Category Archives: Fundraising
Sticker Shock
WenYu, our middle daughter, and I returned home a short while ago from the first mandatory parent’s meeting for her trip to China next spring. All three of our girls have been enrolled in our public school’s Mandarin immersion program … Continue reading
Filed under Frugal Travel, Fundraising
Fundraising + Frugality: The Final Chapter
A debrief on how well our fundraiser did this year was held this past weekend. The good news: We made some money. The bad news: We should have made a whole lot more. The meeting was chaired by that certain someone, … Continue reading
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Decluttering For a Cause
We didn’t attend our the annual fundraiser this year, but we donated quite a bit, raising $990 for our group, quite a bit more than what we would have spent if we had attended. The out-of-pocket cost for our donations … Continue reading
Filed under Decluttering, Fundraising
The Auction Approacheth
I was so hoping to have everything wrapped up by now for our school’s fundraiser this weekend, but no . . . stuff is still coming in for the auction and I’m swamped with tracking items, getting things entered into … Continue reading
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Fundraising + Frugality, Part Deux
I wrote last year about my frustrations with the annual fundraising model for the yearly 8th grade trip to China. Last fall I proposed a different way of doing things that would cut back on expenses and hopefully draw in … Continue reading
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Fundraising + Frugality
Every year the parent support group for our daughters’ language immersion program puts on what’s simply called The Gala. It’s a dinner-auction event to raise money for the program, especially to help fund the annual two-week trip to China for … Continue reading
Filed under Fundraising, Living a Frugal Life, Miscellaneous
