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Fundraising
Each family is required to earn $62.50 in
fundraising each quarter, beginning in September of each
year. You may carry over excess fundraising to the next
quarter but not to the following year. The opportunities we provide
to earn fundraising include an annual swim-a-thon, scoreboard lane
sponsorship, meet program advertising, donations, and our scrip
program.
Following is a description of the scrip
program.
Safeway Escrip
In
order to earn fundraising credit from Safeway scrip you need to
have a Safeway club card (sign up at Safeway) and register your
card with Escrip, linking it to Scottsdale Aquatic
Club.
To
do this, go to the internet and log onto to
www.escrip.com.
Click on “sign up” and
enter our group name (Scottsdale Aquatic Club) or our group #
11775617. Fill in your personal information including
your Safeway club card #.
Each time you shop and use your Safeway club
card, your purchases will be automatically tracked and Safeway will
make a monthly contribution to the team.
The contribution is as
follows:
Purchases up to $300 monthly = 1% credit
Purchases $300 to $500 monthly = 2%
credit
Purchases $500 and up monthly =3% credit
Additional Escrip
Merchants:
Check at
www.escrip.com to see which other merchants are
currently members of the program. To receive credit for your
purchases at these merchants you must register your charge or
debit cards that you normally use at www.escrip.com.
Rewards Network for Hotels and Dining
Escrip
For participating locations and to sign up
for this program, visit www.escrip.rewardsnetwork.com.
You will need to register with your credit
card. This is a separate registration process from Safeway
scrip, so be sure to register with both programs if you want to
receive fundraising credit for both.
*You can have other family members or friends
sign up to support the team and you will receive credit for their
contributions as well. Make sure you notify the office if you
do recruit other supporters so that your account gets
credit. Please note that Escrip takes a 15% administrative
fee every month off your contribution total. In addition,
it takes 60 days after the end of each month for Escrip to
report your contribution to us so there will be a 2 month lag time
in recording the credit to your fundraising
account.
Grocery Certificates Available in the
Office
Another fundraising option is the purchase of
grocery certificates in the office every weekday
afternoon.
Fry’s: Gift cards in $100 denominations can be
purchased. Make your check payable to SAC and use the gift
card like a credit card. A total of 5% will be applied to your
fundraising account for each $100 card
purchased.
Basha’s (can also be used at AJ’s):Gift cards
in $100 denominations can be purchased. Make your check payable to
SAC and use the gift card like a credit card. A total of 6%
will be applied to your fundraising account for each $100 card
purchased.
If
you want to make a large purchase of grocery scrip (over $600), it
is helpful if you can let us know ahead of time so that we can have
sufficient stock on hand.
Once each month (first Wed. of each
month) you can submit an order for mail order scrip. An
extensive list of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment
merchants offer gift certificates. You can access a detailed
list of merchants at the link below. Fundraising credit varies from
merchant to merchant. Turn in your order to the office with a
check payable to SAC. Certificates available for pick up in
the office approximately one week later.
Retailer List
Order
Form
SAC is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit
organization.
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