What Is Scrip?

Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”.  When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing negotiable gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, you earn revenue for our organization.

How scrip generates revenue for you

The Great Lakes Scrip Center acts on behalf of churches, schools and other non‑profit organizations to purchase large amounts of scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers.  Because the scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount.  Our organization buys the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount, and re-sells the certificates to families like yours for full face value.  The discount ‑ from two to fifteen percent or more –  is our organization’s revenue.

Scrip is "shopping cart fundraising”

Scrip is a popular fundraiser because families don’t have to sell anything.  Organization members produce revenue by making regular household purchases they would make anyway.  Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip.

Find Out More

Order today!  You can go online and place an order right now, using the page marked, "online ordering."  You will need to set up an account and from that point on, it will be easy as can be.  You can also click on the page with the scrip form, print it, fill it out, and bring it to the church on Sunday morning.

To Place an Order...

Begin Here

Option One:  Go to www.shopwithscrip.com and enroll in the program.  You will need to enter an enrollment code of FLEEA33145753 (just once!!!) and then you can place an order online.  Once placed, you can arrange to pay it online with PrestoPay OR print the order form and bring your payment into the church office or to the Scrip booth on Sunday.  Your order is placed once your payment is received and cards are normally delivered the following Sunday! 

Option Two:  Click here and you will be directed to a form that you can print, fill out and return to the office with payment. 

With every order you make, a substantial portion of the proceeds are returned to the church.  It costs you only a little bit of time and can help your church remarkably during these tough economic times!  Thank you!!!

What can I use Scrip for?

First of all, you are in essence buying a gift card.  So, if the card costs $50 and is for Exxon/Mobil gasoline, you use it just like cash at any Exxon or Mobil gas station.  So how can I use my cards?

1.  Use them just like cash for your everyday purposes.  Shopping at Bealls, getting an oil change, going out to Bob Evans for breakfast or Applebee's for dinner, on vacation for a stay at a Comfort Inn or Marriott, or even for a trip to the Magid Kingdom at Disneyworld (or maybe, even a cruise!!!).

2.  Give them away as gifts.  After all, they ARE gift cards!

3.  Save them up for an emergency, perhaps part of your hurricane kit in case you have to evacuate (you would want to have scrip for hotels, gas and food!).

4.  Use them for home repair, minor or major, through Lowe's or Home Depot.

5.  In essence, use them like cash for almost anything that you would need to buy, while giving a much needed donation to your church (at NO cost to you!!!).

What Difference Can It Make?

Below is an actual printout of one family's use of scrip for the first 3 months of 2009.  As a result of using scrip, Cypress Lake earned $52.15.  The cost to the family? $0.00!  If 100 families made a similar order, the church would have made $5,215 in the first 3 months of 2009, and over a year, would have made $21,000, all at NO cost to the family (except for a moment of inconvenience to preplan the order.  Consider using scrip today.  In these tough times, it can help everyone!!!

Order Date	1/04/2009
Product Name		Quantity	Face Value	Discount %	Net Cost	Scrip Rebate
Exxon/Mobil $50 All States		2	$100.00	1.50 %	$98.50	$1.50
Shell $25		4	$100.00	1.50 %	$98.50	$1.50
Wal-mart/Sam's Club $100		2	$200.00	2.00 %	$196.00	$4.00
Order Total:		8	$400.00		$393.00	$7.00
Order Date:	1/29/2009
Product Name		Quantity	Face Value	Discount %	Net Cost	Scrip Rebate
Disney $100		5	$500.00	2.00 %	$490.00	$10.00
Order Total:		5	$500.00		$490.00	$10.00
Order Date:	2/21/2009
Product Name		Quantity	Face Value	Discount %	Net Cost	Scrip Rebate
Arby's $10 Gift Card		2	$20.00	8.00 %	$18.40	$1.60
Boston Market $10		3	$30.00	12.00 %	$26.40	$3.60
Disney $100		3	$300.00	2.00 %	$294.00	$6.00
Exxon/Mobil $50 All States		1	$50.00	1.50 %	$49.25	$0.75
Red Lobster/Olive Garden $25		2	$50.00	9.00 %	$45.50	$4.50
Shell $25		2	$50.00	1.50 %	$49.25	$0.75
Wal-mart/Sam's Club $100		3	$300.00	2.00 %	$294.00	$6.00
Order Total:		16	$800.00		$776.80	$23.20
Order Date:	3/21/2009
Product Name		Quantity	Face Value	Discount %	Net Cost	Scrip Rebate
Boston Market $10		1	$10.00	12.00 %	$8.80	$1.20
Exxon/Mobil $50 All States		2	$100.00	1.50 %	$98.50	$1.50
KFC $5		1	$5.00	9.00 %	$4.55	$0.45
Outback / Carrabbas $25 Card		1	$25.00	5.00 %	$23.75	$1.25
Papa John's $10		1	$10.00	8.00 %	$9.20	$0.80
Shell $25		2	$50.00	1.50 %	$49.25	$0.75
Wal-mart/Sam's Club $100		3	$300.00	2.00 %	$294.00	$6.00
Order Total:		11	$500.00		$488.05	$11.95
Family Total:			$2,147.85
Non-Profit Total:			$52.15