SCRIP Gift Cards

What could be better than being able to work toward meeting your fund-raising commitment without spending any extra money?! With Scrip, hundreds of vendor gift cards are available to you. Think of Scrip as a change in your payment method. Instead of writing a check or paying by credit card for your normal monthly purchases, simply have some of these gift cards on hand and pay for your goods with them. You will be earning money towards your fund-raising commitment while spending NO EXTRA money!

How It Works

With Scrip, you purchase gift cards or gift certificates at face value online through http://www.shopwithscrip.com (Great Lakes Scrip Center). Scrip is available for grocery stores, clothing stores, gas stations, restaurants, Amazon.com, iTunes, and hundreds of other vendors. Between 2% and 15% of your purchase price goes to your family's student fund-raising account. The discounts for each vendor are listed on http://www.shopwithscrip.com. You’ll even be able to track your family’s earnings with the online reports available.

Quite a few vendors (e.g., Staples, iTunes, Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot, etc.) offer ScripNow!, which is essentially an electronic gift card. It allows you to print your “card” instantly when you pay online with PrestoPay. Some vendors offer reloadable cards (Whole Foods, Exxon, Dominos Pizza to name a few). No more waiting for us to deliver your cards to you. They are adding to these lists of vendors all the time. See the web site above for more information.

Looking to give gift cards for the holidays? Order them through us by December 1 to ensure delivery – hundreds of vendors available. Sell gift cards to friends and families for the holiday -- you can use this convenient form to sell. Checks would be made out to you, and you would place the order on the scrip website.

Get Started With Scrip: It's Easy!

Go to http://www.shopwithscrip.com

1. Create Account. Click on "Create Account" under "Family Sign Up" in the green box. The second page asks for the enrollment code for JMCBO – enter 2A5CEL1C33648 (case sensitive). Note: if you already have an account for another fundraising organization, you will just need to add our organization. From the side navigation menu, click on "Manage Non-Profits" and then the button to "Join Another Non-Profit” using the above enrollment code.

2. Set-up Payment. Sign up for online payment. The funds will be directly debited from the account you choose at setup. It takes up to three business days to verify your account information so go ahead and get this started right away. Click on the PrestoPay link on the left side navigation menu on the Scrip website (http://www.shopwithscrip.com) and follow the instructions. Note that there is a small convenience fee of 15 cents per order (less than the cost of a stamp to mail a check to the PO Box).

3. Place Order. Enter your order by the 1^{st or} 15^th of the month to be included in the next team order. Select the cards and quantity you want to purchase and select PrestoPay as your payment option. Make sure your PrestoPay is active before you enter your first order. Encourage family and friends to place orders through you. Note that PrestoPay payments are debited from your account right away – so if you prefer, you can wait until closer to the ordering deadline to enter your order.

4. Take Delivery. Mary Shannon will call you to arrange delivery when the cards arrive the next week.

5. Buy Goods. Start paying for your normal monthly purchases with your Scrip gift cards and certificates. Couldn’t be easier to raise money toward your fundraising commitment!

To see your Scrip earnings, go to www.shopwithscrip.com and click on Reports in the left side navigation menu. Select “Family Order Rebate Summary Report” in the drop down box, enter your date parameters and run the report.

ScripNow! and card Reloads will be processed immediately by the system, so you have access right away. You may enter these orders at any time. Don’t hesitate to contact Deb Rymer at madisoncrewfundraising@gmail.com if you have any questions.

2012-2013 Season RAFFLES: (Raffle selling periods are over. This information is for information only)
Fall Raffle: all rowers and coxswains must sell a minimum of $200 in raffle tickets. Athletes who do not sell raffle tickets must pay the $200 out of family funds. Athletes are encouraged to sell more than the minimum number of tickets.

Prize: top-of-the-line Apple iPad3 with 64GB, WiFi and 3G or cash alternative of $825.
Tickets Distributed: 10/23: Tickets are $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00. Due: 11/26 (Parents, please write a check for the total cash received to include with other checks and the Raffle Sales Form. Deliver to Deb Rymer at 10106 Joy Lane, Vienna 22181.)

Winter Fundraising/Raffle #2: All rowers and coxswains must raise a minimum of $200 through Winter Raffle ticket sales or Scrip earnings by raffle due date. This is in addition to the Fall Raffle earnings. Athletes who do not raise a minimum of $200 must pay the $200 out of family funds. Athletes are encouraged to sell more than the minimum number of tickets and raise more money via Scrip.
Raffle Information Sheet/Sales Form

Raffle Prize: $850 in 1) Best Buy gift card, 2) $850 Marriott Vacation Getaway, or 3) cash.
Tickets Distributed: 12/17, Tickets/Money due: 1/31, Drawing: 2/12/2013
Winner's Name posted on website: 2/14

SPRING 2013 MULCH SALE

Key Dates:
Sales begin: Feb. 4
All orders must be received by 3/2.
IMPORTANT -- Saturday 3/16 (and Sunday if necessary) -- DELIVERY DAY!

For our largest fundraiser, the team sells and delivers 40 lb bags of Merrifield Mulch. Rowers will receive approximately $2 credit for each bag of mulch sold. All team members PLUS one additional family member (even those who did not choose to sell mulch) are required to work delivering mulch on 3/16 from 8 am until all mulch is delivered. Rowers and families need to be available on Sunday 3/17 in the event delivery is not completed on Saturday due to weather, etc. Believe it or not, this is actually fun, and you will meet lots of nice people. Even if you can't carry mulch or work on the 16th, there are other jobs you can do (data entry, hospitality, etc.). We are gathering information about what jobs you can do and will make work assignments as we get closer to the actual delivery date. Please fill out this my sign-up form so we can make appropriate assignments: http://www1.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=mulch_sign-up

To assist in your efforts, we have two key documents.

1) a mulch brochure/order form. Click here for the pdf version. If you would like to customize it with your name and phone information, click here for the Word document. (Open the Word doc. Click in the areas that say "Rower info here" or "Rower info continued here" and type in your custom info. Adjust font and color as desired. Move text boxes with your mouse or directional arrow keys if not aligned to the forms pre-printed lines 2) Print directly from Word or 3) Save as PDF (File-Save as - Select PDF as type) for email.) Even if you do not customize the form electronically, be sure to include your name on the form to ensure you receive fundraising credit for the sale.

2) a sample sales letter you can personalize for distribution to your neighbors with the mulch brochure.

Hot Tip: don’t rely on customers to mail in the order form. Collect the order on the spot, or return to pick it up. The paperwork has a tendency to get buried on customer's counters, etc. Please note that deliveries are limited to Vienna and Oakton.

Sell Early: We have competition out there from other organizations. In addition, we will cap mulch sales at the amount that can be delivered by the club in one day - so get your orders in early. Don't wait until March 2nd to turn in your orders. Mail them as you get them to the PO Box on the form or drop them at Deb Rymer's house - 10106 Joy Lane. Mrs. Rymer will be at the school at crew bus arrival time on the following dates to pick up orders: Friday 2/22, Tuesday 2/26 & Friday 3/1.

Questions? Please contact Deb Rymer at 703-539-8367 or MadisonCrewFundraising@gmail.com if you have any questions.