Hi Everyone! I have spent a long time lurking here, and have only posted a few times, and I am really in need of advice and moral support.
My problem is I am president of a usually well organized PTG. We have a large board. (15 members on the agenda) But, due to a poor response to two of our fundraisers, we are $3000 under our budgeted profit. (We used last year's numbers to estimate our profit.) To make matters worse, our board is experiencing such burn-out. I know that I can't rely on 15 people to carry the load, but we don't have any other volunteers. When I try to shoulder more of the burden by myself, my VP tells me to "Just let it fall. Let people see it fail, and that they need to help." But that only hurts the students.
She also gets annoyed that I am doing too much on my own when it comes to executing a fund-raiser, but when I ask for volunteers to set up chairs, buy paper goods, and buy all the food supplies, no one responds. I feel like I HAVE to do it myself or it won't get done. Now, in my defense, we all plan the fundraiser together at our board meetings, and we all agree to do the work together, but when the event comes it seems like everyone goes into hiding. I make the phone calls that set up is going to be at 7:00, and my husband and I are the only people there.
What else can I do?
Oh, I have also tried having a free dance for our entire school hosted by our PTG, and only 30 people showed up. We advertised for weeks, planned activities, and only 30 people showed up. (Remember 15 people have board positions.) * sigh *
[ 12-08-2004, 07:29 PM: Message edited by: HockeyMomto2 ]