I just read an article about Coke being in school, and I think its a pretty common issue. Coke is a major supporter of education and have been slowly getting their name into schools. I just think its ironic because a lot of CA schools aren't allowing soda beverages to be sold on-campus any longer...

Stay strong!

You know, school fundraisers in general bother me. I hate my kids having to sell crap to friends and family. I do what I can though, I'll donate $20 (or whatever I think I might otherwise spend buying stuff from the catalog) to the school in place of not participating in the fundraiser.

when my son was in pre-school I hated all of the crap in my inbox and finally asked what they needed money for, It was $100 for a bus. I gave the head of the pre school $100 and asked not to have the junk in my box any more. worked like a charm, that was 15 years ago and now I do fundraising for a living. funny turn of events!

I'm very glad that this phase of my boys' lives is over because I felt really bad not wanting to buy crap so they could get the education they deserve. I also didn't want them to be little shills for big junk food companies! Grrr.

Like others have said, I would gladly write a check or participate in a 5k (we did that for the breast cancer walk - why not for school fundraising?) How about a carnival? I don't have the answers but that fact that big corporations are "helping" our schools not only by filling the schools with yummy junk food but also by arranging for our kids to SELL IT TO US astounds me.

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