We homeschooled our two younger kids, but I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about this. Some folks on our State message group have e-mailed the companies and expressed their displeasure. One received an e-mail stating that they won't exclude homeschoolers in the future. I'm guessing they must have gotten a boat load of angry e-mails!
The athletic equipment could be given to the local homeschool association. I know the one we belong to would appreciate it!
I’m guessing they got overwhelmed with angry emails. They got a nice one from me, though, politely telling them that if they reversed this policy and let homeschoolers participate we would continue to patronize their restaurants. We used to eat at the one by us regularly, our boys love their individual pizzas. It doesn’t sound like they are in the habit of making quick decisions though, when they stick their foot in a cow pie.
I’m going to check to see if there is a Quiznos around here. At least in our town there is a Jimmy John’s, which I like WAY better than Subway.
We homeschooled our two younger kids, but I’m not getting my knickers in a twist about this.
I guess I don’t see the reason to be upset with a company that has the right to promote their business as they see fit. I see it more as whinning than anything else. I think you are correct in that it was meant as a donation to a school rather than someone’s home thus the exclusion of the homeschoolers.
I do think they need to pay closer attention to which ever entity they have hired to do their website promotions. They may need to hire a homeschooler for that chore....
I think that might be why home schools were excluded . It would be a good save face for Subway anyway. They aren’t thinking out of the box though.A winning home schooler could donate the equipment to a local Y, boy scouts etc.
Maybe have a homeschool division where the prize would be $500 in athletic equipment. So traditional schools (public/private) and home schooled kids both win.