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3 Novel Ways to Use Gift Cards for Fundraising

FundScrip users know very well how to take advantage of using gift cards to pay for their regular expenses, but what if there were other ways to help support your group using gift cards?

Well we came up with three ways to help support your group with gift cards that you might not have thought about. They just require a bit of advance planning, but it’s worth it because this will help you budget for important occasions to make sure you don’t overspend, all while accumulating donations for your cause.

Gift cards are great to receive, as people get to pick exactly what they want from the retailer, and are great to offer, as they are super easy to get. However, gift cards can go beyond that and do much more. As you may already know, it can help raise funds with FundScrip. Moreover, you can plan for expenses you hadn’t thought of!

Birthday / Anniversaries

First, make a list of everything you need. It can include food, decoration, surprises, games and activities, or anything else you can think of. For every expense, check our vast retailer list to plan where to go. Make a gift card order with FundScrip and raise funds at the same time!

If you are invited to a birthday or anniversary, pay for gifts using gift cards, or offer one itself as a gift – everyone loves to receive them!

Weddings

So many wedding items can be planned for and bought with gift cards in advance. Decorations and gifts for invitees can be found and personalized. Since photo booths are now a popular thing in weddings, many accessories are offered by our retailers to add more fun and memories to your big day! For brides and bridesmaids, our retailers offer clutches, dresses, heels, makeup and so much more. Grooms and groomsmen can find suits, ties and shoes.

Weddings can be stressful to plan, so let’s not forget our spa gift cards for a relaxing moment before tying the knot, and you can take advantage of our hotel gift cards for the romantic honeymoon right after!

If you are invited to a wedding, you can find great wedding gifts from our retailers, and don’t forget to use gift cards to get everything you need to dress up for the occasion.

Graduation

Prom should be celebrated the right way and forever remembered. It’s just around the corner, coming up in a few days. If you still need to find something to wear, check out our retailers!

For those who graduate next year, we’ve got the perfect plan for you. Graduation dresses will be soon on sale at a huge discount, if they aren’t already. Find the one you want and purchase it using our gift cards! You’ll be paying less and at the same time will be making sure that no one wears the same dress since you got it from a collection a year before.

If you want to offer a graduation gift, many of our retailers offer a collection with themed items for the occasion. Again, if you don’t find what you want, you can never go wrong with offering a gift card!