Me too, Ben. We do no fundraisers but do a sort of a targeted Larry Delor approach (money gets lost in our central office).

Mrs B is a teacher and I know she's about $400/yr out of pocket for classroom stuff and for poor kids who need stuff. Or kids with no love from home. Like a birthday present, for example. Mrs B is a saint in a lot of respects but I can just about guarantee that her expenses are average for teachers or even lower than average. At least in LA schools.

So what Mrs B does a couple of times a year is send our grade-school kid's teachers a ream of paper or some boxes of Kleenex. Pencils. Gift certificate to Office Depot for a really good teacher. No it isn't bribery. Our kids are all pretty bright and extremely self-motivated, no need to bribe.