SCRIP is a term that means “substitute money”. Our SCRIP program offers gift cards and certificates to many local and national retailers. The retailer agrees to sell the gift cards and certificates at a discounted rate to St. Joseph . St. Joseph in turns sells the certificate and cards to the parishioners at face value. Parishioners can use SCRIP to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials.
Here is a simple example: Lovejoy’s offers a 7% discount. St. Joseph buys a $100 Lovejoy’s gift card for $93. ($100 less 7%) then sells it to the parishioner for $100. The parishioner pays $100 for a $100 gift card. The $7 difference between what St. Joseph brought the card for and what the parishioner paid for the card will be the amount earned and donated back to the parish.
The goals of the program to donate back to the parish without having to spend a extra dime. A typical family can easily earn $564 for the church, simply just choosing to purchase SCRIP. If a family of four, on the average spend the following, each month:
Groceries $400/month
Gasoline $200/month
Clothing $100/month
Restaurants $200/month
You can see by the above example how easy it is to earn. These are just the everyday places imagine if you are remodeling your home and use the Home Depot or Lowe’s SCRIP! There are over 50 different vendors with discount rates ranging from 3% to 19% in the program.
How it works, place your order on Sunday. Make sure that you write a check to St. Joseph for the total amount of the order. Orders placed by Sunday will be available for pickup the following Sunday. Orders will be available for pickup between the 9:30 – 10:30 am on Sunday at the PAC. If you are unable to pick it up during that time, please call the office to make arrangements for pickup.
PLEASE consider participating in the program. This is such an easy and painless way for us to help the parish with no real out of pocket expense. At least consider purchasing a gas card or even SCRIP for gifts.
Any questions you may have or if you would like to volunteer to help with the program, please call Kathy Kaminski (614-733-3613), Donna Ridder (740-857-1091) or Agnes Wessinger (614-581-5300).
In the meantime, thank you for participating in the program, we hope that you see this as an easy way to give back to St. Joseph .
Click here for the SCRIP order form, and here for the Credit Card Authorization Form.