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Fundraising

Last updated: August 22, 2011


The below fundraisers are a vital part to St. Mary School's fundraising efforts. Market Day can be ordered monthly and is delivered once a month, usually on Thursdays, and T.R.I.P. gift cards can be ordered weekly as well. Box Tops for Education and Campbell's Soup Labels can be cut out and returned to the rectory, school office or the back of church at your convenience. Please consider shopping at Target and Meijer, where a percentage of your purchases benefit the school. Follow the links below for more information:



St. Mary School is offering a Pride Card that we are selling for $10.00. Follow the link below in order to see the area businesses participating in our card.

This card is good until 8/15/2012 and can be used continuously at all of these businesses.

If you do not have a child attending St. Mary's, please call the school at 924-8633 and arrangements can be made to deliver a card to you.

Click HERE for more info on the Pride Card and a separate tab/window will open.




© Market Day Corporation


It's quick and easy to do your order online via the Market Day website.  All you need do is establish your username and password so you may login to their website.  Note that Market Day does utilize a "secure server", so your ordering information, name, address, etc. are encrypted to provide a safe and secure online transaction.

If you normally order for several different people or families, simply establish a username and password for each, and do the orders individually.

When you do online ordering, the last function of that order is to "checkout", and that includes selecting the payment method (cash, check or credit card).  Once you "checkout", you will receive an onscreen confirmation of your order, including the dollar amount and the pickup date.  Within your web browser, click on "print" to make a hard copy.

And during the month, you can go back to your order and add/revise.

A few hours after you have done the checkout and exited the Market Day website, you will receive an e-mail confirmation from them, including the items and quantities, the dollar value, the pickup date, etc.

The pickup location is St. Mary-Hildebrandt Hall, and Market Day pickup is generally on a Thursday afternoon, from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  A St. Mary volunteer will give you a "reminder" telephone call the day before the pickup.

The Market Day identification/account for St. Mary School is 4073.

The first thing to do is establish your personal username and password so that you can place online orders.  The following link should take you to the username/password page for St. Mary School which is Market Day account 4073. On the right side of this webpage in the "new to market day?" area, you can locate St. Mary School by entering the 46319 Griffith Zip Code or you can enter the school name. For new Market Day users, create your Market Day username and password at: http://www.marketday.com/Index.aspx


Important: once you've established your username and password, make sure to write those down as you will need them each and every time you login and order.


After you've established your username and password, the following link will take you to the Market Day homepage for you to logon and place your monthly orders. On the right side of your screen, look for "log in returning customers" and enter your user name and password: http://www.marketday.com/Index.aspx



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!

The T.R.I.P. order form is available to download/view/print in Adobe pdf file format. The Adobe portable document format has become a standard for documents and forms which can be downloaded from websites, and you should have the free Adobe reader already installed on your PC. If not, click the link below to download the free reader software.


Click HERE to go to the Adobe website to download the free Adobe reader for Windows, Mac, etc.


Click HERE to download/open/save the T.R.I.P. order form in Adobe pdf format (filename is: tripform.pdf).



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.aspxGeneral Mills cereals - Box Tops for Education



Campbell SoupsNEW 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 pdf file format) can be downloaded from: http://www.labelsforeducation.com/pdf/eligible_products.pdf



Target Take Charge of EducationSMS 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/tcoe



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.
Meijer Community Rewards logo



GoodSearch: You Search...We Give!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 pdf file with instructions on adding the toolbar. Any questions please e-mail them to: sms.advisory@comcast.net





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