They're all good causes, but in the past two months we've sold Girl Scout cookies and been asked to participate or donate to the American Heart Association, March of Dimes, the American Cancer Society, the Avon Breast Cancer Walk, a charity for a friend who recently lost her husband, and charities for the tragic earthquake in Japan. I am tapped out and I'm done asking family members to contribute. Yet, my older daughter just mentioned how she feels badly that her class doesn't have any March of Dimes babies on her classroom door. The class who has the most gets a pizza party.
How about this. If it's the kids' project to support these charities, give them an opportunity to earn it. Have bake sales. I'll bake you cookies before I give you $5. Have them sell plants at the local grocery store. I don't know. Something. Anything. Maybe it's my recent lay-off from one of my jobs that has me mildly obsessed with money (even though, thankfully, it's not a serious issue), or maybe I'm just tired of the overload of requests. Either way, I'm out. If my daughter wants her class to have more March of Dimes donations, she's welcome to donate some of her allowance. Hmph.
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