Giving gift cards to your friends & family is great, but when you make it personal & festive, it's even better! Since Easter is just around the corner, here is a easter-themed gift card holder that you can do yourself. You can make this DIY project in just a few steps!
The Etobicoke Youth Band is a community-based band of over 100 high school students from different schools in the Greater Toronto Area. The band was formed to give music students the opportunity to play a wide repertoire of music, from classic to pop. The band performs locally in the community, as well as performing throughout North America. Using the FundScrip fundraising program, the group was able to raise an impressive $24,274.35 to date. What an incredible achievement! Here’s what group administrator Regina Jokel had to say about her experience with the program.
FundScrip groups are often raising money for interesting goals, or to travel to exciting destinations. One such group is fundraising to help finance their participation in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles , an off-road rally race for women taking place from March 18th to April 2nd in the Moroccan Sahara Desert. The race also raises awareness for the event’s non-profit organization, Coeur de Gazelles, whose mission is to provide medical care to the local population who live in remote regions of Morocco.
Here is another great success story; Kenora Skating Club raised nearly $2,000 with only five participating families. Here is what the group had to say.
Using FundScrip gift cards for everyday expenses is the key to a successful gift card fundraising campaign. Whether you’re fundraising for your school, your religious group, your sports team or your non-profit organization, encouraging your supporters to plan their expenses in advance will help you raise the maximum amount of money for your cause. The perfect time to do your planning is when you’re preparing your monthly or annual household budget. In fact, FundScrip is a great tool to help you stick to your budget.
Access your previously purchased eGift Cards more easily on mobile with our new Wallet section. Now that you can purchase eGift Cards with Electronic Funds Transfer, we wanted to provide everyone with an easier way to access their electronic gift cards. Simply login, click on the “Wallet” link, and you’ll immediately have access to all your previously purchased eGift Cards in a mobile-friendly view. Remember, when paying by EFT, eGift Card orders will be delivered on the next available FundScrip processing date. FundScrip currently processes orders four days a week, Monday through Thursday, at 9:30 AM ET.
Parents and teachers from Warman Community Middle School (WCMS) in Saskatchewan raised roughly $8,600 with FundScrip in just one order using paper order forms. The local community newspaper, Clark’s Crossing Gazette, featured the fundraising achievement. With the ultimate goal of raising $7, 500 for their extracurricular program, Greg Tebay, the principal of WCMS, issued a challenge where he would sleep on the roof of the school if the fundraising goal was met. Exceeding their expectations, the goal was surpassed after only one order.
Great news for group administrators; group orders now have downloadable receipts in PDF format. You can download receipts for all group orders, and for individual supporter orders that have been placed by an administrator in the Group Administration Site. To access the receipts, simply visit the Order Details page of any order in the Group Administration Site, and you'll have the option to download a receipt for the entire group order, or individual receipts for each supporter order.
Estevan Mercury, a newspaper from Sasketchewan, recently featured a story about Hillcrest School, a FundScrip group.