Are we nickle and dime-ing our families too much?When I started working at the Christian elementary school as principal, we faced serious financial challenges, as a majority of schools do in this country. We worked very hard to generate income through various fundraisers, through increased enrollment, and through alternate streams of revenue, such as renting our gym to a local church every Sunday morning and Wednesday evening.

I had a very clear mission: cut spending and raise revenue. Sound familiar?

One morning, as I was in my office, busy with carrying out this mission, I received a phone call from a very well-known national non-profit organization. The person on the line was asking us to conduct a fundraiser for them with our children. I thanked the woman for her call, and politely told her that our school wasn’t in a position at the moment to raise money for anybody other than ourselves. In fact, I added, we would greatly appreciate a donation from THEIR organization, and that my secretary would gladly take it from her. continue reading

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