How is this possible?
Welcome to Scrip.
Picture this: You make your usual yearly sojourn for new school clothes. You fill the dressing room bench as usual—with polo shirts and cargo pants, belts and sweaters—and head to the register with whatever fits. Your selections are rung up and folded, and you pay a grand total of $400. Guess what? You just earned $28 for TC Christian. On the way home, you pick up a video and a pizza. That’s another $1 for TCCS.
The concept is simple: TC Christian purchases gift certificates, or scrip, from popular retailers at a discount, which the retailers are happy to give because they’re guaranteeing themselves customers and some goodwill advertising. Parents then buy the gift certificates from TCCS at face value. The difference in price is available to the parents to apply towards tuition, school expenses, or to donate to the Variable Tuition fund. Parents spend the scrip at the retailer, where it’s worth the full face value; they haven’t spent an extra dime nor have they had to change stores. But they have helped themselves and the school. If you’d like to learn more about TC Christian’s scrip program, click here for all the details
SABRE CAR DECALS Contact the Athletics office to get your $5 Sabre Car Decal while supplies last. Makes a great stocking stuffer, too.
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