Fundraising helps pay for spring trip, props, clinicians, drill writers, private-lesson scholarships, and family activities—basically everything in the Band Boosters’ budget!

What is Scrip? Scrip is substitute money. When your family purchases scrip, you’re buying negotiable gift cards or certificates that are used just like cash and are issued by national and local retailers where your family already shops and dines. Each gift card you purchase earns money for Centennial Band.

How Does it Work? Because scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer it at a substantial discount. The CHS Band Boosters buy the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount and resell it to band families for regular face value. The bulk of the discount, from 2% to 15% or more, is retained by the band as revenue.

For Example—When you buy a $100 gift card for Wal*Mart for $100; the band makes 2% or $2. When you buy a $25 Chili’s gift card for $25, the band makes 11% or $2.75.

The more families that participate in the scrip program, the more funds we raise for CHS band with money you’re already spending!

Why It Works—The reason for the effectiveness of scrip is simple—band families produce revenue by making purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, travel, and even gasoline can be purchased with scrip. According to the GLSC Web site, an organization of 150 families easily spends 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 thousands of dollars per year for the band!

Placing and Picking Up Orders is EASY!
Go to shopwithscrip.com , click family sign-up, or login if you already have an account. Please be sure to enter your e-mail address and your student’s name when you set up your account. Once you’ve placed your order, print out the confirmation copy, and drop it in the black box in the band hall with your check (or cash) in a sealed envelope. If you choose to link your bank account through PrestoPay, you won’t need to print out the order form or write a check!

OR: go to Centennial HS Band CHS Scrip Order , print out and fill in the paper order form, then drop it in the black box in the band hall with your check (or cash) in a sealed envelope. Add $1 for shipping and handling if you are not entering your order yourself.

Orders and checks must be placed in the black box in the band hall by 4 p.m. on Friday according to posted order dates (approximately every two weeks). Scrip orders will be distributed to students (if parents have signed approval) or available for pick-up in the band hall on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. (or after rehearsal ends) during marching season and before 4:15 the rest of the year.

More information about Great Lakes Scrip is available at http://www.glscrip.com and http://www shopwithscrip.com.

• GLSC was founded in 1994 by two families; corporate offices are in Western Michigan.

• Since 1994, GLSC has helped retailers with $4 billion+ in sales while raising $220 million+ for non-profit clients.

• GLSC serves 14,000+ client non-profit organizations across the US, & has posted 14 straight years of profits.