Fundraisers

From the "You ain't gonna believe this" file comes this gem: Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro, N.C. unveiled a plan to raise much-needed funds by selling middle schoolers better grades. A $20 "donation" would get you (or your poor kid, who really has grounds for a lawsuit if you would pony up...

When Congregation Beth Simchat Torah heard that the hate-spewing protesters of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church were coming to their turf, they cleverly decided to make a virtue of a visit by the fringe group, which has picketed the funerals of U.S. soldiers to get publicity for its...

In this tough economy... (the perfect lead to any WalletPop post, by the way)... school fundraisers -- the sort where students sell products made by some third party company -- need to go. Actually, they've needed to go for as long as they've been around, but now? They really need to go. I've been...