Remember the fundraiser I mentioned last week? Well, in the end, we did let relatives be called and hit up for money for this. In all, my son raised $5 per lap and then he ran 30 laps which means he raised $150. We took his pledge form in this morning before the run. He worked so hard and 30 laps was the max. Then when he got home, I asked DS7 if he got his prizes. His prizes were no doubt worth less than $5. One was one of those rubber wrist bracelets and another was a sweat-type wrist band watch, where the watch does not work I have been told. That is it. He said he did not get his prizes, that no one got prizes today. So...what????? He did not get his prizes? He said no one who turned in their pledges today got their prizes. So I called the PTA chair in charge of this program and asked. She said I should have turned it in last week. She said that the pledges should have been turned in as they were gotten. Ummm..we only got our pledges yesterday and there was nothing told to us that it had to be earlier. Then she read something off that said all pledges have to be turned in by the day of the Funrun. Ok..the funrun was today! Does this woman even have a brain to be saying it should have been turned in last week but reading something to me that says it needed to be turned in by today? Hello???? Then she cheerfully told me that the collection envelopes come home tomorrow and that is the phase we are in now so look for that in my son's backpack. As if this is supposed to excite me. Well, I have already decided. I am not collecting. I emailed back and said "thank you. Don't worry about it at all, I will simply buy a small gift for my son from Target to make up for the loss of the prizes he earned. I did not realize the pledge sheet was turned in too late to be valid." My intent is to not collect on the pledges and when asked, I will just tell them in the same manner they informed me that my son will not get his prizes "oh, you informed me that his pledge sheet was turned in too late and I already informed all the donors of this." Did I mention she never even said sorry to me when she informed me? She acted like she was justified and that I was offending her to even ask, even though I asked ever so nicely.
ugh. I have a fundraiser horror story. of my own. and I was a SR in high school...and it was a long time ago, and I believe that I AM scarred for life.
You should have emailed her this. "Sorry, your email was received too late to be valid. No collections will be made. Have a great day!"
