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Take your FundScrip gift card fundraising program to another level by implementing these three ways to engage and motivate your supporters throughout your entire fundraising campaign.

Whether you’re starting your own fundraising campaign, or you’re supporting someone else’s, it’s always helpful to be inspired by others who have been successful. Here are five of our favourite gift card fundraising success stories.

There are great ways to boost your donations this Summer. You can organize other fundraising events as a complement to your FundScrip fundraising campaign. Here's a list!

Many of you FundScrip fundraising supporters and administrators would consider yourselves to be gift card enthusiasts who use gift cards for almost every purchase, but do you really know everything about them? FundScrip is your guide to the gift card world, and we'll make sure you're kept informed, safe, and with no surprises. So if you consider yourself a gift card expert, read on to learn about the different types of gift cards and the intricacies of how they are regulated.

Even if it doesn’t feel like it, summer is fast approaching. For some groups, ordering throughout the summer is doable, but for other groups now’s the time to start thinking about how you will organize your group for the summer. Whether that’s changing your shipping address, temporarily closing your group, will depend on your group’s configuration. Here’s everything you should consider for how to manage your group for the summer.

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.

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but an apple for the teacher will always do the trick. Although the exact origins of giving an apple to your teacher is murky, the practice of giving a gift to your teacher has lived on. These days we have more sophisticated gift giving methods than giving fruit, but the trick is to find that perfect gift to show your appreciation, without breaking the bank.

The best way to raise money with the FundScrip gift card fundraising program is to change your behaviour to use gift cards instead of other payment methods. To do this effectively you have to plan your purchases in advance. Although it takes a little work up front, the benefits go well beyond raising funds, they also help you save money by forcing you to stick to your budget.

There are great ways to boost your donations this Spring. You can organize other fundraising events as a complement to your FundScrip fundraising campaign. Here's a list!