NewHorizon Wrote:
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> Bunch of crazies Wrote:
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> > You keep repeating "children soliciting" and
> > similar wording. I've seen numerous posts on
> here
> > that indicate that the parents are the ones
> > primarily asking for pledges unless they choose
> to
> > involve their kids. Why do you keep repeating
> the
> > same thing over and over when reality is to the
> > contrary?
>
> Who gets the prepared scripts to pitch to
> prospective contributors?
> Who's been asked at the school to read those
> scripts?
> For me personally, the answer to both is: my
> daughter.
>
> From a Booster-produced video: "Instead of selling
> something,
students will help their school by
> getting pledges from friends and family."
>
https://vimeo.com/102154475
>
>
"GET PLEDGES by connecting your student with 10
> sponsors."
>
http://www.gfespta.com/boosterthon-fun-run.html
>
> And then if those YouTube videos mentioned earlier
> aren't "reality" enough, I'm pretty sure there's
> nothing that will convince you.
The script is to make sure pledgers are getting the correct information. You say Boosterthon isn't transparent then when they make an effort to be transparent by providing a script so pledgers get the correct info, you blast them for it.
Your other items in your post point to parents being the driver. "GET PLEDGES by connecting your student with 10 sponsors." for example.
So does your daughter just go around doing whatever she wants without any parent oversight? You make it sound like Boosterthon "makes" your daughter do all those things. Maybe you're different but most parents approve or disapprove what their kids do and supervise them while they're doing it. Did your daughter ever come home with a cookie dough catalog and go out and sell it for a week without your knowledge? I doubt it. She probably came home and showed you the materials and you sold the items or maybe had her get involved by asking some people. Boosterthon is no different than other fundraisers in that regard.
I'll bet you're one of those parents that blames McDonalds for an overweight kid because they "lure" kids in so its all evil McDonalds fault.