Fundraising

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We earned $94 from the recent Ruby's fundraiser. Also, the Usborne Books EShow is over, and we sold $256.54 in books. That means $40.00 worth of free books of your choice and $51.00 in cash.

That's a total of $185 in funds raised! Thanks, everyone, for all your support -- we're off to a great start!

Current Fundraisers

Lisa Marinucci Gribben, our new fundraising chair, has come up with some great fundraising activities. Details, including some great shopping opportunities, are below. If you have other ideas, or would like to volunteer to help Lisa, please contact her at fundraising@ummoms.com.

Genuardi’s Club Card – Please Register!

Genuardi’s is using escrip. Once our members are enrolled, the Mothers’ Club will automatically receive credit for purchases without submitting receipts. You can register one of two ways: (1) online at www.escrip.com or (2) submit your name, address, phone number and Genuardi’s Club card number to Carolyn Markowski at treasurer@ummoms.com.

If you are going to register online, there are 6 easy steps to follow. Once you go to www.escrip.com, click on Sign Up. You can either use the Group name of Mothers’ Club of Upper Merion or our Group ID of 149030192. Click on Mothers Club of Upper Merion. The web site will walk you through the rest. Once you have completed the steps, the Mothers’ Club will immediately start to earn based on your purchases.

Thank you for taking the time to register – Genuardi’s community rewards program helps to pay for activities throughout the year.

ACME register receipts : Acme gives the Club 1% of the total receipt. This money is used to offset the cost of our parties. Please bring your receipts to monthly meetings or contact Lisa Wellington at database@ummoms.com.

Stuck On You Labels
www.stuckonyou.biz

No more writing on clothes and sippy cups with markers that wash off… Stuck on You Labels offers adorable personalized iron-on labels, clothing labels, luggage tags, notepads, and much more! Mention the Upper Merion Mothers' Club when placing your order and we will receive a $2.00 commission plus a percentage of the total purchase price.

Gift Card Promotion
The club would like to order gift cards in bulk in order to earn a percentage off the sales through Great Lakes Scrip Center. Below are some local stores and restaurants that participate in the Scrip program. (In parentheses is the cost of the gift cards/percentage UMMC would earn.) Please consider which gift cards you might be interested in purchasing and send your list to Lisa Marinucci Gribbin at fundraising@ummoms.com.

You can buy the gift cards for yourself if there are stores you shop at regularly. If enough people participate, we will place a bulk order. Additional gift cards are available, please visit the Great Lakes website at www.glscrip.com for a complete list of stores, services, and restaurants.

Sample Gift Cards

Grocery
Acme ($25,$100/4%)
Genuardi's ($25,$100/4%)

Retail
GAP ($25/9%)
JCPenney ($25, $100/9%)
BabiesRUs/ToysRUs ($20/1.5%)
Walmart ($25, $100/2%)
Home Depot or Lowe's ($25, $100, $500/3 or 4%)
Bed Bath and Beyond ($25/7%)

Restaurants
Cheesecake Factory ($25/5%)
Chuck E. Cheese ($10/8%)
Maggiano's ($25/11%)
Starbucks ($10, $25/7%)

Entertainment
AMC or Regal Cinemas ($9/16%)

Other
Shutterfly ($25/9%)
Exxon/Mobil ($50/1.5%)