SCRIP
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When St. Dominic supporters purchase scrip, they're purchasing negotiable gift certificates that are used just like cash. The scrip is issued by the national and local retailers where many of us already shop. These merchants want to support non-profit organizations, and in return ask you to support them by shopping with scrip at their stores. We can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, we earn revenue for the school.
How scrip helps St. Dominic.
The Great Lakes Scrip center acts on behalf of churches, schools
and other non-profit organizations to purchase large amounts of
scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other
retailers. Because the scrip is purchased with cash up front,
the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. St.
Dominic buys the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a
discount, and re-sells the certificates to St. Dominic
supporters for full face value. The bulk of the discount - from
two to fifteen percent or more - is retained by our school as
revenue.
How scrip helps YOU at St. Dominic.
After your scrip discounts exceed $100, the discount is split,
with one-half going to St. Dominic SCRIP program and the other
half retained in your personal scrip account. The amount builds
as you keep making purchases. At the end of the school year a
report is sent to you with the amount in your scrip account.
This amount can be used towards tuition or fee payments to the
school.
Scrip is "shopping cart fundraising.”
The reason for the effectiveness of scrip is simple: families
generate revenue through purchases they would make anyway.
Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased
with scrip. An organization of 150 families easily spends
between one and two million dollars per year on food, clothing
and other essentials. If these families use scrip for these
purchases, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year
for their organization -- without spending an additional penny.
Retailers like Scrip, too.
Families who purchase scrip certificates actively support the
retailers who participate in this program. The reason is simple…
they know that buying from a scrip participating retailer
provides a steady source of revenue for their church, school, or
non-profit organization.
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