SCRIP
What is Scrip?
Raise money for SMLS while doing your every day shopping and it will not cost you one extra penny! All you have to do is purchase gift cards /certificates from St. Michael’s for your favorite retailers and use them in place of cash, checks, or credit cards for purchases you are going to make anyway! Each card purchased carries an associated “contribution” to SMLS of 2-15% or more. Gift cards are available from over 300 national and local retailers. Groceries, prescriptions, electronics, clothing, dining out, home improvement, even gasoline can all be purchased with Scrip. According to Great Lakes Scrip Center (www.glscrip.com) an organization of 150 families easily spends between one and two million dollars a year on these purchases. If they do the majority of this shopping with Scrip, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year for their organization – without spending an additional penny.
For example:
Average per Family
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Average Contribution from Scrip
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Your spending
per month
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Your contribution to SMLS per year
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Groceries
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4%
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$400
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$192
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Gas
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3%
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$200
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$72
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Clothing
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8%
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$100
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$96
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Books/Videos
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9%
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$100
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$108
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Home Improvement
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4%
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$100
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$48
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Dining out
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8%
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$200
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$192
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Totals
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$1,100
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$708
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Imagine if…
10 families used Scrip this way $7,080
20 families used Scrip this way $14,160
100 families used Scrip this way $70,800
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