PAINLESS FUNDRAISING PROGRAMS
eScrip | Safeway | Giant | Snider's| Target | Office Depot
eScrip
eScrip brings money to schools not only through grocery stores but also from restaurants and online purchases when people link their loyalty or credit/debit cards to the eScrip site and select a school. eScrip also has its own Visa card that can earn schools money wherever people shop.
The eScrip program offers schools many funding opportunities, beyond only the Safeway rebate. Online purchases made via eScrip's "Online Mall"--over 1,000 participating merchants--can bring schools a substantial earning percentage!
Formerly, people's online purchases would earn schools money if they first had signed up for the eScrip program (at www.escrip.com) and registered a credit or debit card, then used that card when purchasing from an eScrip Online Mall vendor after signing in to their account.
Now there's a new and easy way for Northwood to earn money from eScrip Online Mall vendors, by first clicking on the eScrip Online Mall graphic that's on Northwood's PTSA fundraising page.
People can support schools "anonymously"--they do not first need to register for the eScrip program. If shoppers already are registered with eScrip (but don't have any credit/debit cards linked to their account), they also can use this Online Mall link, sign in to their eScrip accounts, and their online purchases will appear on their monthly eScrip statement.
eScrip-registered shoppers who had designated other eScrip beneficiary schools can decide if they'd like their purchase to support those groups, or those groups as well as Northwood (for a maximum of three groups), or only Northwood. Shoppers who are not registered for eScrip will have their online purchase rebate go to Northwood
• When you use the Online Mall, we earn up to 16% of your purchases from over 1,000 name brand merchants
• You shop from the same websites you know and trust and pay exactly the same price
• The specific items you buy are not recorded in any way, just the total you spent from each merchant to calculate your earnings
• Be sure to visit the Online Mall first whenever you shop so we can earn every time!
Please use this link at the start of every online purchase from a participating eScrip online vendor and Northwood will benefit. A sampling of popular Online Mall vendors and their rebate amounts are 1-800-FLOWERS (12%), Amazon (2.4%), Barnes&Noble (3.6%), ColdwaterCreek (4.2%), eBay (1.2%), eddiebauer (4.8%), expedia.com (1.5%), HarryandDavid (7.2%), HickoryFarms (4.2%), OrientalTrading (3%), PetSmart (4.8%), travelocity (1.8%) and hundreds more. Many sites also have discount coupons that can save you money as you earn funds for Northwood. Some Online Mall merchants are not traditional online "stores," but sites to buy airline or cruise tickets, hotel or car rental reservations, wireless/Internet services, etc. Using this portal, you'll get to the online merchant's identical home page, and Northwood will receive a rebate with each purchase, at no additional cost to you!
Thanks so much for bringing extra funding to Northwood when you shop online for books, clothes, sports gear, flowers, home furnishings, airline tickets and other travel-related items and numerous other products! Please pass this info on to your coworkers, neighbors, family and others who would like their online purchases to benefit our school--no matter where they live!
Safeway Receipts
If you have never signed up for Safeway's school program (run by the eScrip company since fall 2002): Go to www.escrip.com Click on About the Program. Select Northwood High School PTSA (Group ID 50003142) to earn money from your shopping, fill out a short form and enter your Safeway card number. Don't know your card number? Call Safeway's Customer Service at 1-877-SAFEWAY, then go to the eScrip site and register your card. eScrip signups roll over into each school year (but require an annual renewal for Safeway to continue paying).
Did you sign up for this some years ago, before your student came to Northwood? Go to eScrip's Web site, click on Members/Supporters, sign in to your account--then renew it if you haven't--and go to the "My eScrip" link to make any changes (update your school selections or your contact info/add another Safeway card). Safeway's school-year rebate program runs for eight full months, from October-May, with a special five-week school funding bonanza each summer.
GIANT A+ Bonus Bucks
Remember that you MUST register your BonusCard EVERY school year for Giant's program. To register: Go to www.giantfood.com/aplus click on Register Your Card and select up to three schools to benefit from your shopping (Northwood's Giant code is 04641).
Don't know your BonusCard number, or have trouble registering your card? Call 1-877-366-2668 and Giant will look up your card account, correct any problems and register you. If you register no later than December 31, ALL of your December Giant purchases will retroactively credit.
Snider's Receipts
Snider's, an independent grocery store in Silver Spring, has no "bonus card" that shoppers can register for school rebates, but this store will pay schools 1% of purchases when they collect its receipts. This rebate happens every day, on a full calendar-year cycle. Bring your receipts to Northwood's front office, in an envelope marked "PTSA." Please put your name on the envelope. Schools tally these receipts and take them to Snider's by the end of February. Please let other Snider's shoppers know that Northwood participates in this program!
Target
Enroll your Target Visa card in the Take Charge of Education program. Enter the requested info for Northwood High School (school ID 123627) at www.target.com/tcoe or by calling 1-800-316-6142, and the school gets a percentage from purchases using that card. This program does not require any renewal, but be sure to update your school selection if you now want to support Northwood. Shop online at target.com with your Target Visa card (which you’ve also registered in your eScrip account) and Northwood will earn from both programs!
Schools are paid twice a year, in September and March. Target donates 1% of all Target Visa Credit Card and Target Credit Card purchases made at a Target store or at Target.com and 1% of all Target Check Card purchases made at a Target Store. Target donates 1/2% of all Target Visa Credit Card purchases made outside of Target.
Office Depot "5% Back to Schools Program"
Office Depot's 5% Back to Schools Program gives shoppers an opportunity to help local schools earn credits for free supplies when shoppers purchase school supplies. Northwood's ID number for this program is 70207291. Cashiers also can look up the school’s number. Please remember to mention this program at check out so that Northwood can benefit. The program runs all year long at all Office Depot stores.
