[ladygreek]

Waaaayyyy back in the day when I made my debut (in St. Louis)we did not have to raise money. That was because it was a debut, not a fundraiser.

When my daughter was in the Links Cotillion (in MN,) they had to sell ads for the ad book, but again it wasn't a priority. The monies raised went to the Link's scholarship program but not to the Debs themselves.

I said all of this to say, that I agree with HederaNaturale. Your focus should be on the networking and bonding with other young ladies your age not the fundraising. And it seems ludicrous that the Deb who raises the most money gets the biggest scholarship, yet they are "rich girls." Something is wrong with that picture.