Curmudgeon Wrote:
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I am VERY doubtful of your 30K number for
> in-house fundraising. Assuming a large elementary
> school of 1000 kids, you're saying every single
> kid gathered a $30 donation from their parent.
> You're saying families with two kids donated $60
> directly to your PTA, and you had NO fundraising
> costs! That also assumes 100% participation (you'd
> be lucky to break the 50% threshold in my
> experience).
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> by all means, then, do what works for you.
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> our target goal is $80 per kid in straight
> donation. it's a decently-well off school (i
> don't want to identify it specifically on the
> internet). i'd say your numbers are probably
> pretty close -- participation is extremely good.
>
> pta voted overwhelmingly to fire the boosterthon
> guys in favor of straight donation, which requires
> utterly minimal administrative costs.
Would love to know if you raised as much running it on your own. Neither condoning nor condemning Boosterthon, just trying to collect real facts.