So, our school had it's Summer Fair last Saturday. For a primary school of approx 500 pupils, a whopping £6.3k was banked - not all profit, granted, but nevertheless, the most we'd ever achieved.
However, today the school office received an anonymous letter from a grandparent whose grandchild had visited the soft toy tombola and won a prize. Said grandparents were not happy with the soft toy prize, in fact, they were darn right disappointed - both them and their grandchild(ren).
Admittedly, the soft toys on offer (oh yes, you got to choose your prize!) had probably not been checked over as closely as they could have been, due to the number of volunteers/time constraints. They also mentioned that another prize was filthy and had to put in the washing machine...surely this is a given for any soft toy that isn't bought new?! Maybe not necessarily the filthy part, but certainly the washing machine for 'a fun water ride'. We've all been there with the class bear and it's adventures, let's face it.
Anyway, I'm digressing. I am a part of the PTA who helps to organise this particular summer fair, with the help of a small minority of dedicated parents and the teachers. The toys are donated by other parents in the run up to the day of the fair and we volunteer our time to the cause of raising funds for those little extras for the children at school. As treasurer I was counting the proceeds for 2hrs after the fair finished, preparing a spreadsheet on the Sunday evening so the stall holders could see how much they'd raised and then on the Monday breaking the change machine in the bank for the 2nd/3rd/4th time this year...and then crying when it was £150 out - I was clearly as tired as the kids at this point.
Don't get me wrong, even by turning up and spending your money on the day you are supporting us, I'm not denying that fact. What I am struggling to grasp is why the heck I, and several others, bother only to receive such a letter, which was cowardly not signed so we cannot even respond. Please someone, restore my faith in people and tell me why we do this?!
If I knew how to post the letter on here, I would...
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user1499370485 · 06/07/2017 21:01
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