St. Gabriel Scrip Program
What Is Scrip?
Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing negotiable gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, you earn revenue for our organization.
How does Scrip generate revenue for St. Gabriel?
The Great Lakes Scrip Center acts on behalf of churches, schools and other non-profit organizations to purchase large amounts of scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the scrip is purchased with cash upfront, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. St. Gabriel Parish buys the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount and re-sells the certificates to families like yours for full face value. The discount – from two to fifteen percent or more – is our organization’s revenue.
Scrip is “shopping cart fundraising”
Scrip is a popular fundraiser because families don’t have to sell anything. St Gabriel parish members produce revenue by making regular household purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip.
Helpful Links:
To set up an on-line Scrip account to place orders, reload gift cards, or order Scrip to print out at home or use directly from your smartphone use these links:
Learn more about Scrip Now and Presto Pay.
- Instructions on how to navigate the Scrip website.
- Set up your account.
- Access the SMCS Scrip User Agreement.
Find Out More:
See the Scrip form on the website or in the parish office for the latest participating retailer list. Then put your shopping dollars to work for St. Gabriel!
Karen Rappl Volunteer Scrip Coordinator
920-722-4914
krappl@smcatholicschools.org