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Long Distance Fundraising

by Lisa
(St. Louis, MO)

My daughter's school in St. Louis, Missouri, was trying to raise money to send the eighth grade class to Jefferson City for her class trip. This was a wonderful idea, if you had lived in the area a long time. However, we had just recently moved from the Chicago area and didn't know anyone.

My daughter, naturally, wanted to walk around the neighborhood in an attempt to sell door to door. The only problem was no one was at home (or they weren't answering the door)! So, I did what any good mom would do. I called for back up. Translation, I called my mom, who comes from a huge family, to push magazine subscriptions off on the entire family! That idea went well. Everyone purchased at least one magazine subscription. Of course, I had to in turn purchase fundraising items from my nieces and nephews for the next ten years! I had to laugh thinking what the school thought about all of my daughter's subscriptions coming from the Chicago area.