Asked to sponsor my preschool child for red nose day - is this the beginning of years of charity blackmail via school?

[EldonAve]

Preschool do a local charity collection at harvest festival, then the christmas shoe boxes (managed to avoid that one) now it's red nose day and I'm supposed to sponsor my child

Is this the beginning of years of charity blackmail via school?

the short answer is
Yes,
even in secondary schoo, though easier to ignore
thereis an event tomorrow, donate a £1.
which i dont have.
will 10p do?

I object to the assumed participation

We didn't do the shoebox appeal as I felt it was an inefficient use of resources

You can always say no.

Yes, it is.
sorry.

ah well I better get some practice in saying no then

yep

I particularly dread the raffle tickets (£1 each) for the Christmas bazaar. I get a book for each child. I can't ask the neighbours to buy them.

I tell my son that we should be grateful that we live in a country with enough food to eat, a roof over our head, free medical treatment and education. It is our duty to support those who dont have the same opportunities as us and Im delighted when the school organise the charity fund raising events.
My son's school supports an orphanage in India, raises money for a school in Africa, raises money for the old people's home and works with and fundraises for local disabled children amongst others and Im delighted they do

Sell the raffle tickes you can - maybe one to each set of grandparents, and one to you and dh and one for the children, then send the rest back. Or, actually, why can't you ask your neighbours?

Good post, ohappydays.s

I'm quite pleased that school does bother with these things, even though it's irritating and a bit too constant. What I did though was cancel a couple of our existing charity direct debits (some of DP's charity choices which I wasn't too bothered about ) and I see that money as earmarked for the many school charity events. So then I don't feel resentful about it, it's money already earmarked for charity but just goes to a different charity.

But I ignore the ones I don't like. I never bake cakes.