Oakland Steiner School Scrip Program

Have you heard about the OSS Scrip Program?

This is a simple and effective fundraising program that we can do without spending a single penny and without selling anything!

What Is Scrip?

Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing 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 school.

How scrip generates money for the school

The Great Lakes Scrip Center (GLSC) 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 schools’ revenue. And scrip is exciting, because everybody wins:

  • The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business…
  • You get a powerful fundraising alternative that involves no selling…
  • Our school gets a regular source of revenue.

The beauty of scrip is that you generate money for the school by making purchases you would make anyway. Just spend your regular shopping dollars with scrip at the stores that participate in the scrip program. Scrip can be used for just about any household purchase including food, clothing, entertainment, gifts, gasoline and even dining out.

For example, an organization of 150 families can spend between one and two million dollars per year on food, clothing and other essentials. If these families use scrip for these purchases, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year for their organization.

If just 10 OSS families spend $100 on gas per month using the Marathon scrip (3%) that will generate $30 in revenue for the school per month or $360 per year.

Find Out More and Order!

Our scrip program coordinator is Janalee Sehi. Attached you will find a list of the participating retailers. Please keep this list handy for future orders. You can also find the latest list on-line at www.shopwithscrip.com. In addition, we can also order scrip for Whole Foods & Nino Salvaggio’s.

Simple Steps to Purchase Scrip
There are two ways to purchase scrip – fill out an order form OR order on-line
1. Complete a program order form. Print one off or pick one up in the office.
2. Return it to the office anytime
3. Bring your payment – You can pay by cash or check made out to Oakland Steiner School. Credit cards are accepted for orders of $200 or more.
4. Pick up your order in the office or in your mailbox depending on where you designated on your order form. Orders placed by Tuesday at 10am can be picked up on Friday of the same week.

– OR — complete your order on-line at Shop with Scrip. If you buy scrip on-line, you will need to enter a code to ensure that OSS gets credit for your purchase. The code is 13LCCCDA11323. You will need to bring your payment to school or you can set it up to work with your checking account.

More order forms are available in the office as well as the list of participating retailers.

If you shop at Kroger please register your Kroger Plus Shopper’s Card on line and they will give Oakland Steiner 5% of that sale. After you register your card, it is as easy as a swipe of the card. All families, family members and friends can register their card on line. Go to Kroger Community Rewards and follow the prompts Michigan, Enroll -make your account and then enter the code for Oakland Steiner School #83192.

Soon we will have a swipe card for Meijer Community Rewards!

There are also Scrip cards available in the school store for many different stores.

If you have any questions, please contact Janalee Sehi at sjanalee@hotmail.com or 248-299-8755. She is in the school office on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Family participation is the key to making this an effective program to help raise money for OSS. Thanks for your support! Any questions, just ask!