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As a parent, it’s normal to wish your children to develop through sport. Exchanging, working together, sharing... so many values around a common passion. But at some point you have to face the fact that this passion for sports comes with a cost. In many cases, you’ll consider obvious expenses such as equipment or registration fees. But there are also training camps, tournaments, travels, fuel and meal expenses. A family can easily spend more than $5,000 a year to support their children's activities. What solutions can you adopt to support your children through sport, while controlling your budget?

We received a wonderful success story from a parent whose son attends the Yo San Ryu Karate School. The popular martial arts and fitness centre in Joliette, that trains its students for Karate competitions, has raised over $12,000 in just over 2 years using FundScrip. Read on to find out how they've been so successful using gift cards to raise funds.

We all know FundScrip is great for sports teams, school trips, churches, etc. However, it's not limited to those few group types only. On the contrary, the fundraising program is useful in many ways and for many types of group that you might not have thought of.

The Terrebonne Rowing Club has raised nearly $3,000 with FundScrip. The rowing club’s mission is to promote and develop the sport of rowing in Terrebonne, as well as to make it accessible to all types of amateurs, whether they’re children, students, adults, competitive athletes or simply outdoor enthusiasts.

Évidanse Troupe from Atelier de Danse Carole Brouard located in Quebec is a competitive dance troupe. With its FundScrip fundraising campaign, the group has raised over $15,000 to compete at provincial, national and even international levels! Anick Charette, group administrator, gives more details about the troupe and their FundScrip campaign.

The Laval-sur-le-Lac Curling Club, located in Quebec, was founded in 1963 with 202 members at its opening. It has 3 programs for children/junior and senior, friendly and competitive leagues. FundScrip is the fundraising program used with which the club has raised $7,350 for their junior program. Sylvie Petitclerc and Guy Arnould, group administrators, explain their fundraiser using FundScrip.

We know each member of a sports team can use FundScrip to raise money to pay for their fees, but what if the sports team themselves took advantage of gift cards too? Yes, you've read it right. Your team can do both!

Enrolling your child in a sport such as baseball can be expensive. Camp, gear, registration fees… add them all up, and you’ll see that it gets pricey very quickly. Let’s not forget the time and all the traveling invested in every practices, games and tournaments! Lucky for you, there are ways to reduce these costs.

The Infinity Cheerleading group raised more than $17,000 with the FundScrip program. Here is a photo of group administrator Marie-Claude Gagné with the giant FundScrip cheque earlier this year!