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Are you part of a singing or music group and looking for fundraising ideas? This blog post is for you!

In only four years, the Outdoors program from the Versant High School raised more than $37,000 with FundScrip to travel to the Grand Canyon.

A successful fundraiser is all about motivated supporters. When you start managing your FundScrip campaign, you soon realize that ordering consistently is a must for your supporters. It sometimes can be hard to keep them motivated to make efforts for their group. The best tip we can give you is to keep them informed of the campaign’s progress. By doing that, your supporters will know that their efforts are worth it and by setting up a fundraising goal, they will be even more exciting to participate and get closer to reaching them.

Aylmer Full Gospel Church raised $20,592.82 with their FundScrip campaign. Group administrators Sue Dekraker and Sue Spiering launched the program about seven years ago. Their focus is to get everyone at their church to buy gift cards for their groceries on a regular basis; since everyone has to buy food, it's really a win-win.

One of the keys to a successful FundScrip campaign is ordering consistently. In order to make a difference in your group, you have to order every week and pay for your everyday expenses with gift cards. People sometimes tell us that the donations are small and it’s not worth the effort. But, imagine if everyone in your group ordered every week, all the small amounts will add up and you will raise a lot of money for your cause by the end of the year!

MONTREAL, Oct. 4, 2016 /CNW/ - Fundstream Inc. announced today the introduction of reloadable gift cards available to all FundScrip users. In a Canadian first, gift card fundraising users will be able to purchase plastic gift cards, view their real-time card balances, and reload their cards in their FundScrip Wallet as many times as desired. Users can choose to purchase cards from an initial list of 3 participating retailers including Esso, Cara's Ultimate Dining Card and Metro Grocery Stores in Quebec. Reloadable gift cards offer increased convenience for users who can avoid shipping fees and delivery delays. Additionally, these cards are more environmentally-friendly since a single card gets re-used many times.

Back in April of this year, we were pleasantly surprised to see FundScrip being discussed by Yoni Freedhoff of Weighty Matters as an alternative to traditional fundraising efforts for Hospitals. Since then, the conversation about being smarter about how our large institutions fundraise has continued. This time in an article by Lois Abraham of The Canadian Press, the topic is one that is close to our hearts, the health of our students and how best to improve school fundraising.

Grocery and gas are no-brainers when it comes to buying your weekly gift cards on FundScrip. But sometimes it’s also good to purchase gift cards from FundScrip retailers who offer higher donations. We previously compiled a list of 10 retailers who offer 10% in donations, and we're back to present you 5 delicious retailers who offer 5% in donations!

Pictou United Church in Pictou, Nova Scotia, raised more $21,875 for their church’s expenses. Read the article to see what group administrators Nancy Steele and Bev Simmons had to say about their experience.