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Scrip
North American Martyrs Parish offers a Scrip
program to raise funds in addition
to the sacrificial tithing of our parishioners.
North American
Martyrs purchases actual gift cards or certificates from
national and local retailers at a discounted price and
then resells them to the members of the parish for full
face value.Our parish profit is the difference,
which is between 1.5% and 30% of the face value of the
gift card/certificate.
The amount of our discount
(our profit) is on the order form envelope, next to the name
of the business. If you purchase a grocery gift
card for $100, and the percentage is 3%, our profit is
$3.
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How/where to purchase Scrip
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Scrip
orders are filled during every weekend Mass. The
Scrip table is by the door to the Family Room.
Simply fill out the envelope and drop off (with
payment included) before Mass begins, and pick it up
when you leave.
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If
you have a child who attends our school, you can
send the order to school in the morning, and the
student will bring it home that day. It's helpful if
you can include the student's name and grade on the
envelope order form.
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You
can call the school office (402-476-7373) or the Parish
Office (402-476-8088) to order and
come in to pick it up.
Order envelopes are available at the Scrip table, or
in the school office.
You may print an order form, fill it out, and place
it in an envelope marked "Scrip Order" or "Scrip Special
Order" (with payment included).
Special Orders received by 10:00 a.m. Monday
will be received by Thursday of the same week.
Over
$420,000 has been raised since
1994!
SCRIP has
paid $170,000 for all of the church pews and
furnishings, $100,000 towards the building fund, and
$60,000 toward the Youth Ministry Program. SCRIP also
paid for the Permanent Church Sign, the new Monstrance,
the shed, part of the church parking lot paving and
other Parish Projects. SCRIP has also contributed to
several local charities.
Current
goals for SCRIP:
Raise $45,000 to be divided between the Youth Ministry
($15,000), Cry Room Chairs ($4,000), Parish Retreats
($3,000), Parish Projects ($15,000), such as the room
dividers and white tables. Various Charities ($8,000)
including St. Gianni House and Religious Orders (School
Sisters of Christ the King, Marian Sisters, and
Benedictine Sisters) are also part of the goal.
Scrip
Visa: In addition to the SCRIP cards
and certificates that are sold at NAM with a profit of
2%-30%, you may also apply for a SCRIP VISA card.
This card earns 1% for NAM on any purchase made
anywhere. Larger percentages may be earned by
shopping at online REWARD merchants. There is no
annual fee. The one Cause VISA Platinum card
application is only on-line at
www.onecause.com/onecause_visa . Be sure to
designate NAM Lincoln, NE as your recipient of the
profits, under school.
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