We've had to do four fundraisers for school or kids clubs since September. We're in Canada, and I'm not sure if this is a thing in the UK or not. One fundraiser was a sponsored run for a cancer charity, one was a draw for the school PTA activities where the prize was giftcards and tickets were $2 each, and two were where we sell foodstuffs (girl guide cookies and fancy coffee for school PTA) and the organisation gets to keep a dollar or something for each box sold. We have gamely taken part and flogged what we can to friends, neighbours and colleagues. We have no family here, my husband is self-employed, I work in a small office with only 3 other people, and most of our friends have kids in the same school or activity so are also doing the same fundraisers.
Anyway, at the kids sports activity on Saturday a sheet was shoved into my hands and I was told the club is doing a 50:50 draw fundraiser and our family has to sell 10 tickets at $20 each. There is one prize of $1,000 for the winning ticket. I refused to take part, saying our family would purchase one ticket, but I was not going to ask friends and neighbours to basically donate $20 to the sports club, which is not a registered charity. I explained about all the other fundraisers we've already done this year (not for this sports club), that we have a pretty limited circle of people we can approach for this type of thing, and that I thought asking for $20 for a 1/100 chance of winning $1,000 was going to be a hard sell. The form was taken back with lots of huffing and puffing, and I have the distinct feeling now that my ears are virtually burning via texts between the committee.
Am I being unreasonable to have refused to participate in this?