SCRIP Q&A

Q: What is Scrip?
A: SCRIP is a gift certificate or card, exactly like those issued by participating businesses, both local and national. You just purchase the gift certificates from our school and use them instead of cash where you already shop or eat. Our school is able to purchase these gift certificates at a discount, which is noted on the order form as Profit. That profit provides another source of income for OLLIS.

Q: Who should participate?
Everyone should participate to some extent. We all buy groceries, gas and clothes. Many eat out frequently. Using SCRIP is just a matter of anticipating where you will spend money during the next week and then purchasing SCRIP in advance to use instead of cash or credit.

Q: What does it cost?
IT COSTS YOU NOTHING EXTRA! If you purchase $50.00 in SCRIP, for instance, you receive $50.00 in gift certificates at the businesses of your choice. Every time you use SCRIP you are helping the school, because the school pays a discounted price.

Q: How can I order?
You can place your order online or you can fill out the SCRIP order form and turn it in with your payment to the Scrip Coordinators. You can place your orders weekly or monthly.

Q: What can I order?
You can order from a variety of national and local retailers. A SCRIP order form will have all of the businesses listed along with the profit that the vendors are giving back to OLLIS. If there is a retailer that is not on the OLLIS order form, but is on the national list, please feel free to write the retailer in on the blank lines on the back of the order form.

Q: How does it work? How will OLLIS generate revenue?
The profits come from the discounts given by merchants. You spend no more because you get gift cards/certificates equal to the amount you paid, which in turn can be redeemed at the stores where you already shop.

If you have any additional questions, please contact
Laura Sasser at sasser70@centurytel.net or 445-7997 OR
Jen Haggas at jenhaggas@hotmail.com or 673.1669

May 2009