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WHAT IS SCRIP? Scrip is an
on-going Band Booster fundraiser. Band Booster members can help support the band and contribute to
their child’s
band trip account without spending any additional money. You just have to change the way you pay for purchases. Instead of paying with your credit card, cash or check, you buy the scrip card for a specific retailer in advance and then make your purchases with it.
You can shop at retailers you usually patronize and spend what you
normally do. Click for a list of
Taylor Band's favorite scrip retailers or click
here
for a list of all participating retailers.
HOW DOES SCRIP WORK? Parents will purchase “Scrip” (similar to gift cards or gift certificates) from the Band Boosters for the face value of the card and spend it with retailers where they get credit for the full face value.
The Band Boosters receive a discount from the retailers at the time the purchase of the scrip
card is made. For example, you buy a $100 Dillard's gift card through
the scrip program, you pay $100 for it, and it is worth $100 when you
use it to shop at Dillard's. The Boosters get a 9% discount on the
card, and the $9 saved is split 50-50, so that your child's band trip
account earns $4.50 and Band Boosters also get $4.50. The discount
varies by retailer, so check the Scrip retailer list for that rate.
Some retailers also run "specials" from time to time where cards
purchased that month will have a higher discount rate than normal.
WHEN DO WE BUY
SCRIP? Scrip is an on-going fundraiser project. While you may be accustomed to fundraisers that focus on the sale of specific items for a short period of time and have a defined end date, this program will continue throughout the year. It may take some initial effort to develop the habit of ordering your scrip every month, but once you get in a routine of ordering and using scrip cards, the process should be quite easy.
If you use scrip regularly for grocery purchases, when you go Christmas shopping,
buy gift cards, buy school clothes and shoes,
or make large purchases, the dollars will definitely start to add up in
your child's trip account.
WHAT ABOUT
THE SUMMER MONTHS? While we usually run the Scrip
program only during the school year, because the 2008-09 band trip is
our more costly, once-every-four-years "big" trip, we will continue to
run Scrip during the summer of 2008. Our plan is to accept and
place orders weekly, provided we have $2,000 in orders (otherwise, we
can't cover shipping costs).
HOW DO WE GET
STARTED? To enroll, complete the form below and put it in the bandhall safe. Orders are placed online by
registering with Scrip and using Taylor Band's enrollment code,
E78B89AD696L. After the order is placed, put a copy of the
printable order confirmation along with your payment in the bandhall
safe in an envelope marked "Scrip Order." Orders for the cards take about a week.
E-mail Ivy Nulish at
scrip.cards@jetband.org to confirm your enrollment and start earning money!
Check this page occasionally for special announcements.
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Scrips Enrollment Form (with student pickup waiver)
- .pdf file
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Scrips Enrollment Form
(with student pickup waiver) - Word doc.
- Scrips Order/PickUp Schedule -
Special Summer Arrangements: Summer arrangements
begin on Thursday, June 5. Instead of meeting at the bandhall, we
will accept/deliver Scrip orders at the
Starbucks on Kingsland Blvd and Fry Rd
on Thursdays between
6:00 - 6:30 PM. Orders which have been placed and paid for
by Thursday will be available for pickup one week later, the
following Thursday.
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Scrips Announcements - May 2008
Contact: Ivy Nulisch @ 281-579-6546, or email scrip.cards@jetband.org
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