Ridgewood Baseball is going door to door just plain asking for money. This is to finance their trip to Myrtle Beach. I would like someone to finance a trip to Myrtle Beach for my family.
They can’t even be bothered to think of a fundraising idea. Who allows this? It is outrageous that these pampered students should knock on doors expecting residents to hand them money. Who will keep track of this cash?
OK, what RBSA adult thought that going door to door and just asking for money was a good idea?
Fundraising is hard, asking for money is lazy. It is not as if they needed money for uniforms, they are going to Myrtle Beach. Isn’t that the parent’s job to get their kids to the tournament?
Travel teams are expensive. An article in today’s Record pointed out that few families ever recoup the money that they spend on travel teams with college scholarships.
I agree with the work for money idea. Door to door asking for money is strange. What is to stop a charity (is RBSA a charity now?) from going door to door asking for cash?
I also think that allowing kids to walk into a busy intersection (like a homeless person) asking for money is an accident waiting to happen.
As I drove by the High School and was accosted for $ at the red light, I thought to myself, I would be thrilled to give a kid $20 to mow my lawn or do some other chores around my yard. These are 13 year old boys. They can do plenty of useful chores. They should stop teaching them to beg for money and teach them to work.
In this age of the internet, you can even avoid going door to door. Setup a web page where we can post odd jobs and kids can accept. It would be a win-win for the entire community.
Tis entry is about time someone came out and said it.
The “RBSA adult” you speak of is Travel baseball commissioner, and coach of the Myrtle Beach bound team, Marc Favieri.
Just hand them money so they can go to Myrtle Beach? What is all the teams adopt the door to door panhandling?
did they fix their tax issues