I absolutely did NOT participate in this even though my kids Yeshivah asked us to. It is unscrupulous and borders on stealing. the whole point of the program was to spur small business and the economy. Instead yeshivas and Tzedakas classed themselves as small businesses so that they would qualify when you “purchased” and item from them.
Its clearly being done for the purposes stated above. NOT so tzedakahs can scam a few bucks out of the system. This was unacceptable in my eyes so I refused to participate. Last time I checked there is no requirement to lie to someone so you can get some free money to give to a tzedakah organization.Should I lie on my taxes so that I have more money for Tzedakah?