MBHS PTSA - Painless Fundraising

May 8, 2008

FREE MONEY!

PAINLESS WAYS TO RAISE $$ FOR MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL

Giant's A+ BonusBucks program for this school year ended earlier this month.

The results: at the end of the program, there were 417 Giant BonusCards signed up to benefit Montgomery Blair High School.  Blair will receive a check for $5,501.05!

Thanks to all who took the time to register their BonusCards for this very easy program!  And please remember, all BonusCard signups are discarded at the end of each school cycle.  This means that everyone MUST sign up again at the start of next school year.  Each cycle runs for about six months of the school year.More information about this program can be found here: www.giantfood. com/aplus/  There's also a survey you can fill out if you have any suggestions for improving the program, as well as an online comment form.You also can update your BonusCard information or receive a new card here: www.giantfood. com/bonuscard/  If you use a phone number at checkout instead of your card during Giant's school cycle, that phone number MUST be in Giant's records for a school to receive any credit (the linking must work for the money to come in).  So if you've changed your phone number from when you originally got your BonusCard, please update your information now so you'll be all set for the next cycle.

  ~Carol Smalls, Blair PTSA painless fundraising coordinator~

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2.  Register your Safeway card for its school rebate program at www.escrip.com  The program is handled by eScrip, not by Safeway—you cannot sign up at Safeway stores. Enter Blair's ID 6539098 (or search for Montgomery Blair High School) and fill out a short form. You must have your Safeway card number; call 1-877-SAFEWAY first if you don’t.  If you signed up for this program with eScrip since 2002, you’re listed in eScrip’s database, but everyone must renew every school year at the eScrip site for the Safeway funding to continue.  Be sure that your students’ current schools get your support by going to the My eScrip link to update your school choices.  Safeway’s school-year program goes from October 1-May 31; there’s also a special seven-week summer program, “10% Back to Schools.” We can enroll you if you send us your name, address, email address and 11-digit Safeway card number. Up to three schools can benefit from your shopping.  If you need help renewing or updating your existing record, please contact us.

Don’t shop at Safeway?  You can still help Blair with other eScrip programs by linking a credit or debit card to Blair’s eScrip site and using that card when you shop.  For restaurants and hotels that are part of eScrip, go to http://escrip.rewardsnetwork.com/  Shopping at Eddie Bauer and Pep Boys stores with a registered debit or credit card will benefit Blair.  To donate a vehicle to benefit Blair (plus get a tax write off), see http://v-dac.com/escrip  DriversEd.com, an online driver’s education class, is part of eScrip.

Your online shopping can benefit Blair thru eScrip's Online Mall, which includes over 800 merchants.  Each time you buy from these online stores by FIRST going to the eScrip Web site, signing in to your account and from that site going to the store's site, Blair receives a rebate if you’ve designated Blair and pay with an eScrip-registered credit or debit card.  1-800-FLOWERS, Barnes&Noble, Best Buy, Eddie Bauer, Gap, Hickory Farms, J.C. Penney,  Lands' End, Office Depot, Oriental Trading, PetSmart, Scholastic, Sharper Image, Sony, Spiegel, Sports Authority, Staples, Target and more are part of the eScrip program.  Family members can support Blair when they shop online, no matter where they live!

3. Save Snider's receipts all year. They can be dropped off in the school’s front office or brought to any school event. Any 2007 receipts should be submitted by mid-January 2008, then continue to save receipts from 2008. Blair earns 1% from your purchases. Snider's is an independent grocery store located in Silver Spring on Seminary Rd. near Georgia Ave. See www.sniderfoods.com to learn more about this wonderful store that supports our schools!

4. Enroll your Target Visa card in the Take Charge of Education program. Enter the requested info for Montgomery Blair High School (school ID 58162) at www.target.com and the school gets a percentage from your purchases. This program does not require an annual renewal, but be sure to update your school selection if you originally signed up for this program at a different school. Shop online at target.com with your Target Visa card that you’ve registered with eScrip and double your rebate!

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Blair's ID number for this program is 70047345, and the cashier can look up the school’s number--but please remember to mention this program at check out so that Blair can benefit.
The program runs all year long at all Office Depot stores!

6. Recycle your computer cartridges/ink jets/cell phones. Blair participates in the Recycle for the Students program with local company Recycle Ink. Just bring your empty ink jet, laser (toner) printer and fax machine cartridges or any unwanted cell phones to Blair’s front office, and Blair will earn money from them. If your business would like to participate in this program to help raise money for Blair, please contact us and Recycle Ink can deliver a collection bin to your office. The company picks up all materials and you don’t need to sort the items or have a minimum amount.

Thank you for helping Blair earn additional funding through these easy and painless programs! Blair earned over $10,000 last school year from painless fundraising efforts. Please share this information with your family, co-workers and neighbors. If you have any additional questions, contact Carol Smalls, Blair PTSA painless fundraising coordinator, at 301-585-9682 or email carols@sprintmail.com 

"Painless" Ways to Support our School While Shopping
Store	Blair's Code		Last Year's Contributions - help us beat it
Giant	00906	Registration begins in late August, and everyone MUST sign up EVERY SCHOOL YEAR. If you don't know your 12-Digit Giant BonusCard number, call the BonusCard hotline at: 1-877-366-2668 and Giant can register you.	$2,662.75
Safeway	6539098	Everyone must RENEW every year for the Safeway rebate. Don't know your Safeway card number?  Call Safeway at 1-877-SAFEWAY, then go to www.escrip.com to register for the grocery rebate.	$647
Office Depot	70047345	Customer must give cashier either this number or the name of the school at checkout for the purchase to be credited.  The program is in effect all year long, not just at back-to-school time!
Snider's		Save receipts, send to PTSA c/o Blair, we get 1%.	New this year
Target	58162	Donations total 1% of your purchases at Target and Target.com and 1/2% of purchases made elsewhere with your Target® Visa® It is not necessary to register each year, but please update to ensure that Blair gets your donation.	$1,060