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It’s the first week of August and many of us are still enjoying the summer and not thinking about school starting next month. If you haven't noticed yet, our retailers are getting ready for "Back to School." If you have noticed, you are probably saying to yourself "But it’s only August". Yes it is only August. But a school supply list is waiting for you with the name of your child's school on it. I took a few moments and looked at different school supply lists and I noticed that some lists are very long. I wondered if anyone had ever taken the time to add up how much all of those school supplies would cost. It's great that the schools are prepared early to have parents buy school supplies. But are the parents ready? Probably not. Can every parent afford all of the school supplies on that list? Probably not. What happens if a parent has more than one child going to the same school? That is a lot of money to lay out just for school supplies.
What do parents do if they can't afford school supplies? Send their child to school empty-handed? Just because their parents can't afford school supplies or everything on the list, don’t the kids have to go to school anyway? This is part of the reason that teachers spend the first few weeks of school organizing fundraisers; they can't let students do without. It may be just to cover items on the school supply list or additional art supplies for the classroom. Wouldn't it be nice if the class could go on a field trip on a beautiful Fall day? Where would that money come from? Teachers are taking away precious time from their teaching days to do fundraising. We all know that fundraising puts pressure on the students to win cheap prizes that are paid for out of the money the teacher raised from the fundraiser.
Are you ready to change all of this? Yes, we are all busy. But wouldn't it be nice to be able to make a difference by simply downloading an e-book you’ve wanted to read or a game you’ve wanted to play? Yes, doing activities that you do anyway could give your child’s school around $5.00 per download. And you could also donate an additional $5.00 cash that you know will go to that school. How long would that take? About 10 minutes and you’d be done. You could start reading your book or playing your game immediately.
How could you do this?
With aBetterFundraiser.com.
- Given back time for a teacher to teach.
- Put money back in the teachers’ pockets because they wouldn’t have had to buy fundraising candy or gift wrapping paper from the kids.
- Helped the environment by buying products that didn’t use cardboard boxes or foam or plastic packaging.
- Read a good book.
- Relaxed playing a game.
- Sent a gift card for your cousin in Denver for a birthday present.
- Provided Back-to-School supplies for a child in need.
- Spread the word using Tell-A-Friend so others can help too!
All of that in exchange for about 10 minutes of your time.
