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Here is another great success story; Kenora Skating Club raised nearly $2,000 with only five participating families. Here is what the group had to say.

We’ve often written about how to succeed with FundScrip you need to buy gift cards for your everyday purchases. But sometimes it’s also good to purchase gift cards from FundScrip retailers who offer more donations. For that reason, we’ve compiled a list of 10 retailers who offer 10% in donations.

Using FundScrip gift cards for everyday expenses is the key to a successful gift card fundraising campaign. Whether you’re fundraising for your school, your religious group, your sports team or your non-profit organization, encouraging your supporters to plan their expenses in advance will help you raise the maximum amount of money for your cause. The perfect time to do your planning is when you’re preparing your monthly or annual household budget. In fact, FundScrip is a great tool to help you stick to your budget.

Access your previously purchased eGift Cards more easily on mobile with our new Wallet section. Now that you can purchase eGift Cards with Electronic Funds Transfer, we wanted to provide everyone with an easier way to access their electronic gift cards. Simply login, click on the “Wallet” link, and you’ll immediately have access to all your previously purchased eGift Cards in a mobile-friendly view. Remember, when paying by EFT, eGift Card orders will be delivered on the next available FundScrip processing date. FundScrip currently processes orders four days a week, Monday through Thursday, at 9:30 AM ET.

Parents and teachers from Warman Community Middle School (WCMS) in Saskatchewan raised roughly $8,600 with FundScrip in just one order using paper order forms. The local community newspaper, Clark’s Crossing Gazette, featured the fundraising achievement. With the ultimate goal of raising $7, 500 for their extracurricular program, Greg Tebay, the principal of WCMS, issued a challenge where he would sleep on the roof of the school if the fundraising goal was met. Exceeding their expectations, the goal was surpassed after only one order.

Great news for group administrators; group orders now have downloadable receipts in PDF format. You can download receipts for all group orders, and for individual supporter orders that have been placed by an administrator in the Group Administration Site. To access the receipts, simply visit the Order Details page of any order in the Group Administration Site, and you'll have the option to download a receipt for the entire group order, or individual receipts for each supporter order.

Estevan Mercury, a newspaper from Sasketchewan, recently featured a story about Hillcrest School, a FundScrip group.

FundScrip is excited to announce that, as of today, supporters can take advantage of recurring orders with Direct Shipping. Instead of being tied to their group’s ordering schedule, supporters can now easily set up a recurring order that is processed every week, and delivered to their address of choice via Direct Shipping.

The FundScrip gift card fundraising program has enabled École Vision Beauce, a trilingual private school focused on preschool and primary education in Ste-Marie in Quebec, to raise more than thirteen thousand dollars for the expansion of their playground. Congratulations to all the parents who participated in the fundraising campaign to support this great project. In this image, Ms. Melanie Boissonneault, program administrator, receives a cheque in the amount of $13,320 from Robert Gregory, a fundraising consultant at FundScrip.