How do you feel about a road block for donations?

here there are never road blocks like that. I would dislike it a lot. I think it is fine to ask donations by leaflets or in church, but not in this way where you do have to stop and have to decline to help. It should be the other way around - that you have to volunteer. Could they not sell something, do raffles, or otherwise work for the money? I really do not like it when they just ask for something without doing something in return or some work.

Here we have a nationwide benefit thing once a year where collectors come to every household in the country. It is better than road blocks but I do not like it much either. Even if you do not want to or have the opportunity to give you feel obliged just like I would at a road block.

I don't mind when it is going for a charity. We have the firefighters collecting around labor day and i don't mind that because it is going to ill children, but i would greatly dislike children standing in the street begging for money to go on a vaction that i can't afford to take my own children on. These parents should teach their kids that to get a special trip they have to put an effort and God forbid actually may have to lift a hand and work for the money because nobody gets a free ride. They are not doing these children any favors!

I always believe that donations are voluntary. That is why they are called donations in the first place. Setting up roadblocks to get donations is really not cool. Yes, you may have a really valid cause but you do not have to impose yourself upon others just to further your cause.

I agree with you. It is also hazardous for drivers, with these huge signs you cannot see the traffic signs and oncoming traffic too. It is a distraction with so many people on the streets and sidewalks.

I always had to pay for my kids trip and school lunches that I feel embarrassed to ask anybody for money . I don’t even bring the school catalog to work to sell items too, I just buy a few items to help the school only. But I never let my kids ask our friends or families for them to donate money without getting something in return.

The only ones that do that in my neighbor hood are the firefighters and they let the public know ahead of time that they will be out asking for donations for equipment or for a children's cause. The kids need to work for their money not expect to have it handed to them. When I and my children were in school we had to work to get any money. Bake sales, car washes, garage sales, lawn services and so forth. There are no free lunches and they need to learn that. If our church wants to get extra money for the kids we have the kids work for it, With the things already mentioned.

I'm afraid this sort of thing annoys me as well. If we couldn't afford something we went without. I'm sure there are many members of the community who can afford to give money to anything and don't mind doing it. But there are probably more who can't afford it and maybe wouldn't even if they could. I'm really surprised that these people are allowed to block traffic this way.

On the other hand, I think it's a bit different if the local volunteer fire service or rescue service is fundraising. But...I still don't think blocking traffic is the way to go about it.

I've been thinking and I think as far as schools and individuals are concerned, there is not enough organisation. There are better ways to fund raise and if it's planned properly, little bits can be put aside each week towards the activity or the fund raising can be used as a tool to educate the children...what a great lesson to learn!.

I think this is a community service which every member of the community must endeavour to comply with-so long as the money donated is for a good cause, I have no problem with these kinds of donations!