School fundraiser ramblings.

Did you know that public schools hold art auctions and solicit donations through Amazon.com?

I always thought that was a private school thing. I guess, looking back, that there were fundraisers when I was in public school; one club or another was always selling candy bars to fund some kind of project or excursion, and I remember more than one assembly where all the students were handed catalogues of candles, baked goods, chocolates, or some other gift-baskety thing to hawk to their relatives and neighbours, and encouraged with promises of FABULOUS PRIZES (many of them lottery-like) for the kids who sold the most stuff. Usually the speaker had a mustache and a comb-over. I suppose that says more about the public schools I attended, actually. I don't think I ever learned what those funds went to.

Did you sell anything for your school? If so, what did you sell, and what do you remember about the purpose?

Curious.

I Kissed A Girl, sung by Katy Perry, was released May 16, 2008.

Into The Nightlife, sung by Cyndi Lauper, was released early September 2008. (The album was released May 27, 2008.)

If U Seek Amy, sung by Britney Spears, was announced as a single on January 9th, 2009. (The album was released November 28, 2008.)

My Life Would Suck Without You, sung by Kelly Clarkson, was released January 19, 2009. It broke the record previously set by Britney Spears for farthest jump up the Billboard Hot 100 (for "Womanizer", which itself displaced "Live Your Life" by T.I. the week before; as an unrelated side note, "Live Your Life" samples "Dragostea din tei" by O-Zone, otherwise known as the Numa Numa song).

All four of the songs linked were co-written, and some were produced, by Max Martin.

Discuss.