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SCRIP

Mellow Mushroom Spirit Nights

Last Spirit Night is May 19th!

Plan ahead - Stock up on Scrip for the summer!

Next Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night is Tuesday, May 13th! Last one.

The OLV Home and School Association thanks you for all your support!

What is Scrip?

  • Easy
  • FREE Money for our school
  • Requires no selling

Order Form 05-15-08

Note: When printing the scrip form, click on the Flashpaper print icon, not your Internet provider's printer options.  Your order form will print out the normal 8.5 x 11 size.
Contact the Scrip Committee:

Lisa DeVane ladevane@bellsouth.net

ScripNotes

Tips on "Protecting You & Your Scrip Program"

What happens when you have a gift card and the waitress or cashier tells you that it's not good?

When using a gift card to pay for your purchase and the cashier tells you that your card has a $0 balance or is not activated, be pro-active! By following these simple steps you can eliminate any questions about balances or activation!

First, do not allow them to throw the card away. Most cards have a 1.800 number on the back that will give you a balance and a history of the card usage.

Second, if using more than one card, be sure you hand the cashiers one card at a time. After the card is swiped and the balance applied, make sure that they throw the card away. If you are swiping your own cards, after the card is swiped and the balance applied to your purchases, be sure that you throw the card away or mark card with a $0 balance (use a sharpie marker).

Third, keep your receipts. This is especially important in a restaurant situation where you are more likely to hand multiple cards to the waiter/waitress. Count your cards before you hand them over. If you encounter a problem, check the receipt to be sure the card they return to you as "bad" was not swiped twice; the receipt will show the card numbers and subtract the amount of cash applied from each card to your total billed amount. In most cases you can actually get a history instantly by calling the 800 number listed on the back of your card. Have the waiter call the manager if needed.

And last, if a balance remains on the card, use a sharpie pen to record the balance on the card until it is depleted. Then throw away card or recycle with garbage.

 

As an OLV family, you simply purchase gift cards through our school from the order form that is sent home and/or posted here each week. Send the completed order form with payment to school through your child's weekly folder and your purchase is delivered in the same way. OLV earns a percentage from the sale of the cards.

How is it Free Money?

Scrip is considered "Free Money" for the school because you purchase cards for things you're going to buy anyway.  For example:  Let's say you do your weekly grocery shopping at Kroger and you usually spend $20.00 or more.  Purchase a $20.00 gift card through Scrip (cost = $20.00).  Use the $20.00 gift card toward your next grocery trip.  You spent no additional money and OLV earned $.80 - Free!

It All Adds Up!

Four percent of a $20.00 gift card may not seem like much but it adds up.  We ended last year with a $11,000.00 profit.  If each OLV family purchases as little as $25.00 each week (1 card), we can double our profit from last year!

Scrip Ideas

In addition to purchasing cards to do your routine grocery shopping and filling the car(s) up with gas each week her are some additional ideas of how you can use Scrip: 

  • Home Projects –Plan ahead and buy your Home Depot and Lowe’s SCRIP cards.
  • Put aside for Christmas Shopping – Buy one Toys 'R Us card each week for the next 15 weeks and you will have $375 to spend for Christmas and won’t have to put it on your credit card
  • Alleviate Last Minute Shopping - Buy a single card each week and put it away to use as gifts for those birthdays, anniversaries and other special events that seem to creep up on you!
  • "Double Dip" with Kroger Commitment Cards.
  • Enlist Outside Reinforcements - Many of our vendors are national chains - get out-of-town relatives and friends to buy cards through us so that we make the profit
  • Give the Perfect Gift - Buy a gift card for that “hard to shop for person”

 

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This site was last updated on May 15, 2008 by the OLV Web Team