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Mother's Day is fast approaching and we know you want to spoil them. This year, why not try something out of the ordinary and make your own gifts? We’ve found six simple DIY ideas for you to offer a gift card to mom in an original way.

Here are the May 2020 promotions! Beginning on May 1 until May 29 before 9:30 AM ET, we're offering supporters earnings increases to a few of our retailers: Shell, Earls Kitchen +Bar and Service Inspired Restaurants.

We're excited to announce two new features for you Dollarama gift card fans. We now have Dollarama eGift Cards and now you can also check the balance of all your Dollarama cards, including plastic cards, directly in the FundScrip Wallet!

After a long winter (we are in Canada after all!), Spring is an ideal season to refresh your home and garden, but also yourself. In a recent article, we told you about the effectiveness of FundScrip when using the program after clearly identifying the ongoing expenses that you and your family spend on a daily basis.

This month, we are presenting 3 expenses that could be added to your shopping list for using gift cards to raise money for your group.

At this time of the year, when changes an increase in temperature will be felt as spring arrives, some people go overboard peeling off the layers and jumping right to shorts and t-shirts. As the saying goes, till April's dead, change not a thread - meaning don’t undress too quickly or you might catch a cold.

These days, we're thinking about avoiding viruses in every way possible, therefore we present to you three ways in which gift cards can help you avoid catching or spreading a virus.

To help those in need during this difficult time, FundScrip is offering Free Shipping on all Lettermail™ orders between $200 and $500. For those of you who may be new to Direct Shipping via Lettermail™, it allows you to have your FundScrip orders shipped directly to any Canadian address of your choice.

Until further notice, all FundScrip orders using Direct Shipping via Lettermail™ will receive Free Shipping, provided the orders conform to the following criteria.

Here are the April 2020 promotions. Beginning on April 1 until April 30 before 9:30 AM ET, we're offering donation increases on a few of our retailers: Metro, Walmart, and The Ultimate Dining Card.

In recent weeks governments have issued a variety of regulations and guidelines, to citizens and businesses, as preventative measures to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In order to defeat the rapid spread of the virus, we must all work together, therefore FundScrip has also adapted how it operates.

FundScrip remains in operation and all orders are being processed as normal.

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Each year, as Canadian students return to school at the start of the new school year, budget problems linked to school expenses persist. As a result, parents and teachers are often forced to set up fundraising campaigns in order to to pay for the expenses related to trips and school outings, or to finance certain extracurricular activities to contribute to the development and learning of students.

So you’ve found FundScrip and you’re convinced it’s a great fundraising program for your organization, but how do you convince the rest of your group that FundScrip is the best fundraising option?

Here are a few arguments to help you convince the relevant stakeholders for your type of group, and show them how FundScrip is the best fundraising program to use: