{"id":8702,"date":"2005-09-03T09:58:04","date_gmt":"2005-09-03T16:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/09\/03\/dave-does-the-cough-kids-fundraising-solicitation.html"},"modified":"2005-09-03T09:58:04","modified_gmt":"2005-09-03T16:58:04","slug":"dave_does_the_c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/09\/03\/dave_does_the_c.html","title":{"rendered":"Dave Does the (cough) Kid’s Fundraising Solicitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

So neither Margie nor I are the sorts to go door to door ringing doorbells to raise money for stuff. But now that Kitten has hit elementary school, the fundraisers are beginning to come hot and heavy. So since I have this nice venue where I don’t have to actually look in anyone in the face soliciting for these things, and since our local friends who we’d be hitting up all (I think) check this place out …<\/p>\n

It’s a bit more embarrassing than usual in the face of solicitations for money for Katrina relief. The only thing I can say is that if you are already going to be buying this stuff or spending money at places covered in the coupon book, consider this a way to redirect some of that already-budgeted money to a worthy cause (Katherine and her school). If you aren’t, then for heaven’s sakes hit the actual charity links at the top of the main page; that’s a lot more important.<\/p>\n

For some reason, rather than pushing a single product, Katherine’s school is shotgunning their effort across multiple vendors. The following is a subset, the ones easily accessible via the Net.<\/p>\n

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  1. Entertainment Books<\/strong>: Yes, thousands of cool coupons to local vendors of national chains for only $25. These are customized by ZIP code, so they can be ordered across the US (sorry, no sign that you can make them work in Canada). Go to www.entertainment.com\/support<\/a> and enter in Seller Number 82610<\/strong>.\n
  2. Innisbrook<\/strong>: Home of gift wrap, candy, garden flags, and lots of other brik-a-brak, of which margin Katherine’s school will get a cut. Go to innisbrook.com<\/a> and put in school number 103475<\/strong>.<\/ol>\n

    We also have local “e” Books<\/a> for the Denver area, but those can’t be ordered online; local people can contact us directly, at which point we’ll look very embarrassed over hitting up our friends for money-raising stuff.<\/p>\n

    Anyway, there you go. Orders due by 12 September<\/strong>. Again, if you were already planning on buying gift wrap, or think the coupon book is for something that you’re likely to make use of, faboo. If not, and you have money burning in our pocket, there’s folks that need the help more than Katherine’s elementary school does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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