Are you tired of selling cookie dough, candy and wrapping paper for various causes? Through Great Lakes Scrips you will raise money for TEC while buying items you would buy anyway. In fact many businesses are giving even more during this holiday season.
Scrip is a term that means "substitute money".
When your organization members purchase scrip, they're purchasing negotiable gift certificates that are used just like cash. The scrip is issued by the national and local retailers where many of your organization families already shop. These merchants want to support non-profit organizations, and in return ask you to support them by shopping with scrip at their stores.
The reason for the effectiveness of scrip is simple: families generate revenue through purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip. An organization of 150 families easily spends between one and two million dollars per year on food, clothing and other essentials. If these families use scrip for these purchases, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year for their organization --without spending an additional penny. You can use scrip as a gift card for the holidays or as cash for purchases you make such as groceries, gas, dinner out etc. It is a fundraiser that will continue year around.
By visiting glscrip.com you can see all the retailers that are participating. Here’s just a sampling of what’s available, the amount of the gift card and the percentage they will donate to TEC.
Ace Hardware $25.00 (4%), $100.00 (4%)
American Eagle (9%)
Amazon.com $25.00 and $100.00 (4%)
Applebee’s $25.00 and $50.00 (8%)
Arby’s $10.00 (8%)
Banana Republic $25.00 (9%)
Bath and Body Works $10.00 and $25.00 (13%)
Bass Pro Shop $25.00, $100.00 (9%)
Bob Evans $10.00 (10%)
Burger King ($10.00 (4%)
Celebration Cinema $10.00 (4%)
Crate and Barrel $25.00, $100 (8%)
Dick’s Sporting Goods $25.00 (8%)
Elder-Beerman $25.00, $100.00 (8%)
Gap $25.00 (11% till 12/19/08) after that (9%)
GNC $25.00 (8%)
JC Penney $25.00, $100.00 (6%)
Kohl’s Department Store $25.00, $100.00 (4%)
Lowe’s Home Improvement $25.00, $100.00, $500.00, $1,000 (4%)
Macy’s $25.00, $100.00 (10%)
Martin’s Food Market $25.00, $100.00 (4%)
MC Sporting Goods $25.00 (8%)
Old Navy $25.00 (9%)
Outback $25.00 (5%)
Panera Bread $10.00 (9%)
Rite Aid $15.00 (4%)
Sam’s Club $25.00, $100.00, $250.00 (2%)
Sears $25.00, $200.00, $250.00 (4%)
Shell $25.00, $$50.00, $100.00 (1.50%)
Speedway $25.00, $100.00 (4%)
Starbucks $10.00, $25.00 (7%)
Subway ( $10.00, $50.00 (3%)
T.J. Maxx $25.00, $100.00 (7%)
Toys-R-Us $20.00 (1.50%)
Walmart $25.00, $100.00, $250.00 (2%)
Walgreens $25.00, $100.00 (6%)
Wendy’s $10.00 (4%)
- Orders will be taken 2 times a month.
- Payment is due at the time of the order
- Complete the order form
- Send your orders to TEC, PO Box 1250, Niles, MI 49120
- Holiday time it takes 2 days for them to ship out the scrip
- Non holiday time 1 day turn around from when they get our check
- Katie will mail you your scrip for any orders of $50.00 or more
- Katie will contact you to pick up your scrip for less than $50.00