Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church at 4865 11 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, MI 49341 US - Scrip

Scrip is a term that means "substitute money".

When supporters of OLCEF purchase scrip, they're purchasing negotiable gift certificates that are used just like cash. The scrip is issued by the national and local retailers where many of your organization families already shop. These merchants want to support non-profit organizations, and in return ask you to support them by shopping with scrip at their stores. Supporters of OLCEF can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, they earn revenue for your organization.

How scrip generates revenue for OLCEF.

The Great Lakes Scrip center acts on behalf of churches, schools and other non-profit organizations to purchase large amounts of scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. OLCEF buys the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount, and re-sells the certificates to supporters of OLCEF for full face value. The bulk of the discount - from two to fifteen percent or more - is retained by OLCEF as revenue.

Scrip is "shopping cart fundraising".

The reason for the effectiveness of scrip is simple: families generate revenue through purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip. An organization of 150 families easily spends between one and two million dollars per year on food, clothing and other essentials. If these families use scrip for these purchases, they can raise as much as $40,000 to $80,000 per year for their organization --without spending an additional penny.

Retailers like Scrip, too.

Families who purchase scrip certificates actively support the retailers who participate in this program. The reason is simple… they know that buying from a scrip participating retailer provides a steady source of revenue for their church, school, or non-profit organization.

There are drop-off boxes for Scrip orders near the Guadalupe Room and outside the school office. Orders dropped off by Monday morning are available for pickup Thursday afternoon.

The current OLCEF Scrip Order Form is available here.

A detailed listing of all Scrip available through our program is available here.

New retailers are being added all the time to the Scrip program! Click here to see the latest additions and bonus incentives.