December 8th, 2007
Fundraising Safety
When your youth group is doing a fundraiser, it is imperative to make sure that the proper safety precautions are followed.
Never allow door-to-door sales without direct adult supervision.
Period.
In a sad case, an 11-year-old boy selling candy for a PTA fundraiser came to the door of a 15-year-old boy who was home alone at the time.
The youngster was invited inside, sexually molested, and then murdered.
This is not an urban legend.
The murder happened in Freehold,New Jersey on September 27, 1997 and it raised the fundraising safety issue to national prominence.