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How
will I meet my fundraising obligation?
NOVA has set up several easy ways
to help families meet their fundraising goals. These include
Scrip, Kroger cards, the annual Swim-A-Thon, and Virginia Diner
peanut sales.
Kroger Cards
The Kroger Cares Fundraising
Program has been hugely successful so far. All you have to do
is purchase a Kroger gift card in the Swim Shop for $5. You
can use your card to purchase $5 worth of groceries at Kroger
stores. You can then add money to your card ("reload" your
card) and use your card every time you buy groceries at Kroger to
support NOVA. The serial number on your card is linked to
NOVA's account at Kroger. Every four weeks, Kroger reviews
NOVA's account and sends a check to NOVA for 5 percent of the money
that has been "reloaded" on the cards. So, 5 percent of the
money you spend on groceries goes straight to NOVA to help you
reach your fundraising obligation for the year! You can
reload your card at the Customer Service desk at any Kroger or you
can ask a cashier to reload it before you check out with
groceries. You can pay with cash, use a debit card, or a use
a credit card to reload your Kroger card. You can come by the
office any time to see how much money you have raised so far for
NOVA just by buying groceries!
Shop with
Scrip
Scrip is a gift card program where
NOVA purchases gift cards from the Great Lakes Scrip Center at a
substantial discount and then resells the gift cards to families
for full face value. The discount, which varies with each
participating retailer but can be anywhere from 2 to 15 percent or
more, goes to NOVA as part of your fundraising obligation.
You simply order your gift cards online from
www.shopwithscrip.com. They have cards from hundreds of
different places, such as itunes.com, amazon.com, Target, Barnes
and Nobel, Best Buy, Macy's, Marriott hotels, restaurants, gas
stations, etc. You can get all your gift cards in one
place!
Directions for buying Scrip:
1.
Go to www.shopwithscrip.com
2.
Find the orange login box and click "Not a Member - Click Here" to
register.
3.
Once registered, join our organization by typing in the enrollment
code: 2E2D6A9517488
4.
SHOP! Browse through the hundreds of brand options.
5.
Print your order confirmation page and bring it to the office (or
the red "team payments" box) with a check for the total price of
your order.
Please bring in a check within a day or two of placing your
order. Allison will submit the orders on Monday afternoon
after she has received all the checks, and the cards should be
delivered before Friday afternoon. You can pick up all the
gift cards you ordered in the Swim Shop.
Consider using scrip when doing your holiday gift shopping this
winter. For those who travel often, consider buying Marriott
or other hotel gift cards so NOVA can benefit every time you are
away from home for a night.
Annual
Swim-A-Thon
NOVA holds an annual Swim-A-Thon
every spring, and it has traditionally been our largest fundraising
endeavor. Every swimmer, from first year Novice kids to the
veteran Senior group swimmers, is invited to come in and swim as
many laps of the pool as they can one Saturday morning in the
spring. Kids are encouraged to send out letters to get
relatives, friends, and neighbors to support them in their swims
and raise money for NOVA. T-shirts are given out to
participants, and prizes are awarded to those swimmers who raise a
significant amount of money. Specific information is given
out to all parents and swimmers far in advance of the Swim-A-Thon
date so everyone can be prepared.
Virginia Diner Peanut
Sales
The Annual Virginia Diner
Fundraiser is done in the fall. Parents and swimmers can pick
up order forms at NOVA and place orders for peanuts and other
goodies for themselves and friends and family. 50% of the
proceeds go to NOVA and count toward your fundraising
commitment!
As you read through the fundraising options below, please
allow us to point out that when using Shop with Scrip program and
Kroger’s Reloadable Gift Cards, you will receive a percentage
(%) of what you spend and that will go toward your fundraising
obligation. For example, if you purchase a $100 Home Depot
card through GLSC and it contributes 3% to NOVA, $3.00 will go
toward your fundraising obligation. Kroger is always a 5%
contribution to NOVA. We also have the Virginia Diner Fundraiser
that goes on in the Fall right before Thanksgiving and Christmas.
NOVA recieves nearly 50% of the Sales.
Thank you for supporting NOVA and
being an intregal part of this team!
KROGER CARDS
NOVA will start selling Kroger Cards in the Virginia Swim
Shop. The serial number
on the card you purchase is linked to NOVA’s account at
Kroger.
(Note that other Kroger gift cards
will not be linked to NOVA.) You
have to purchase it from a NOVA representative to be sure the card
is linked to the NOVA account.
The card will cost $5.00 and can be
"reloaded" up to $500.00 at a time. NOVA will track your
donations by the serial number on your card and your name which
will be recorded at the time of purchase.
To support NOVA on an ongoing
basis, add money to your card (“reload” your card) and
then use your card each
time you buy groceries at Kroger. Use it at any Kroger or Kroger
Affiliate across the US,
including purchases at
Kroger gas
stations. You can add
money to your card (“reload” your card) at the Customer
Service desk at Kroger
or you can ask a cashier to “reload”
your card (before you
check out with groceries).
When “reloading” your
card, you can pay with cash, use a debit card or use a credit
card. When paying
for
groceries with your card, you will
still use your Kroger Plus card to get Kroger specials.
Every four weeks,
Kroger reviews NOVA’s account
and sends either a statement and or check for 5% of the money that
has
been “reloaded” onto the cards.
•Summary: Each week (or once a month), when you go to any
Kroger, stop at the service desk and “ reload”
your
card with the amount you usually
spend in a week (or month) then
simply use your card to pay for
your groceries.
Have the satisfaction that you are
helping NOVA and yourself every time you “reload” your card with
money.
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