I agree. My * hopeful* idea for the upcoming year is that the MITs will still do the fund raiser but the "gift" that they give will be strongly recommended send will be to send the money raised to either SAI philanthropies or a philanthropy of their choice. That will give them experience running a fund raiser, dealing with the aftermath AND figuring out how to give a donation (which is more compicated for many organizations than I would have thought) I would like to set out guidelines for the gift, i agree that no one wants to participate in a fund raiser to buy sorority girls more stuff
In the future I think that a designation between the gift and the fund raiser would be good. We were told to fund raise for the gift, (which after all of the drama ended up being a measly clock and plaque) ad that is completely useless for training purposes. However, learning how to budget and chose a philanthropy for a fund raiser (if not a philanthropy, a concrete thing) might help teach them something.
Thoughts?