November 2009
Major Retailers Want To Give Our School Money!
Dear Emerson School Parents and Friends:
We’re pleased to share some exciting news about a fundraising program for our organization. It’s called SCRIP and it’s the fundraising program that works while you shop.
SCRIP is simply a word that means “substitute money” – in other words, scrip provides gift certificates from national and local retailers. They’re the same gift certificates that you buy at the store. Many popular retailers participate in our scrip program including Macy’s, The Gap, Shell, Pizza Hut, Panera Bread and many, many others.
You’re probably asking yourself how these stores help us raise money. It’s simple -- SCRIP participating retailers agree to sell gift certificates to our organization at a discount. Member families, like yours, buy the certificates for full face value, they redeem them for full face value, and our school keeps the difference as revenue. And SCRIP is exciting, because everybody wins:
* The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business…
* You can contribute in a significant way to Emerson without selling and at no extra
cost to you.
* Our school gets a regular source of revenue.
The beauty of scrip is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work. You earn money for our school without spending a single additional penny. Just spend your regular shopping dollars with scrip at the stores that participate in the scrip program! And scrip can be used for just about any household purchase including food, clothing, entertainment, gasoline and even dining out.
The Emerson School scrip program promises to be a simple and effective fundraising program. Just visit www.shopwithscrip.com to get started. The Emerson School enrollment number is 2AA5556B19227. Thanks for your support!
Sincerely,
Colleen Spencer
SCRIP Coordinator
734-747-9278 a2spencer@comcast.net