bake sales are terrible fundraisers
Dear Sarah Palin,
While bake sales do raise money for schools and bring a sense of community, they are unfortunately an outdated tradition. Unlike when food could be displayed openly, with the packaging and labeling required today, the food costs more to produce than it can possibly bring in.
Bake sales are a tradition, so parents can be excused for not realizing that their ingredient money could be directly handed over without loss of value. But elementary school children can do the math, and it's time to find a more cost-effective method to raise money for schools.
Sincerely,
A citizen against inefficient spending
While bake sales do raise money for schools and bring a sense of community, they are unfortunately an outdated tradition. Unlike when food could be displayed openly, with the packaging and labeling required today, the food costs more to produce than it can possibly bring in.
Bake sales are a tradition, so parents can be excused for not realizing that their ingredient money could be directly handed over without loss of value. But elementary school children can do the math, and it's time to find a more cost-effective method to raise money for schools.
Sincerely,
A citizen against inefficient spending
posted by missmolly at 11:35 AM
3 Comments:
Good economic arguments. On the other hand, do we really need laws against this? It's one thing to regulate the school lunches that kids eat every day, and another to say that schools shouldn't be allowed to do the occasional bake sale.
Bleah. Did I just agree with Sarah Palin about something?
It's ok -- I think a lot of people are with her on this one. I probably would be, too, except I did the math right after I deposited food at my first bake sale as an adult, and man, was that annoying.
The people running these things must know they don't raise a lot of money after doing one or two ... right? Why do they keep happening?
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