Welcome to the 2009/2010 School Year

SCRIP
What Is Scrip?
Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing negotiable gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. Scrip is a popular fundraiser because families don’t have to sell anything. Organization members produce revenue by making regular household purchases they would make anyway. You can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, gas, and other essentials, and with every purchase, you earn revenue for Holy Family School.

How scrip generates revenue for HFS
Holy Family School purchases Scrip from The Great Lakes Scrip Center and SCRIP Pro. Because the Scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offers Holy Family School a substantial discount. Holy Family then re-sells the certificates to families like yours for full face value. The discount from two to fifteen percent or more – is Holy Family School’s revenue. For example, Safeway offers a 4% discount for Scrip purcahsed. If you purchase $100 in Safeway Scrip, we receive a 4% discount or $4.00. That $4.00 is revenue for HFS.

How scrip generates revenue for HFS
For the 2009-2010 School Year, you can earn all of your fundraising commitment (excluding the Auction commitment of $150) by purchasing Scrip. For each dollar you purchase, you will earn 50% of the revenue earned by HFS towards your commitment. For example, if you purchase $100 in Safeway Scrip, HFS will receive $4.00 discount from Safeway. Of the that amount, you will earn $2.00 towards your commitment. The remaining $2.00 will go into the SCRIP General Fund for SCRIP Purchases.

Get Started-Fill out a Scrip order form
1. Orders are to be prepaid with an order form.
2. On your order form, please indicate how you would like to receive your prepaid SCRIP Order. Please note, Holy Family Parish, Holy Family School or the Parents’ Club is not responsible for lost/stolen SCRIP Orders transported between school and home through the FCE or your child.
3. Turn into the school office your order form and payment (Check Only Please) in a SEALED envelope labeled SCRIP.
4. Once your order is filled, we will contact you via email or telephone advising you to expect your order through the FCE or if you made arrangements to pick up your order, we will inform you when it is available. Please note, if you have made arrangements to pick up your order, but are not able to do so by the Friday your order is available, we will put your order in the following week’s FCE.
5. If you are looking for a vendor not on the order form, please ask to see the latest participating retailer list. Then put your shopping dollars to work for our organization!

eScrip
What Is eScrip?
eScrip is an important part of our fundraising program. We ask that every family help us “make the grade” in our fundraising goal. Participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to Holy Family School.
Our school needs your support!
How do we “Make the Grade”?We need all of our families to get straight A’s in their enthusiasm to raise funds. This task will not require hours of homework but just a few minutes of your time and your Safeway Grocery Club Card number.

1. Log onto www.eScrip.com.
2. Enter the School Group I.D. - 8563286
3. Register your Safeway Club Card. Each time you make a purchase at Safeway and use your Club Card, Safeway will make a contribution to Holy Family School.
4. You can also register your debit and credit cards.
a. Participating eScrip merchants (Macy’s, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and many more) will make a contribution to Holy Family School based on purchases made by you, just by using the debit or credit cards you have registered.
5. That’s it! It’s that easy----your family shops-our school earns dollars.

Find Out More
Ask your scrip coordinator listed below for the latest participating retailer list. Then put your shopping dollars to work for our organization! Please note – contributions made by eScrip to Holy Family School is not credited towards your fundraising commitment.