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When we give a gift card, we often don’t really know how to wrap it, or present it, in an original way. To give you some gift giving inspiration, here are seven creative ways to give a gift card!

Whether you’re a group administrator or just a supporter, you can always contribute to the fundraising efforts of your group by asking for the help of your circle of friends and family. To encourage them to support you in your fundraising campaign, it’s important to have a well-developed plea for support. Having a well-prepared pitch will increase your success rate.

The vast majority of us have a budget to follow based on our income, our expenses, and our needs or desires. What if gift cards were the perfect solution to respect your budget?

Halloween is a fun (and spooky) holiday that both children and adults alike enjoy! It’s also a great occasion to help you raise more funds with your FundScrip campaign by using gift cards to prepare for the Halloween festivities properly.

We love following the Weighty Matters blog where Ottawa-based physician, professor, and author, Yoni Freedhoff, takes a look at nutrition, health, diet, science, fitness, and other excellent health advice and interesting musings. One of the topics that has been regularly highlighted on the blog are the various junk food fundraisers that are often promoted, ironically, in conjunction with ostensibly healthy activities.

A few months ago, we launched a new feature called Public Campaign Pages that allows your group to easily share its story with prospective supporters. As part of that launch, we ran a little contest and chose the 10 best Public Campaign Pages that have were published before September 6th, 2019. Here are the winning Public Campaign Pages!

Fall is in full swing, and retailers are rolling out their seasonal collections, and with the cold temperatures that are coming, we’re happy they are! To appreciate and take advantage of this fall season, and to also maximize the use of gift cards, let yourself be tempted by these fall suggestions from our retailers.

As a parent, it’s normal to wish your children to develop through sport. Exchanging, working together, sharing... so many values around a common passion. But at some point you have to face the fact that this passion for sports comes with a cost. In many cases, you’ll consider obvious expenses such as equipment or registration fees. But there are also training camps, tournaments, travels, fuel and meal expenses. A family can easily spend more than $5,000 a year to support their children's activities. What solutions can you adopt to support your children through sport, while controlling your budget?

The summer season is unfortunately winding down, but religious group community meetings are ongoing. Many religious institutions take the opportunity to unite their congregations to enjoy the last days of sunshine and good weather. Whether you are part of a church, synagogue, mosque, temple or other religious institution, now is the time to optimize your FundScrip fundraising campaign!