Ongoing Fundraisers

Bingo

History of Bingo
It was in September of 1976 that our parish instituted Bingo as a way to subsidize the operating costs of the school. It was the same year that the school was on the verge of closing because of financial difficulties. A group of parishioners and school parents made a commitment to staff Bingo. Some of them have continued to do so for the past 30 years. We owe them a tremendous debt of gratitude. We have all benefited because of their generosity.

Importance of Bingo to SMA Families today
This fundraiser is the reason we are able to offer discounted rates and also reduced "family rates" for the second and third children in a family. Bingo subsidizes the financial deficit that occurs whenever a family is paying less that the actual, per pupil cost of education. We are grateful that, with Bingo and just two other fundraisers, we can keep the tuition affordable for more families. It is, therefore, important that every family who is benefiting, assist with Bingo. It provides our largest financial subsidy.

Scrip/gift cards, can be used in grocery stores, restaurants and retail stores. The school office has scrip available for:

Arco	Shell	Starbucks	Smart & Final
Home Depot	Barnes & Noble	Claim Jumper	CVS
Henry's	Macys	Outback	JC Penney
Olive Garden/Red Lobster	Toys/Babies R' Us

Please consider buying scrip at SMA. (a great gift idea!) Every time you purchase scrip, the school receives a percentage back. Scrip is sold daily Monday - Friday at the school: 7:50 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. and 2:15 - 2:40. "Select Scrip" works the same way but needs to be ordered. Order scrip by 9:00a.m Friday and it will be ready for pick-up on Wednesday after 2:00p.m.   Click here for scrip order form.

E-Scrip is also an easy way to help out our school. Every time you use either your debit/credit card or Vons/Safeway card, a percentage of your purchase will be sent to the school. Participating merchants are: Vons/Safeway, BIG 5, Keils Food Store, Macy's, Pick Up Stix and Pep Boys.
To register your cards go to: www.escrip.com or call 1-800-592-0942. St. Martin Academy I.D. #137613132.

Box Tops for Education (General Mills products) - Earn Cash for Our School! Each Box Top is worth 10¢ - and that adds up for our school. (A container for box tops is in the school office.)

Box Tops On-line: In addition, consider signing up for boxtops4education.com and start every online shopping trip at the marketplace. Choose from stores like JCPenney and Lands' End, etc. Over 60 popular online stores partner with Box Tops to help our schools earn the extra cash it needs. When you make a qualifying purchase, the store donates a percentage to our school.

RALPHS CLUB CARD: visit www.ralphs.com to register your Ralphs card. SMA's number is 80700. Questions? Call 1-800-443-4438.

TARGET- "TAKE CHARGE OF EDUCATION": visit www.target.com/tcoe  to register your Target Visa or Target card or call 1-800-316-6142.

OFFICE DEPOT PURCHASES - Our school identification number is 70009232.

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