The Sewing Mom

We received an interesting letter home from school this week from the school’s PTA. The letter wanted parent input on if the current school fund raisers should be continued in the future or should parents simply pay a $50 per student fund raising fee at the beginning of the school year. Interesting choice!

Personally, I think the fund raising can continue the way it is. Parents can choose which programs, if any, to participate in and don’t have to do any if they don’t want to. Of course, there are also other methods of school fundraising besides sending kids out door to door.   For example, SchoolPop.com partners with national retailers to allow a percentage of customers purchases to go directly to their chosen school. So, just be being a part of SchoolPop and doing what you know you’re going to do anyway, shop, you can earn money for your school.

What fund raisers are you involved with for your children’s schools?

A blogging friend of mine has started a new blog Forest’s Blog About Animals and I am thrilled that he has chosen to feature my little dog Plinko in the first of his ongoing series about bloggers and their pets.

I hope you’ll go over and take a look. While you’re there, let Forest know what you think of his new site. I personally think it’s going to be a very successful blog. Who doesn’t like to see photos of pets? If you’re a blogger with a pet of your own, leave a comment on his new site if you’re interested in having your pet profiled.