A Novel PTA Fundraiser

On my Google news alert recently there was an article which somewhat amused me. It was a letter from the PTA of a school in the United States (which was originally posted on Facebook by the mother of a pupil) asking parents for monetary donations instead of the traditional volunteer hours, baked cakes or walk-a-thons. See below for this letter which is written very much with a sense of humour in mind:

But it has obviously struck a chord as the post has now been shared over 165,000 times, they have got supportive messages from all over the world and it has been featured on major on-line news networks. People from other PTAs, as well as appreciating the humour and direct honesty, maybe understand and empathise how overwhelming and time consuming these undertakings can be and are now running a similar approach for their schools.

So maybe there is something to take from this? It is certainly fresh and amusing.

Or if you didn’t want to take this type of approach, please contact us as we have lots of other original and creative ideas which you could use – and not a cake needs to be baked either!

For further information, please contact Simon Fearnehough on 01865 858982 or email: simon@hideouthouse.com

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