I just learned that my daughter's chorus group will be selling cookie dough as a fundraiser this year. They also have a form similar to the one Spidey posted, with a line to just make a donation.
Like several folks who posted here, I'm not fond of school fundraisers.....but when I learned the reason a fundraiser is necessary, I was almost outraged.
Neither the state of NC nor Watauga county have offered any kind of funding or support of the chorus program. In fact, every year for the past several years, the high school chorus teacher has spent around $600 of her own money just to help keep the program running each year. The chorus group desperately needs new performance dresses. Their current dresses are 13 years old, and I can just imagine the shape they must be in. I can't fathom how helpless this teacher must feel, or how much she loves the chorus program to try to scrape together so much of her own money each and every year. NC is also one of the lowest paying states when it comes to teaching salaries.
I'm not a fan of fundraisers.....but I am a fan of my daughter, and the chorus program is very important to her......
So I guess we're peddling cookie dough.....