Pizza and hotdogs can help in schools

It is with great sadness I read that the food involved in school fundraisers is to be banned. Those of you thinking of doing this, I would like to bring to your attention that after doing these fundraisers for Sooke schools for 13 years, the students were happy and excited to have pizza day or hotdog day.

While these foods are not on my family’s routine much, pizza or hotdogs is only done a few times in the school year.

I worked in schools that were home to many single-parent families, with most students living with their mothers on low income.

These kids adored pizza days, as they couldn’t afford the luxury of having pizza at home. I find it tragic if these foods are banned, the kids will lose out.

Speaking of fundraising, pizza and hotdogs were the only really successful ways to fundraise in our school, as most parents were living on incomes where every penny was accounted for.

Having to fundraise for student activities or playground items is an unfair way to provide the extras. One day, I went to a school at Bear Mountain to help in a class.

As I entered the school, I walked by the music room. Wow, they had amazing instruments and their music room was full. When I asked the teacher how they got all the instruments, the teacher replied: “We work hard at fundraising.”

I was smacked in the face as, at that moment, I realized this is wrong, as the kids in economically depressed schools are not getting the same level of education.

For the sake of those schools in economically challenged areas, please leave pizza and hotdogs on the table.