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We're pleased to share some exciting news about a new fundraising program for our church.
It's the fundraising program that works while you shop.
Simply order shopping cards from the church's
fundraising team available each Sunday after church for national or local retailers that you plan to
shop from anyway. They're the same gift cards that you buy at the store.
Many popular retailers participate in our shopping card program including restaurants, retail stores, gas stations,
discount stores and hotels such as O'Charley's, Golden Corral, Sears, JC Penney, Shell, BP, Wal-mart, Lowe's,
Home Depot, Hyatt Hotels, etc.
You're probably asking yourself how these stores help us raise money. It's simple --shopping card participating retailers agree to sell shopping certificates
to our church at a discount that ranges from 1.5% to 15% plus. Member families buy the shopping cards for full face value and then redeem them
for full face value, and our church keeps the difference as revenue. And shopping card fundraising is exciting because everyone wins:
- The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business
- You get a powerful fundraising alternative that involves no selling or additional work.
- Our church gets a regular source of revenue.
The beauty of shopping cards is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work. You earn money for our church without spending a single additional penny.
Just spend your regular shopping dollars with shopping cards at the participating stores.
A local church that has been doing this for several years earns over $12,000 per year.
To participate, check the Complete Retailer List. Mark down the shopping cards you wish to order and then write
a check to the church for the full total amount. [Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church - Fundraising]
You can even speed up the process by - printing the "Individual Order Form" below
- cutting it into two pieces
- filling it out
- writing your name, Store Name, Face Value, Quantity, and Total Cost on an envelope
- Last Name, First Name
- Red Lobster
- 25
- 2
- $50.00
- writing a check or enclosing cash for the total amount.
- Then just hand the order form, envelope and check or cash to a Fundraising member the next Sunday.
Contact a Fundraising committee member after the service and place your order with your check or cash. On the following Sunday, check with the
Fundraising committee member to pick up your shopping Cards. Your shopping cards will be inside your envelope for quicker retrieval.
Then use the shopping cards to purchase the items you were planning on purchasing anyway.
The Fundraising committee members will be outside at several tables following the service to take your orders or provide additional information.
They will be available every Sunday after service to take your orders and give you shopping cards ordered the prior week.
Complete Retailer List [Use the PC's magnification feature to enlarge the type]
Individual order form [cut in two to use]
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