Gift Card Program Has Raised $20,000 and Counting

With Christmas coming and people looking for easy gifts, it seems a great time to provide an update on our Gift Card Program (also know as Fundscrip).

The Gift Card program idea was started by Art Hironaka in 2012 when he saw the program being used by churches in eastern Canada. 

The program was started as a fundraiser to help cover the costs of our operating budget.

 The thought was that it was a way to raise funds without any cost to the users of the cards. The company the card that is purchased for will send to McDougall anywhere from to 2 to 10 percent based on the amount of the card purchased. So if someone buys a card for the value of $100 they get to spend $100 at that company. It does not cost the purchaser anything but McDougall sees the benefit. Also the entire amount does not need to be used at one time. You could for example, spend $20 out of a $100 card and save the rest the next time. 

Since the start of the program we have raised over $20,000.00. Prior to Covid we had anywhere from 15 to 20 orders per month and during Covid we had 3 to 6 orders per month. Thank you to all who have supported the program in the past. We are hoping to start to see orders like we did pre-Covid. 

Just because they are called gift cards please remember you can use them for your regular shopping as well. They do not have to be given as a gift to be used. The reason that they are known as gift cards is that gift cards do not expire so any balance left on the card can be used, money left on them is not lost.  

Please purchase cards for the stores you regularly shop at. Every little amount purchased helps to bring down the operating cost of this program and raise more of the operating expenses of McDougall.

Learn more about this program and place your orders through their webpage. Now until December 11, orders will be submitted weekly.