Welcome to Day EIGHT of
I Support My School... My Way, VolunteerSpot's back-to-school campaign and Sweepstakes celebrating parent involvement in schools!
We have two terrific bloggers sharing their stories THEIR way today.
(And a whole lot more over the next few weeks.)
Please meet:
Lela Davidson of After the Bubbly
Lela wrote a book entitled Blacklisted from the PTA, and so she seems to be an unlikely user of VolunteerSpot's online signup sheets.
But wait...
"Because I spend enough time devoted to my children already I’m a reluctant participant in any of your clipboard-worthy activities. However, I will be a dutiful worker bee. That’s right, after you ask me two or three times I will be happy to work a shift or bake a cake or whatever else it is that chips away at the greater good. I will show up with a smile and I won’t even spend the entire time talking smack about the other PTA parents. Not the whole time, anyway."
Read more about how Lela supports her school, at least when the volunteer position doesn't have "field" or "monitor" in the title...
Follow Lela on Twitter @leladavidson.
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Andrea Fellman of SavvySassyMoms.com
Andrea is facing a dilemma that many parents share at the beginning of the school year: Should she volunteer to be her son's room mom?
"You see, I was my daughter’s room Mom when she was in Kindergarten two years ago and I kinda feel like I should do it for my son too. I’m an organizer by nature, love to plan parties, research themes, crafts, make the flyers, e-mail, get everyone involved and excited. I realize that the room Mom can sometimes be annoying, but what’s more annoying is a Room Mom that sucks."
We love her suggestion that:
"Not everyone has the time to do everything and no one should feel pressure to do it all (at least not by themselves). So maybe I will ask if there can be Co-Room Mom? Divide and Conquer!?"
Read the rest of Andrea's post, and find out what decision she came to at SavvySassyMoms.com
Follow Andrea on Twitter: @SavvySassyMom
Click to see all the {awesome} Parent Voices in the I Support My School... My Way series!
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VolunteerSpot's FREE online signup sheets make it easy to organize parents and signup to help for just about anything: classroom helpers, snack schedules, carnivals, library volunteers, parent-teacher conferences and more.... No more 'Reply-All' email chains or clipboard sign up sheets! Please share with your room mom, teachers and parent leaders…
You could WIN $500 in school supplies for your favorite school!
