For all those moms and dads out there, you may have already noticed that April and May seem to be the key month’s for school fundraisers.
You’ve been tapped to donate time, money and goods–and your friends want you to go to THEIR kid’s fundraisers too!
Plus there’s Earth Day events and garden parties and who knows what all else going on that you feel you should support.
Well, my message today is simple: Be generous.
You don’t always know the benefits. They may be personal or professional!
In our case, we got lucky: at Earth Play at Oak Grove School, my husband donated $20 and we won a big rafflel. Now we will be trying out a lot of goods and services that we wouldn’t have normally. Then the following Saturday we attended a Garden Tour and bought raffle tickets and we won tickets to the Rubicon Theater to see a show plus dinner at Aloha Steakhouse.
Then my husband donated $10 at our son’s school–and he won a prize worth $250 there too!
At our son’s school, I also put together a basket that included two signed books from en theos press (my poetry collection and Danika Dinsmore’s tween fantasy novel), a facial from my amazing aesthetician Rose Latourelle, plus a bottle of Syrah, a wine glass and a star shaped frame.
At school fundraisers, your product or service is exposed to new people as they peruse the raffle table or silent auction items. Take advantage of it! So be generous, get lucky! With goods, services and time!
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