"Banty" wrote in message
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Events like Blue and Gold dinners all had to be paid in advance - we'd
even go
through the artifice of selling the tickets for them.

That was a little different. Our den was assigned to bring the fruit and
veggie trays by the pack. Because some of the parents are so hard to get a
hold of, and because some of the families are very flaky in their
attendance, we knew there was no way to get everyone to bring an item. So
we made the decision to get the trays and split the cost. And then, even
knowing it was a den obligation, and even knowing that the cost had to come
out of someone's pocket, 3 of the families (out of 8) have never ponied up
their share.

Bizby