Wm's school PTA decided to try a new fundraising technique this year. Rather than sell wrapping paper in the fall and cookie dough in the spring, the PTA is organizing a fun run on October 3 at our neighborhood park.
You can read more about it here and here.
I fully support this for the reasons I think a parent dreamed this up in the first place:
1. I hate asking friends and family to buy wrapping paper and other stuff. Which is silly, of course, because I often purchased wrapping paper from fundraisers held by nieces, nephews and cousins because, let's face it, you can always use some more wrapping paper. Especially when living overseas and the stuff is hard to come by.
2. Anything that gets the kids excited about being outside is fantastic (though, not like Wm needs any encouragement. Honestly, we have a harder time getting him inside to eat and sleep).
3. The kids actually do the work (i.e., running). Let's face it, it was really the parents doing the other fundraisers.
So, to help support the school raise money through this new mechanism, I've shamelessly added the widget to this blog. It'll be there for about a month, until the October 3 run. Wm thought $100 was a good goal after hearing his dad tell a story about how his grandparents pledged $1/lap swam. Except Greg kept swimming and swimming until, 100 laps later, the organizers told him to stop. I thought that amount was fair because that's basically what I spent between the other two fundraisers last year, so the school makes out the same (or maybe more, because I'm actually half-soliciting donations this time!).
His Bib #512 ... let's see how he does!
You can read more about it here and here.
I fully support this for the reasons I think a parent dreamed this up in the first place:
1. I hate asking friends and family to buy wrapping paper and other stuff. Which is silly, of course, because I often purchased wrapping paper from fundraisers held by nieces, nephews and cousins because, let's face it, you can always use some more wrapping paper. Especially when living overseas and the stuff is hard to come by.
2. Anything that gets the kids excited about being outside is fantastic (though, not like Wm needs any encouragement. Honestly, we have a harder time getting him inside to eat and sleep).
3. The kids actually do the work (i.e., running). Let's face it, it was really the parents doing the other fundraisers.
So, to help support the school raise money through this new mechanism, I've shamelessly added the widget to this blog. It'll be there for about a month, until the October 3 run. Wm thought $100 was a good goal after hearing his dad tell a story about how his grandparents pledged $1/lap swam. Except Greg kept swimming and swimming until, 100 laps later, the organizers told him to stop. I thought that amount was fair because that's basically what I spent between the other two fundraisers last year, so the school makes out the same (or maybe more, because I'm actually half-soliciting donations this time!).
His Bib #512 ... let's see how he does!
1 comment:
Go, William!
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