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About the Jenison $CRIP Program
$CRIP is a terrific way to save money on your everyday purchases, help the Jenison Band Program, AND reduce your child's band costs. Each time you make a purchase with a $CRIP Gift Certificate, a portion of that purchase is donated back to both the student's Band Credit Account and the Band Booster General Fund.
$CRIP is a term that means "substitute money"
When you purchase $CRIP, you're purchasing negotiable gift certificates that are used just like cash. The $CRIP is issued by the national and local retailers where many of our organization's families already shop. These merchants want to support non-profit organizations, and in return ask you to support them by shopping with $CRIP at their stores. Our organization members can use $CRIP to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, they earn revenue for our organization.
How $CRIP generates revenue for the Band Boosters:
The Great Lakes Scrip center acts on behalf of churches, schools and other non-profit organizations to purchase large amounts of $CRIP from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. Our organization buys the $CRIP from Great Lakes $CRIP Center at a discount, and re-sells the certificates to our organization members for full face value. The bulk of the discount - from two to fifteen percent or more - is retained by our organization as revenue.
$CRIP is "shopping cart fundraising”
The reason for the effectiveness of $CRIP is simple: families generate revenue through purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with $CRIP. 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 $CRIP for these purchases, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year for their organization --without spending an additional penny.
Snowy weather has arrived and, along with it, the chance for Snow Days.
Please note the $crip Night Cancellation Guidelines below:
- If school is cancelled on a Monday, $crip Night will also be cancelled.
- Families would be able to pick up their $crip order on the following Tuesday night from 6pm - 7pm., weather permitting.
- Scrip Orders will not be taken until the following Monday’s SCRIP Night.
- If school is cancelled but after-school activities are not, $crip Night will still be cancelled.
The Scrip Committee feels it's easier if the Scrip Night Cancellation guidelines are set forth in black and white. Allowing variables to the cancellation guidelines may cause unnecessary confusion.
If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Boisvert or Suzanne Behrens.