she has had 3 fundraisers this year.
First I think its ridiculous when I am already paying a boatload of money for daycare. Second, I refuse to ask people for money. I hate those frozen cookies and coupon books. I still have to then write a check for not participating. I almost lost it on the director one day when I turned in my check and empty form and she says well mom and dad could still order some cookies - I just said we don't eat processed food and walked away.
Ugghhh!
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Post by scorpeao on Jan 27, 2015 17:48:11 GMT
the cookie dough my dd sells is actually very good. I get people asking about my cookies all the time. I don't hit anyone up for the cookie dough unless they ask because of how the peas claim to hate the cookies from such fundraisers.
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Post by scrappington on Jan 27, 2015 17:51:31 GMT
all of them. I don't have kids so this is going to come off really pissy I think.
But why do I have to pay for your kids to do whatever, like sports, a trip etc. No matter how you ask me for it via raffle tickets, attending events , selling me crap I don't want all it is still asking me for it.
Oh this is now turning into a vent...just because you believe in a cause does not mean I do. Stop asking me every other week to donate or participate in your "trendy cause or issue" of the week. Also do you realize half your causes contradict one another.
I donate to what I want to thank you. Just because your posting all the time your involved in this that and the other thing doesn't make you almighty and wonderful and great. Your just show boating..Your all the most judgmental people I have every met. Vent over. Thank you..
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Post by papersilly on Jan 27, 2015 17:53:15 GMT
-ads (yearbook, programs, etc)
-wrapping paper
-cookies/nuts other than girl scouts
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Post by sisterbdsq on Jan 27, 2015 18:18:05 GMT
I will answer all of them. To your other post, I will answer none of them.
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smginaz Suzy
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Jan 27, 2015 18:22:31 GMT
None of them bother me, but I have never had an issue saying no thank you. And I am never home often enough to answer the door either. I just don't feel guilty saying no, even to a Girl Scout and I was a troop leader for years and DD was a GS for 12 years. I can't give to everyone, I choose where my charity dollars go, and I just don't mind you asking But I'm still gonna reply no thank you.
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Post by sharlag on Jan 27, 2015 18:29:02 GMT
Girl Scout cookies because I love them and they're hard for me to resist.
The ones from the cute littler kids who bravely knock on my door, while their parent waits in the driveway. I sat on the porch last fall and talked to an adorable little fellow who couldn't say his Rs (they sounded like "W" sort of). He told me that when he came by the previous week, and I wasn't home, he had seen a "lizaRd Ran undeR youR poRch, it was gReen and Ran Really fast undeR theRe!" he pointed to a giant hole I'd never noticed under my front porch.
Imagine that story told with the cute "R" pronunciation! I had to buy from him!
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Post by queenofkings on Jan 27, 2015 18:48:59 GMT
All of them. I hate fundraisers.
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Post by akathy on Jan 27, 2015 18:52:28 GMT
All of them!
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Post by pretzels on Jan 27, 2015 18:57:37 GMT
All of them.
I don't really understand the concept. My DD is on a competitive dance team. It's expensive. There was a meeting for all parents after she tried out and was asked to be on the team where the dance teacher laid out all the expenses and discussed how expensive it was. I knew going in how expensive it was going to be and luckily, we're in a position where we can afford it. So why am I being asked to participate in all these fundraisers for her specific team? If I had thought there was no way in hell we could have afforded it, I wouldn't have allowed her to try out. She didn't come to the informational meeting with me, so after hearing about the expenses, if I had decided we couldn't have afforded it, she wouldn't have done it. I get that not everyone is in our specific financial situation, but if you aren't, then why let it go that far?
I guess I'm just a little bitter because we did a parents' night out for a fundraiser and I was expected to help out, when I don't care. I will pay for my DD's share of whatever. I'd rather do that than give up a weekend night to raise money. We made some money, but not a whole lot (about $80 per dancer). And now they want to do another one. We have one more competition and then the season is over. Why?
Maybe I'm just a bitch. Whatever.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jan 27, 2015 19:29:59 GMT
None of them bother me, but I have never had an issue saying no thank you. And I am never home often enough to answer the door either. I just don't feel guilty saying no, even to a Girl Scout and I was a troop leader for years and DD was a GS for 12 years. I can't give to everyone, I choose where my charity dollars go, and I just don't mind you asking But I'm still gonna reply no thank you. What, you don't throw a fit or go on a rant about people paying their own way  I keep trying to think of some I don't like and I guess I don't like the taste/quality of the popcorn, or the amount/quality of the wrapping paper. I can bargain shop a lot better then any of the fundraisers. But I don't hate them I just don't like buying the stuff and I just say no. In 4-H we only charge $20.00 a year dues. We never turn a kid down that can't pay, but someone does have to pay because we have to pay for supplies, entry fees, building fees, etc. Since someone does have to pay a membership fee each club does have at least one fundraiser per year. I can't see not letting someone's child be excluded because they can't afford their yearly dues. Our kids want to raise money so they can do more group activities. I don't think it's ever occurred to them to only let the kids that can afford it go and not include everyone. That's not what we are teaching them. |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jan 27, 2015 21:27:59 GMT
All of them. I don't really understand the concept. My DD is on a competitive dance team. It's expensive. There was a meeting for all parents after she tried out and was asked to be on the team where the dance teacher laid out all the expenses and discussed how expensive it was. I knew going in how expensive it was going to be and luckily, we're in a position where we can afford it. So why am I being asked to participate in all these fundraisers for her specific team? If I had thought there was no way in hell we could have afforded it, I wouldn't have allowed her to try out. She didn't come to the informational meeting with me, so after hearing about the expenses, if I had decided we couldn't have afforded it, she wouldn't have done it. I get that not everyone is in our specific financial situation, but if you aren't, then why let it go that far? I guess I'm just a little bitter because we did a parents' night out for a fundraiser and I was expected to help out, when I don't care. I will pay for my DD's share of whatever. I'd rather do that than give up a weekend night to raise money. We made some money, but not a whole lot (about $80 per dancer). And now they want to do another one. We have one more competition and then the season is over. Why? Maybe I'm just a bitch. Whatever. Well, then I'm a bitch right there with you. I would much rather be charged extra than be asked to hit my friends up for money or chaperone the car wash. And I wasn't thrilled that our high school age boys were turned loose on innocent neighborhoods, knocking on doors hawking their discount cards. And I see your point, gmcwife1, but over the years I have found that more often than not, the ones who can't afford it are also the ones who can't be bothered fundraising or volunteering. It begins to grate on your nerves after a while. ETA: Forgot to answer the op! Don't like cookie dough (no one eats it) or the catalogs full of junk. |
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Jan 27, 2015 21:31:24 GMT
Girl Scout Cookies! I love those thin mints - but don't need the calories. I like the option of buying cookies that will be shipped to the military.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jan 27, 2015 21:35:57 GMT
All of them. I don't really understand the concept. My DD is on a competitive dance team. It's expensive. There was a meeting for all parents after she tried out and was asked to be on the team where the dance teacher laid out all the expenses and discussed how expensive it was. I knew going in how expensive it was going to be and luckily, we're in a position where we can afford it. So why am I being asked to participate in all these fundraisers for her specific team? If I had thought there was no way in hell we could have afforded it, I wouldn't have allowed her to try out. She didn't come to the informational meeting with me, so after hearing about the expenses, if I had decided we couldn't have afforded it, she wouldn't have done it. I get that not everyone is in our specific financial situation, but if you aren't, then why let it go that far? I guess I'm just a little bitter because we did a parents' night out for a fundraiser and I was expected to help out, when I don't care. I will pay for my DD's share of whatever. I'd rather do that than give up a weekend night to raise money. We made some money, but not a whole lot (about $80 per dancer). And now they want to do another one. We have one more competition and then the season is over. Why? Maybe I'm just a bitch. Whatever. Well, then I'm a bitch right there with you. I would much rather be charged extra than be asked to hit my friends up for money or chaperone the car wash. And I wasn't thrilled that our high school age boys were turned loose on innocent neighborhoods, knocking on doors hawking their discount cards. And I see your point, gmcwife1, but over the years I have found that more often than not, the ones who can't afford it are also the ones who can't be bothered fundraising or volunteering. It begins to grate on your nerves after a while. ETA: Forgot to answer the op! Don't like cookie dough (no one eats it) or the catalogs full of junk. I'm lucky that we can afford it and I do volunteer. But at the same by volunteering I see the kids that can't afford it or have the parents that won't give. And it's hard to fault the kids for their parents. 4-H does seem different from the cheer squads and some of the traveling sports teams. We don't do a lot of trips or extra activities. And the leaders ask for grants so we can pay for the kids to go to the leadership camp that is run by us volunteers. But like most organizations, its the same few people that do the majority of the work. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jan 28, 2015 0:34:01 GMT
I hate all of the fundraisers. All of them.
I will not buy crappy products where the school only gets a tiny percentage of the profits & the company makes the rest.
I will not beg from friends and family to buy crap that the fundraiser is pushing.
I pay my own kids' way. I send in all the required supplies for school, then extras for the rest of the class throughout the year.
My kids have had no less than six fundraisers so far this school year. I'm so tired of them. They are a poor school. Please don't ask the kids to have their friends and family buy Yankee Candle crap when many (most) can't even bring in school supplies.
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Post by mztfied on Jan 28, 2015 0:56:28 GMT
I don't like any of them. There is nothing I need. I can't have sugar and I don't need any more "stuff". So when someone comes to the door I am polite but decline to buy.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jan 28, 2015 2:01:00 GMT
The fundraisers that annoy me the most these days are those done at the cash register. Grocery stores, drugstores, and all sorts of retail stores seem to ask EVERY TIME I check out now -- "Do you want to add a dollar to donate to XYZ?"
Even shopping at Ann Taylor during Christmas, I thought the girl at the register was like a dog with a bone pushing their fundraiser for St Jude's. It's a very worthy charity, I agree. But it's not on me to make sure your store is recognized as one of the top money raisers in the company for that campaign -- which is what her whole harangue seemed to be about. We kept saying "No, thanks, not today." She practically argued with us.
I really resent being hit up every time I shop like that.
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