News

We recently received terrific news from École Félix-Leclerc and we are delighted to share it with all of you. Back in June 2014, supporters had already raised more than $6,000 for a students trip to the Alps slated for 2016. In less than one year, supporters have added more than $8,000 to that number for a total of $15,506.30 to to date, the campaign will officially wrap up in 2016. That is quite impressive!

We recently received this letter from the École d'éducation international in McMasterville, Quebec and we are very pleased to share the letter with you all. Raising $10,000 in 4 months is certainly a stellar feat and it's only the beginning! Congrats!

In just twenty-seven months, the families of 88 students from the Plein-Air Program at École secondaire du Versant in Gatineau (Quebec), have collected $26,832 for their trip to the Grand Canyon with a FundScrip campaign. Congratulations to all the parents who participated in the FundScrip program and a big thank you to the Plein-Air Team. It is a pleasure to work together. The team consists of William D'Amours, Melanie Lauzon, Frédéric Hivon, Johanne Tremblay, Julie Dupuis, Marie-Hélène Clermont and Robert Gregory (fundraising consultant at FundScrip) on the right of the photo.

Groupe Voyages éducatifs PÉI Granby was began in late November 2013 and was created to allow more Secondary 5 students in the International Education Program at École Joseph-Hermas-Leclerc to participate in the Spanish-speaking Trip.

Natalie Després is FundScrip Group Administrator for l'École secondaire Félix-Leclerc Alpes 2016 and is shown accepting the group’s fundraising cheque from FundScrip Coach Robert Gregory.

Ergothérapie Promotion 2014 raised $4,839.40 in just 8 months and their campaign is still going strong. Josiane Bernier is the group's administrator and is photographed holding the cheque and is next to her FundScrip Coach, Pamela Tucker.

Tania Vachon, Administrator for the Voyage Europe 2014 to Italy, Switzerland & France, at the École Thérèse-Martin receive a cheque for $7,941.91 from FundScrip Coach Robert Gregory.

Diane Langlois, project administrator for the Kilimanjaro project at Collège Sainte-Anne de Lachine, receives a check from Mr. Robert Gregory, Fundraising Coach at FundScrip. More than $ 14,000 was raised through the FundScrip 14 month campaign.

Fundstream Inc. today released data that confirms the emergence of a new trend in school fundraising. Quebec schools are making increasing use of gift card fundraising programs to replace or complement traditional fundraising campaigns. FundScrip, the only gift card fundraising program offered in French, has seen anywhere from 40-60% year over year growth in the last three years to its gift card fundraising program among schools and educational institutions in Quebec.