Fundraising - Ways to Help St. Mary School

Ways to Help St. Mary School

Tuition Reduction Incentive Program (T.R.I.P.)

T.R.I.P. was successfully implemented at St. Mary's in 1997. It allows parents to earn credit toward their child's tuition. St. Mary HSA can purchase certificates from many national and local merchants. The certificates will be purchased at a discount and sold to families at full face value. The discount offered by each vendor is split with St. Mary HSA (25%) and the family's tuition account (75%). For example:

A family orders $100 of a specific certificate.
The vendor provides a 10% discount for the sale.
The family pays St. Mary school $100 and receives the certificates.
$7.50 is credited to the family's tuition account (75% of the 10% discount).
$2.50 is credited to the school's account (25% of the 10% discount).

All you have to do to participate is fill out an order form and attach a check/cash with your order. Order forms are available in the office and you can send the order with your oldest child on Monday mornings by 8:30 a.m. The certificates will be sent home with that child by Thursday of the same week or you can pick them up in the school office after 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Registration forms are available for new families to fill out in the school office or by contacting Donna Rossman at 924-2170.

Some of the most popular vendors we currently buy are Jewel, Strack and Van Tils, Burger King, Wendy's, Border's, Marathon gas, Speedway, Amoco, Kohl's, JCPenny, Menards, Red Lobster and Circuit City. You can even pay off your charge card with JCPenny and Kohl's! There are many, many more available. Please check out our order form or, for a complete list, go to: http://www.glscrip.com.

This is truly a great and easy fund-raiser for the school and for your family! You can really reduce your family's (or the family of your choice) tuition by simply purchasing these gift certificates and doing the family shopping! They also make great gifts without having to go to the stores to purchase them!

Don't forget to go to the school office and check out the T.R.I.P. order forms! Start ordering on Mondays and you could be on your way to saving money on tuition and helping the school without spending anything extra!

GoodSearch.com is an Internet search engine that will donate $0.01 to SMS for ever internet search performed using the goodsearch tool. You can visit http://www.goodsearch.com then select St. Mary's Griffith, IN and do a search; or you can add the GoodSearch Toolbar to your Internet Explorer and set it up to donate to St. Mary's School for every search you do. (Note: there are many St. Mary's, so be sure to find Griffith, IN). Click HERE for an Adobe Acrobat pdf file with instructions on adding the toolbar. Any questions please e-mail them to: sms.advisory@comcast.net

Help the Environment and Help St. Mary's by Recycling old cell phones and used printer cartridges! Bring your old print cartridges (in a plastic bag please) and your old cell phones to the school office, bingo or church vestibule. St. Mary School has partnered with FundingFactory which is the largest free recycling fundraising program in the United States. FundingFactory offers technology, sports and recreation equipment, and even cash in exchange for empty inkjet and laser printer cartridges and used cell phones. The FundingFactory homepage is at: http://www.fundingfactory.com/

Cut out the Box Tops for Education from various General Mills' products. Place the labels in an envelope and drop them in the container in the church vestibule, bingo hall or take them to the school office. General Mills gives cash to participating schools. Visit the boxtop website for details as well as coupons and recipes: http://www.boxtops4education.com/Default.aspx

NEW FORMAT and PRODUCTS - Labels for Education has expanded far beyond Campbell's Soup. Campbell's has teamed up with Prego, Swanson, Market Day, Pepperidge Farms and V8 to help Education. PLEASE NOTE: We no longer need the entire label. Simply carve out the UPC barcode next to the Labels for Education symbol on participating products. Place the barcodes in an envelope and drop them in the container in the church vestibule, bingo hall or take them to the school office. Labels for Education provides educational materials, such as art/classroom supplies, in exchange for the labels. The Labels For Education homepage is at: http://www.labelsforeducation.com/default.aspx

A listing of eligible products (in Adobe Acrobat pdf file format) can be downloaded from: http://www.labelsforeducation.com/pdf/eligible_products.pdf

Cut out the "Project A+" labels from eligible Tyson Foods products. Tyson gives cash to participating schools. A complete listing of the eligible Tyson products is at: http://www.tyson.com/projectaplus/labels/products/default.asp

Place the labels in an envelope and drop them in the container in the church vestibule, bingo hall or take them to the school office.

SMS is registered at local Target stores for their "Take Charge of Education" program. Target donates an amount equal to 1% of REDcard (Target Visa and Target Card) purchases made at Target and Target.com, and 1/2% of Target Visa purchases made elsewhere. Open a Target charge and let Target know you want your fundraising percentage to go to St. Mary School, Griffith. If you already have a Target charge, you can add this feature at any kiosk in a Target store. Make sure to identify SMS at the time of purchase - our School ID Number is: 6673. The Target Take Charge of Education website is at: http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/take_charge_of_education.jhtml

Meijer Community Rewards program: this is not a charge card. The cashier will swipe your Meijer card before you check out. Up to 4% will go to St. Mary School. Applications are available in the office or online at http://www.meijer.com/mcr/rewards.jsp
If you already have a Meijer Credit Card or Meijer Card, call 1-800-962-7011 to join Meijer Community Rewards. The Meijer Community Rewards account number for St. Mary School is: 415538.

Don't forget your monthly Market Day order. Order forms are sent home with the students, and you may pick up forms at the school, church or rectory.

You can also order your Market Day products online ... it's easy and your order will be delivered to Hildebrandt Hall on the regular monthly pickup date. Click HERE for more info.

For online ordering, or information on how to order online, click below:

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