Inspired by the "begging for money" thread....

[Charade]

TackEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

 

[Maleficent13]

I think one way she earned so much money is when she called the other places of business, she made sure to say WHO she was and WHO she worked for. Her employer is well known in this small town and respected....so I think she was including his name with hers to make people feel a sense of "obligation" to donate.

Between the soliciting patients and this, if it was my employee her *** would still be smokin' as she landed in the parking lot. omg...I can't believe your employer didn't fire her butt.

 

[poohandwendy]

Yeah, she is really lucky she wasn't fired.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Between the soliciting patients and this, if it was my employee her *** would still be smokin' as she landed in the parking lot. omg...I can't believe your employer didn't fire her butt.

She has been here about 14 years and has never gone "tacky crazy" before - lol....I guess he wanted to give her a stern reprimand and was hoping that would do the trick.

Olena - yep, we are in Ga....

 

[Shugardrawers]

Yup, tacky tacky tacky to name drop to get the donations, which she shouldn't be asking for to begin with.

I can go you one better (or worse depending on your outlook). I personally knew someone who made up donation jars with pictures of her nephew asking for donations to cover the cost of his brain cancer treatment and placed them in mini marts and stores all over town. Problem was, her nephew had brain cancer YEARS before that and the kid had been in remission for quite a while! She wanted the "donations" for a trip to Paris for herself!!!

 

[AnaheimGirl]

I think one way she earned so much money is when she called the other places of business, she made sure to say WHO she was and WHO she worked for. Her employer is well known in this small town and respected....so I think she was including his name with hers to make people feel a sense of "obligation" to donate.

OMG! That is even worse! If I were her employer, I'd not only fire her, but I'd take out an ad apologizing and letting the community know that she did not have my permission to use my name for her fundraiser. I'm sure this has generated some ill will towards her employer.

Some people sure have nerve! But I also have to wonder about the people who donated.

 

[escape]

One of my DH's co-worker's (Bob) son (Steve) has been invited to some major tennis tournament for high school kids and he has to come up with ~$1,500 to go to this event. Instead of soliciting donations, Bob is making Steve work for the money.

In addition to a part-time job, Steve makes gourmet salads in the morning before going to school and Bob takes them to work and sells them there for around $4 per salad. DH says the salads are quite good and a big hit and that people will usually donate more money. On weekends, Steve does odd jobs around his neighborhood to earn more. He does all of this and still maintains an 'A' average at school.

I can't help but admire Steve's actions. At least he is not sitting on his derriere while someone else is collecting the donations. Isn't this the way it should be?

 

[Maleficent13]

Man, I want a gourmet salad!! What a cool idea. Now there's some initiative.

 

[VSL]

Some people..

 

[pta-mom]

Josh's teacher nominated him for a chance to attend a conference in Washington DC this summer. He'd get to meet all these senators and go to leadership seminars. The "invitation" stated that it would ONLY cost $1,800, not counting airfare. My sil was here was here when the invite came in and suggested we do a fundraiser. My answer to that was an emphatic NO.
I believe for things like that, it's the parents' responsibility. It's only funny that my sil was here for that, because my other sil actually stood up in church and asked for donations so that niece could go to swim camp. So, needless to say, Josh will not be going to the conference. He understands and as he gets older, he'll be getting more opportunities like this and some of them won't be nearly as expensive. We're sending him to church camp and that's expensive enough!!

Actually, I'm surprised that your school is doing the fundraiser to send him!! If he is nominated by his teacher, it is usually the school's parent/council that would help out on that! I would approach them and see....just my opinion!

As for the raising $3000 for her son's trip....I think that's a little over the top! The parents should be responsible for that, with the kid helping by getting a pt job. I can't imagine asking for donations for something like that, unless it was from family and only than instead of the kid's b'day or Christmas gifts.

 

[leighe]

Tacky, tacky, tacky. We have a family here in town who scammed the Make A Wish foundation and went on a trip to Hawaii! They have also been on a cruise this year and had the kids asking for donations for it here at the high school. Their logic seems to be that it's not "fair" that they can't afford vacations like other people so other people should help them afford it!

One of our athletic teams was playing in a tournament on the other end of the state and the daughter (who was in my class) informed me that she, her mom, and two of her friends would be going to the tournament and staying in a hotel for 3 nights and wanted to know if her absences would be excuesed. When I said no she informed me that that wasn't fair and her mom was going to come up to school because they "couldn't afford to drive back and forth to the games."

 

[crazee4mickey]

OMG!! She is so very TACKY!! How could anyone even have the nerve to ask people to "donate" money so her son could go to Australia on a trip with his "buds"!! If she asked me my first reaction would be to pick my jaw up off the floor and then tell her just how tacky she is!

And then there are entire families like the one below....how could anyone even think of scamming the Make-a-Wish Foundation!! Or even asking for money because they deserve a holiday??!!
What is this world coming to?

Tacky, tacky, tacky. We have a family here in town who scammed the Make A Wish foundation and went on a trip to Hawaii! They have also been on a cruise this year and had the kids asking for donations for it here at the high school. Their logic seems to be that it's not "fair" that they can't afford vacations like other people so other people should help them afford it!

One of our athletic teams was playing in a tournament on the other end of the state and the daughter (who was in my class) informed me that she, her mom, and two of her friends would be going to the tournament and staying in a hotel for 3 nights and wanted to know if her absences would be excuesed. When I said no she informed me that that wasn't fair and her mom was going to come up to school because they "couldn't afford to drive back and forth to the games."

 

[disykat]

Actually, I'm surprised that your school is doing the fundraiser to send him!! If he is nominated by his teacher, it is usually the school's parent/council that would help out on that! I would approach them and see....just my opinion!
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yikes - no way! The kids get "nominated" for these things all the time. They essentially get on mailing lists for tour companies that make their living doing these kind of travel opportunities. PTA would never be able to help sponser all the kids that get these nominations. Our PTA would help with travel costs for a student group that was going to State or Nationals for a school event - something like that - NOT an optional trip.

 

[pta-mom]

yikes - no way! The kids get "nominated" for these things all the time. They essentially get on mailing lists for tour companies that make their living doing these kind of travel opportunities. PTA would never be able to help sponser all the kids that get these nominations. Our PTA would help with travel costs for a student group that was going to State or Nationals for a school event - something like that - NOT an optional trip.

My bad! I was not aware that that is the way it worked where you are. I sit on council here...hence pta-mom!!....and I've never heard of that sort of "nomination" before....although, I am in Canada so maybe it's just different. Now I'm surprised that the teachers would even allow it!! And yes, in this case, I would agree that pta should not be sponsoring optional trips!

 

[RitaZ.]

Yup, tacky tacky tacky to name drop to get the donations, which she shouldn't be asking for to begin with.

I can go you one better (or worse depending on your outlook). I personally knew someone who made up donation jars with pictures of her nephew asking for donations to cover the cost of his brain cancer treatment and placed them in mini marts and stores all over town. Problem was, her nephew had brain cancer YEARS before that and the kid had been in remission for quite a while! She wanted the "donations" for a trip to Paris for herself!!!

Just wrong, so wrong.

Lori, the woman is tacky and totally self-serving. Asking patients for donations?

 

[robinb]

I don't think it's tacky to ask for donations or try to raise money for his Senior Trip {{shrug}}. It happens all the time for other school-related trips, student exchanges, etc. I also think that allowing kids to travel and see the world while still in HS is a good thing. My friends did a little fundraising for their DD's trip to Africa. It included selling postcards that would be sent back to the person from Africa. I do think it was over the top to ask patients to kick in $$ ...

 

[AmazingGrace]

Actually, I'm surprised that your school is doing the fundraiser to send him!! If he is nominated by his teacher, it is usually the school's parent/council that would help out on that! I would approach them and see....just my opinion!

As for the raising $3000 for her son's trip....I think that's a little over the top! The parents should be responsible for that, with the kid helping by getting a pt job. I can't imagine asking for donations for something like that, unless it was from family and only than instead of the kid's b'day or Christmas gifts.

Oh, no, not an option. I'm sure there are other kids in ds' school who've been "invited" and at two grand a piece, it would be far too expensive. Josh isn't going. He's okay with that and feel that being nominated in the first place is an honor in itself!!

 

[rt2dz]

DH and I talk about this all the time. I HATE it when I see kids on the side of the street begging for donations for something, or the jars in the stores, or anything remotely like it.

DH and I both feel that the groups need to hold fundraisers instead of begging for money. And if that just isn't acceptable, then the kids and the parents need to come up with the cash to pay for whatever it is they need. If it can't be done, then you go without. It's our official stance and we will not allow our children to participate in the begging.

You need to teach kids to earn what it is they desire, not to expect someone else to hand it to you.

 

[Galahad]

If its not a school planned "trip" then its tacky.. if it was a special school trip or an "invited" trip then it is would be ok.. when i was in school a few friends got "invited"to go to Russia for the summer. they had a few group fundraisers and all but 1 kid got to go...............I have no problem with that kind of fundraiser but if a group of kids decided to go on vacation and had a fundraiser then i wouldnt donate.........

If it is actually a school trip then at least the donations are likely tax deductible. If it's just a vacation then it's completely tacky!

 

[SPAM]

I have a co-worker that has gone off the "tacky" deep end IMO.

Her son is a senior in high school and wants to go to Australia with a group of his friends for a "senior trip". Great, fine....it sounds like a lot of fun. So what is the catch you say?!!!!

Weeeelllll.....this boy and his Mom thinks it is a good idea to ask every person in creation for "donations" for this trip! So far she has called every professional business in our area and asked for donations, she called all the local grocery stores and asked if they would donate food so she could have a "cook-out" and then charge per plate to collect money, and the very worst is......she was soliciting donations from our PATIENTS (this was put to a stop).

I dunno....maybe I am just being cold but when did it become acceptable to "beg for donations" for a freakin SENIOR TRIP?!!! I think the boy should get a job and work for his trip...or if his Mom is so opposed, maybe SHE should get a second job...sheesh. BTW- they have already raised over 3,000.

Anybody else think this is painfully tacky?

i agree he should have to work for his trip like everyone else.