RaisingMaine Magazine: Mom Q&A
Posted by Masey Kaplan on August 01, 2011 (0 Comments)
Mom Q & A: Masey Kaplan
April 1, 2011
When her son Owen was in kindergarten and brought home his first school fundraising catalog Masey Kaplan bought some wrapping paper. Sure it was over-priced, but it was a way to support her son and his school.
A year later, Kaplan still hadn’t used the wrapping paper, but along came another catalog. This time, she says, it didn’t feel right to make another purchase.
“There was nothing in that catalog that I particularly wanted,” she says. “Everything came from overseas. I didn’t feel comfortable asking family members to buy anything.”
From then on the Kaplans chose to write a check to the school and participate in other types of fundraisers. Still, the catalogs kept coming, pushing Kaplan to decide there had to be a better way.