[ZenGum]

Darn good idea iffen you ask me.

Seriously, inefficient fundraising turns me off, and makes me less likely to donate.

If the school community is able to cough up $5000, take the lot for the school budget. Don't spend half of it on some lame "fun" fair that makes us waste our time as well.

I'm even more turned off by peeps who run epic distances or swim the amazon blindfolded to "raise money for charity". You're doing it because you want to, and this charity shennanigans is just your way of getting me to pay the expenses, with the leftover change going to some needy person. You care about the needy person? Shelve your ultra-marathon, and spend the time you would have spent running and training for it working a job and donating the money earned.