# School Fundraisers **URL:** \ **Category:** Money Management\ **Created:** [February 18, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102 "2019-02-18T11:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![freebiepharm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thepennyhoarder.com/freebiepharm/32/1245_2.png) [@freebiepharm](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/u/freebiepharm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102/1 "2019-02-18T11:07:31Z")
As a mom of 3, I usually do not participate in most school fundraisers, but still feel guilty. Does anyone set this into their budgeting? ---
**Author:** ![nicole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thepennyhoarder.com/nicole/32/571_2.png) [@nicole](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/u/nicole)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102/2 "2019-02-18T11:30:31Z")
I have 2 kids in Gr4 & Gr2. I don’t participate in most fundraisers as I just don’t need whatever ‘stuff’ they are selling plus it really isn’t in my budget. I do let 1 child get the occasional pizza slice on Pizza Tuesday (pizza is $2/slice) and might let them get a snack or popcorn at the school movie night (popcorn is $1 & candy is usually 2/$1, the movie is free to attend) I volunteer at the school with fruits & veggies days (free fruit or veggies & milk is distributed to all students in the school twice a month) and I help on some pizza days. I also volunteer in the classrooms & on fieldtrips. I feel that my volunteering is my contribution to the school as I don’t work outside the home due to my oldest child’s medical condition. Plus with the age my kids are right now, they love seeing me at school. ---
**Author:** ![bonnie.squires](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thepennyhoarder.com/bonnie.squires/32/617_2.png) [@bonnie.squires](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/u/bonnie.squires)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102/3 "2019-02-19T20:13:52Z")
I use to feel guilty because I couldn’t afford the fund raiser at school but usually there was all ways a teacher or some one who would buy from our kids so I didn’t have to worry about it. I’m glad now that our son is older and don’t do these any more. But we have a granddaughter who just started school but hasn’t asked us yet/ ---
**Author:** ![kirsten.cherry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thepennyhoarder.com/kirsten.cherry/32/572_2.png) [@kirsten.cherry](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/u/kirsten.cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102/4 "2019-03-05T10:26:51Z")
I was with some friends with elementary and middles school-aged children and they were talking about their frustration with school fundraisers! Schools around here have about 5 fundraisers a year. One really cool thing a mom in the group I was speaking to does, is she gives each of her kids a “fundraiser” budget for the year. They get to decide what fundraiser they use it for. They can spend it all on the jog-a-thon or buy a candy gram from the valentines fundraiser and some chocolate bars for the candy selling fundraiser. I think this is something I’m going to do when my daughter gets older! ---
**Author:** ![leslie.kay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thepennyhoarder.com/leslie.kay/32/1427_2.png) [@leslie.kay](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/u/leslie.kay)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102/5 "2020-04-25T21:46:20Z")
I get hit up by my granddaughter every Fall. I usually will order the cookie dough and a roll of special wrapping paper because I know that I will use both of those. I was a PTA President for a few years with my kids and I know how hard up school budgets are and how much money that teachers actually spend of their own money on their students so I always try to buy something to support them. PTA moms work really hard all year long and take care of a number of things that most parents do not even realize. They do not get public funding it is all donations and fundraisers! ---
**Author:** ![redcatcec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7651D7/32.png) [@redcatcec](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/u/redcatcec)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://community.thepennyhoarder.com/t/school-fundraisers/102/6 "2020-04-27T05:27:26Z")
The school fund raisers are a big imposition on the children and their families, it comes down to I will make a donation and not order any product. I used to volunteer for the school when I had children in school, there was always a fund raiser just around the corner, I found it was really difficult to get the money for the orders.