Primary school kids packing bags in supermarket - appropriate fundraising?

[TalkingToTheWoodlice]

The PTA at my DC's school want the kids (key stage 1 and 2) to bag pack in a local supermarket to raise school funds. Feels a bit icky. I wouldn't want want a seven year old packing my tampons or squashing my tomatoes. What do you think?

Bit young for workfayre I think.

How would this raise money for the school?

KS1 too young, unless 'helping' some poor shanghai'ed parent. KS2 ok - rather like when Cubs and Scouts do it (never had anything squished, and I'm too dull to be embarrassed by what's in the trolley).

Can't speak for all supermarkets, but our local one only allows KS2 children to pack bags, and only when they are supervised by an adult at each till. However, if you can muster up enough enthusiastic participants, it's not a bad moneyspinner.

Our local brownies and scouts do this. If they ask if I want help I have been known to give them 50p to not pack my shopping. Don't understand why you think it's 'icky' .

Surely parents should be packing the bags.

Our primary do this. Parents help as well to avoid any mishaps. We do ask customers if they would like us to pack before we touch any shopping. Buckets to collect any donations or school vouchers. We usually raise about £400 which is a massive amount for our tiny school.

That said, I hate doing it

We have done this to raise money for Yr 1. Of course you don't let them loose on the shopping themselves, they're too small to reach properly anyway. My DS practised how to say 'would you like any help with your bags?' which most customers found charming, then I packed the bags. It raised a lot more than I would have thought. They didn't do more than an hour's 'work' and I thought it was a good lesson in responsibility and helping others.

Ds has done it to raise money. Dh went along too with other involved parents to supervise/help.

Personally I think it's not an ok thing to do so dh and I agreed to disagree about it I think it puts people on the spot and may give the impression it's for charity which it wasn't in our case. But yes it certainly made quite a lot of money.