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livestar

Or look at when we all were children we all ate lollies we all at non orgaic foods we all didn't eat 99% fat free look at yourself in the mirror and then say to your self did my Grandparents eat 99% fat free or sugar free no they didn't they ate things with lard and fats and non organic foods and look at them the only difference between your grand parents and yourself they didn't have tvs they didn't have gaming consoles the went out and played cricket they went out and played football I am really upset that people blame what they eat for being overweight get off your bums and do the same as what the oldies did when they were your age. Because they weren't over weight they weren't wasting money on Gym fees they weren't wasting thier lives away in front of their TV with a gaming console in their hands. so how about you all stop blaming what you eat and exercise.

livestar

Why not do other things that people can actually use like I make home made Herbal Vinegar and Herbal Olive Oil and 20% of my profit goes to the Cancer Council I send roughly $3500 a month to the Cancer Council and all I do is spend 5 hours on saturday and 5 hours on Sunday at different Markets in my area I know actually post about a 3rd on my orders now and the rest I sell on the days and people make orders in advance and collect them when I am in their area. I sell 700ml bottles of Herbal Vinegar and Olive Oil for $20 each or the 2 for $30 and being able to send $3500 a month to Cancer Council is amazing so imagine what schools could do with that?? it is all natural and no preservatives or artifical sugars.

Krys

I agree with rachel, I believe that to truly teach children to abstain from always eating junk food/lollies it isn't a matter of taking the stimulus away from then, but teaching them to control their intake with the stimulus there.
This problem of obesity in children should be addressed through education, teach the children about moderation and the negative effects of having too many lollies.

Anonymous

i agree banning lollie drives at school because my children loves it and everytime they ate lollies or chocolates they are really hard to eat meals

Anonymous

Let the kids eat some lollies. aslong as they are getting exercise the odd lollie drive every now and then wont hurt

Anonymous

I agree I think we all know about how much harm sugar can cause and I personally think of Sugar as a drug highly addictive to everyone especially children and is also affects their behavior .

Anonymous

I totally agree. No more lolly drives. There is so much focus on over weight and obease people these days and yet they still send huge boxes of lollies and chocolates home with kids. We all did it. You take home the lollies, everyone eats them then you end up paying for a half a box you didn't really need.
Jump rope for heart and fun runs are a much better fund raiser.

Linda

Personally, I do not agree with schools supporting lollies or chocs as a form of fund-raising. I do know there are other ways of raising money, although not as cheap. I work in a secondary school and parts of our school do use chocs to raise funds, mainly brought by the students sadly. We are constantly told that we have a weight problem in NZ and yet this government took away the need for school tuck shop to sell healthy food. When this was in place our school for one banned the sale of choc bars for any reason. Bring that back I say!

wilko

depending on what they are they are a great fundraiser

Deeva

Life is about moderation in all aspects. Share the love and share the lollies. That teacher has to think where will the school get the extra funding for their "wish list" that most teachers give the P & C Associations. LIke I read in an article we lived with lead painted room, had outdoor fires, ate lollies, stood up for the cane, etc.. We I think our age group are well behaved. Hey we dont need chemically processed drugs to get high, unlike this generation

Kaisee Cochrane

The school lolly and lamington drives were always a good way of raising some much needed funds and were exciting for me as a child - though Im sure my parents dreaded them.

I agree many of the comments that its the parents choices what to provide for their children and as an adult what we put into our bodies - everything in moderation.

stretch

in my few years of going to school i can never remember doing a lollie drive for a charity
book athons
were the go where you had to read as many books as possible and do a review on them and try and get sponcers like mum / dad / neighbours
i really like comics it took a while for all to learn this

mumza58

Our school tried the healther choice but the profit was half. The sales just didn't happen the parents had trouble selling the healthy bars and most requested that the school went back to the old chocolate drive. We tried, but it was a lot of work for little return. Our canteen has gone healther.

Anonymous

Our school tried the healther choice but the profit was half. The sales just didn't happen the parents had trouble selling the healthy bars and most requested that the school went back to the old...

Whatever happened to mums making home made stuff,and having school fete's to raise money for small schools?

Anonymous

Its fundraising and yet another example of the do gooders taking over our freedom of choice. I used love the girl guides biscuits and the chocs and lollies that came around. Bottom line they are only asking for a few dollars for a good cause - education. Its your choice to buy them - if you don't want them don't buy them. Most of theses places that supply only charge for whats sold so there is no need to sell everything.
Take responsibility for yourself and for your kids health - just cause they selling them doesn't mean they have to buy or eat a truck load of them

Ninak

Simple answer - just don't do them!!!!

damarapearson

Simple answer - just don't do them!!!!

I definitely agree.

Sammy

Agreed. Do replace high sugar content foods with healthier substitues if possible. Schools shoudn't get the blame for selling lollies. If the parents want to give their children lollies, then that is their choice, because how many parents do we see nowdays always complaining about an unhealthy canteen? Tonnes and tonnes. Truly, we don't want future generations with increasing demands for doctors, dentists and weight loss programs.

Anonymous

with the unhealthy canteen thing we all managed ok... some parents arent willing to teach their kids good eating habbits these days and are always looking for something or someone to blame... the...

I so agree. If we as parents take more responsibility for teaching our kids proper eating habits instead banning fundraisers such as lolly drives, it would be a win win outcome.

Deeva

with the unhealthy canteen thing we all managed ok... some parents arent willing to teach their kids good eating habbits these days and are always looking for something or someone to blame... the...

I so agree with you!!!!

rachel44444

Agreed. Do replace high sugar content foods with healthier substitues if possible. Schools shoudn't get the blame for selling lollies. If the parents want to give their children lollies, then that...

with the unhealthy canteen thing we all managed ok... some parents arent willing to teach their kids good eating habbits these days and are always looking for something or someone to blame... the candy drives are for funds for the school children are supposed to sell them to neighbours not eat the whole box themselves... if you teach your child to eat a balanced variety of foods you dont need to worry... relace with healthy food and the kids wont sell anything

saes65

Unfortunately it was one of the better ways in raising valuable funding in schools. Other drives can not compare in value. I do except though we need to go the healthier way.

jules 1

Unfortunately it was one of the better ways in raising valuable funding in schools. Other drives can not compare in value. I do except though we need to go the healthier way.

Yes I agree, it was the best way to fund raise money for schools. I think we need to think of a healthier way of raising funds today. Encourage children to eat veg / chicken / or ham wraps more, rather than pies / sausage rolls etc.!
Hard to beat the lollies /chips / cakes etc.!!!

LouLou

I think if you want to make a difference you have to influence someone on the fundraising committee or get on it yourself.
I'm lucky enough that our school never offers lollies for fundraisers.

amcdonald29

Fully agree to banning lollie drives. For a long time I have been thinking of claiming workers' compensation because of all the lollies that I have to buy as a teacher from all the kids who struggle to sell their allocation of sugar. If I get diabetes, I'm taking Mr Cadbuy and Mr Mars to court. Ban lollie drives and bing in free gym memberships for teachers.

rachel44444

Fully agree to banning lollie drives. For a long time I have been thinking of claiming workers' compensation because of all the lollies that I have to buy as a teacher from all the kids who...

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