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<\/p>I knew that it was coming\u2026.
\n $\"\"$ \n

Last week, Michael\u2019s school sent home the first (of two for the year) Big Apple Fundraising, Inc. \u201cFundraising Drive\u201d packet. We\u2019re supposed to take orders from friends, relatives and co-workers. The only problem\u2026I really<\/strong> don\u2019t like selling to friends, relatives and co-workers!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just not a salesperson. Previous attempts at direct sales came to mind: Mary Kay<\/a> \u2013 I ended up having facial parties for my friends, but I didn\u2019t really try to sell them anything. Then, there was Discovery Toys \u2013 oh well, Michael got some great toys out of that venture\u2026<\/p>\n

Anyway, I needed to come up with a game plan. So, here\u2019s what I came up with:<\/p>\n

-No sell\/no buy policy: <\/strong>This will apply to all of my friends and family with school-aged kids (who will be having their own fundraisers). I won\u2019t ask them to buy from Michael and hope that they will reciprocate by not asking me to buy items from their kids\u2019 fundraisers. (Although I hate selling, I\u2019m a \u201csoftie\u201d when it comes to buying\/supporting other people\u2019s sales efforts!) Does that sound fair?
\n
\n-Ask family and close friends only:<\/strong> I made a list of who we\u2019d let Michael ask\u2026our family and a few close friends (who don\u2019t have kids \u2013 kids are expensive!). Michael (really I!) started off with the easiest person \u2013 his great aunt. She ordered 8 different items, so that was an encouraging start!<\/p>\n

All in all, I decided to not go all \u201cType A\u201d with this fundraiser. You see, kids get to pick a prize based on the number of items that they sell. By nature, I would normally aim for the top prize \u2013 sell 200+ items. I thought about the following things though. <\/p>\n

1.\tMichael has (or has the capacity to get from generous family & friends) practically every prize that he could \u201cwin\u201d. <\/p>\n

2.\tAt this age, Michael really isn\u2019t doing the work (I am!). <\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

3.\tThe holiday season is rapidly approaching and already (as it is with everything going on in our economy) many people are having a hard time making financial ends meet. There are a few great deals in the sales catalog (which I\u2019ve made a mental note of), but overall, I just don\u2019t feel great about asking a lot of people to buy overpriced candy, cards, wrapping paper, etc. It\u2019s just not my cup of tea\u2026<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s how I\u2019ve decided to \u201ctackle\u201d this fundraising drive. How do you deal with such things?<\/p>\n

(To see what other moms around the web are \u201ctackling\u201d today visit Tackle it Tuesday<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"