Reminds me of a letter we got from casual family friends last year.
Their DD had accepted an invitation to play on a club volleyball team (even though mom told me months before tryouts started that they could never afford to pay the fees associated with being on that team)
But heaven forbid they tell the girl no, after all... she really wanted to play club ball.
Even worse, she had already earned a spot on the HS varsity team; where she could have played at much the same level, and for far less $$$.
But that wasn't good enough. In fact when she made the club team, she quit the HS team, leaving them hanging.
So what do mom and dad do?
They have her send out a letter to family, friends (and apparently even casual aquaintances... since we got one) asking for financial help.
Any donation would get you a thank you note and a picture.
I wonder if it was autographed?
And if you donated enough (over $500 IIRC) you would also get monthly updates on all the happenings in volleyball land.
Any bets on whether it was a photocopied form letter, or just a mass e-mail?
The solicitation letter even mentioned the fact that she planned to continue with volleyball for the next two years of HS and hopefully into college as well.
maybe so folks could budget to keep the donations rolling in for years to come?
I agree OP,
Some crazy expectations out there.