SCRIP

…..150 families easily spend between $1 million and $2 million dollars per year on food, clothing and other essentials? If 150 of our families use SCRIP for these purchases, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year for our church/school, without spending an additional penny.  If you buy groceries at Hy-Vee, Fareway, or Wal Mart, you can use SCRIP!

SCRIP FACT SHEET

WHAT IS SCRIP? SCRIP is a gift certificate or card, exactly like those issued by participating business, both local and national. You just purchase the gift certificates from our school and use them instead of cash where you already shop or eat. Our school is able to purchase these certificates at a discount, which is noted on the order form as "Profit." That profit provides another source of income for our school to keep the cost of tuition and the parish subsidy from rising.

• A TRIP account (Tuition Reduction Incentive Program) can be set up any time. A TRIP account is where 40% of the school’s profit on the certificates you buy is accumulated until June 30^th and is then applied to your tuition at the beginning of the next school year at St. Joseph’s, Regis Middle School, Xavier High School, or Religious Ed. (If none of your children will be in one of these programs after June, you should switch to the new church fund, unless you want to specify another family’s TRIP account.) Grandparents, other family members, friends, and neighbors can all purchase SCRIP and specify that it is for your TRIP account.
• The Church Fund is new as of May 2007 as a “TRIP” account to benefit St. Joseph Church with your 40% profit when you do not have the need for a tuition credit. Now we all have ability to generate income for both the church and the school without costing us anything! Just check the “Church Fund” box on your SCRIP order form or tell the SCRIP seller to specify the Church Fund on the log sheet. You don’t have to sign up in advance to designate the Church Fund.

HOW DO I BUY SCRIP? SCRIP can be purchased with personal check or (exact amount) cash. Order forms are available after weekend Masses, outside the school office, or on St. Joseph School’s website at www.sjcsmarion.org (see link below). Complete the order form and submit it with your check to the SCRIP sellers or at the school office.  SCRIP sellers are available in the church hall after all weekend Masses and on Thursday mornings from 8-8:45 a.m.

We order local SCRIP on Monday, but national orders are done Sunday evening form Great Lakes Scrip Center. You can see what is available from them online at www.glscrip.com, click on RETAILERS. If you need something from Great Lakes that we don’t show, just write it in on the blank line on the back of the order form. We can order anything they carry. Great Lakes orders usually arrive here on Wednesdays.

If you have any questions about SCRIP or would like to volunteer in some capacity, please call Laurie Schill at 373-2338 or Teresa Boston at 378-8035.

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T.R.I.P. ACCOUNTS AND THE CHURCH FUND:

FULFILLMENT OF ORDERS: Orders are processed on Thursdays. Your SCRIP is available for pick-up in the school office on Thursday afternoons or from the SCRIP sellers after weekend Masses. It may be sent home with your child at the school on Thursdays (but only IF you have signed the current permission/waiver from to do this). Your processed order will have a slip indicating SCRIP enclosed or on back-order. Please retain this receipt for your records.

WHAT DOES IT COST? IT COSTS YOU NOTHING EXTRA! If you purchase $50 in SCRIP, for instance, you receive $50 in gift certificates at the businesses of your choice. Every time you use SCRIP you are helping the school because the school pays a discounted price.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? Everyone should participate to some extent. We all buy groceries, gas, and clothes. Many eat out frequently. Using SCRIP is just a matter of anticipating where you will spend money during the next week and then purchasing SCRIP in advance to use instead of cash.