What a Nice Present

This Christmas season, my son's school has a lot of projects.  Their fundraisers are dedicated to help the local charities and the school, as well.  Since it is a private school with just 150 students, from Pre-K to 8th grade, the parents and teachers, as well as all the people in the community are actively participating in the events.

There is a fundraiser wherein the parents can buy giftcards of the participating stores like the outlet mall in town, various boutiques and shops, and the town's local grocery store.  Half of the proceeds will go to the school and half will be deducted to the kid's tuition fee.  They used to sell prepaid mastercard too, but lately, these cards were excluded from the list.

I am not much of a gift shopper, mainly because I worry that the recipients of the gifts would not like what I got for them.  I know for a fact that a gift which was not used would just be considered as trash one day.
I give gifts, but oftentimes, for practicality's sake, I give mostly cash or giftcards to family and friends. While it's true that a personalized gift is sweeter, I rather that I give the option to the person, of what she/he wants for her/himself.  This is where the prepaid debit cards come in handy.  It's like giving your loved ones the freedom to choose. 

Since there is no more prepaid mastercard in the school's fundraiser, I will get mine from http://www.greendot.com/ this year.  That way, my loved ones get to buy what they really wanted, without them revealing their banking information, shop safely online, not overspend, and avoid overdraft.  Isn't that just a nice present? So, if you are thinking of being practical these coming holidays, go ahead and check it out.