I used to work with a woman who was constantly bringing in chocolate almonds or poinsetta sales or some other junk to raise money for something her kid was doing. Now I know, from having kids of my own, that raising money for their sports and activities comes with the territory, and I can accept that. This woman, however, wasn't content with posting a notice or sending an e-mail, but would park at your desk and regale you with tales of woe and guilt until you bought the damn stuff just to make her go away. She was one of the reasons I left that company.

Fundraising, hmm, that's interesting. It's like all the parent helpers at the school . Always fundraising, always looking for this item and that item.

It is not so bad doing some fundraising. but i know people who are constantly sending out several fundraisers for many different organizations and get ticked off at you if you do not donate to everthing, or buy loads of stuff from their kids fundraisers. I can only give so much.so i choose which fundraisers i will give to, limit how many school fundraisers i can buy from{most of it is expensive crap anyway}I can understand why you would eventually avoid the tireless fundraiser person who is always knocking on your door.

If you have a daughter who's selling Girl Scout cookies, the logical thing to do is to take the order blanks to the office and pass them around to your co-workers. But this tactic just isn't aggressive enough. Call people on the phone and pester them about buying the damn cookies. Go door to door. And don't just limit yourself to Girl Scout Cookies. What about the starving children in Africa, homeless animals or battered women? Have a laundry list of causes that you're trying to solicit funds for, and be very persistent in your efforts.