Learn more about easy, everyday ways to earn money for Holy Rosary School
Take the short SCRIP quiz - learn about SCRIP
1. SCRIP means that parents give money or raise money for the school. (True/False)
2. SCRIP refers to gift certificates that I can buy at face value and use like I would use cash or other gift cards. (True/False)
3. Using SCRIP is easy but requires some planning ahead. (True/False)
4. SCRIP can raise a lot of money for Holy Rosary School! (True/False)
5. I could get my friends and relatives involved in buying SCRIP for HRS. (True/False)
ANSWERS:
1. False - unlike some other fundraising, parents need no extra money or time - they only need to purchase gift certificates. Purchasing a $100 card for Safeway means writing a $100 check and then using the gift card like cash at Safeway.
2. True. Using SCRIP means simply transferring the way you might shop at Macy's or Albertson's.
3. True. Because the SCRIP gift cards or certificates need to be ordered and purchased, there is a week gap between the time you fill out the form and hand in the check to the office (by Friday at 2:30PM) and the time you pick it up a week-and-a-half later from the office. This means that you would need to anticipate whether you would be clothes shopping or going out to dinner ahead of time. It never hurts to be organized, does it?
4. True. Businesses such as supermarkets and restaurants pay Holy Rosary to sell their gift certificates by returning a certain percentage of the money back to the school. If you were to spend $100 at Safeway or Albertson's, for example, the school would get $4.00 or 4%.
If family X spends $100/week at Safeway, during a school year, that family could raise $144 for Holy Rosary School simply by purchasing several Safeway gift cards through SCRIP.
5. True. The office has extra copies of the SCRIP list - pass them out. Friends and family need only select which gift cards they want and write a check to Holy Rosary School for the proper amount. You could then deliver the form for them and pass on the gift cards when they arrive.
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