An “Opportunity For Improvement” In Independent Distribution
November 2, 2021 by Charlie Gipple
I have written before about my son, Matthew, who is the most creative kid I have ever seen. So, I will start this column with a quick story about Matthew. A couple of years ago he and his older brother were sent home from school to do a fundraising project where they would have to go to our friends and the neighbors to get funds. If they raised a bunch of money, they each got prizes. The more that they raised, the better prizes they got. The prizes got progressively larger. To oversimplify, if they each raised $50 worth of items, they each got a book or something. However, if one of them raised $100 in funds, he got a bicycle. As I, Seth, and Matthew were looking at the sheet with the various prizes and thresholds, I noticed Matthew was thinking about it hard. He then proposed a plan. He proposed to Seth that they both sell individually, but they both should put all of the sales on Matthew’s fundraising ledger. Smart kid. However, I shut down that idea. I said, “So what if every family in your school did that Matthew? The school wouldn’t be able to afford all the bicycles and you would be left with a balloon or something.” More on this in a bit.
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