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    Gifts for the needy?

    Its truly not a matter of choosing to particate or not in various activities, fundraisers, etc. They just assume the kids will participate, its not like they ask for volunteers. They just sign the kids up, in some cases assign quotas, or as in the case of the shoe box just tell them what to...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    This is digressing a little into my life, but its a reality lesson many would do good to heed!:flower3:
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    Gifts for the needy?

    She's playing the hand she's dealt, she's not asking for a new car for pity sake! she just doesn't want to be humilated, and that's a situation not of her choosing or control. I just wish that all these so-called charities had at least as much compassion for the givers as the do for the...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    This kind of reminds me of many years ago, I had a job where I was struggling to make ends met, barely making minimum wage. Our employer wanted everyone to contribute to the United Way. Well, I didn't have a dime to spare, I could have been a receipeint of United Way services, not a donor...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    "really" my child is 12 years old. That's a heavy burden to put on a child that age, to have to say "Daddy's lost his job, we can't afford to give anything this year" then be expected to sit out with the other "losers" while everyone else has fun! If you've read my other thread, DD...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    See that's what I don't want to have happen, that my kids are made to feel deficient for not contributing enough. The suggestions of time rather than items, money, etc, are not offered as an option. Its sell or sit out! Especially now that my kids are making do with less, such as movies...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    Well, my idea of one shoe box from each kid to save postage won't work, just looked on their website, they want a specific girl or boy box, mine are a boy and girl, so that means one box each kid! Ok, here's what's going in the box--crayons and markers, I have them (new of course) bought from...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    What's charity if at the expense of a child's feelings? That's just plain cruel, to make some kids sit out and watch others enjoy parties, etc, because they somehow "failed" to sell enough wrapping paper, candy, etc. That's why I also always buy at least the cheapie book in the Scholastic...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    Thanks, I currently do Cha Cha and also Live Ops. Its the best I can do with our situation, I also do surveys. Thanks for seeing my point, the kids suffer if they don't jump on the charity bandwagon. Rather than make an issue of the donation thing, I plan to just give some token something...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    Ummmmmmm...I'm the only one who cares about it? Hmmmmmmmm...........let's see, this wasn't my idea in the first place, its the various organizations the kids are in, they seem to "care" about it, it was their idea, remember? Also, they pressure the kids with competetions, contests, prizes, etc...
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    Gifts for the needy?

    Perhaps some of you are familar with my other threads, about how my dh is laid off, and another thread about my dd taking a lot of pantry items from my pantry for a school fund raiser without my permission. We're facing economic hard times ourselves. As I said, my dh is currently laid off...
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    DD emptied my pantry

    Thanks for the kind words. Natural consequences don't always present themselves as neatly as this situation did, its not easy being a Mom!:hug:
  13. K

    What did you do to save money today? Nov. 2-8

    I remembered to take my library books back on time for once!:cool1:
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    DD emptied my pantry

    This might indeed be a good story to share with your school, how that the giving got out of hand and became a hardship for the family instead!
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    DD emptied my pantry

    Yes, that's true and she really is a good kid and a sweet girl, never gets in trouble, never breaks rules, etc. But the point is, she should have asked me! She probably figured I would have agreed, but a lot less than she wanted/needed for the ice cream prize. Well, if that's the worse...
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    DD emptied my pantry

    :confused3 The thing is I didn't even realize how much food was missing right away,because, like many people, my pantry isn't all that organized. Stuff is just sorta crammed in, spices, foil, trash bags, boxes, etc, along with the more "essential" items, the canned goods, peanut butter, etc...
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    DD emptied my pantry

    We will look into that, thanks!
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    DD emptied my pantry

    Let me clarify--it was stuff I bought by the case, she didn't take a case at a time, she raided the pantry over several days, taking several small loads at a time, so does that make sense?:flower3:
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    DD emptied my pantry

    [ Your DD should have asked you permission to take your groceries. I would be mad too. DS8's school has charity drives but they get free dress passes if they participate; there's no contest to win. The school has collected shoes for Assistance League, sheets & towels for a women's...
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    DD emptied my pantry

    Yes, my dh drove her to school the last few days and she toted cans, etc, in bags, he just thought she was taking stuff for a school project, she was sneaky about it! When I drove her to school, she asked for the keys to load up the car, something she never does, then when she arrived at...




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