Ways You Can Help Our School !!!!!

Listed below are several easy ways you can help support our school.

· Farm Fresh ABC Incentive Program - When you shop at Farm Fresh, send your cash register receipts to school.  Farm Fresh will contribute a portion of the sales to our school for the purchase of books, audiovisual equipment, computer programs, etc.  This also includes receipts for gas purchases.

· Campbell's Labels for Education Program - When your buy Campbell's products, save and send in the labels.  Label can be redeemed for needed school supplies.

· General Mills Box Tops for Education - Buy General Mills cereals, cut out the Box Tops for Education coupons, send them to school.  We receive 10 cents for each coupon.

· Target School Program - If you have a Target charge card, you can designate Gloria Dei as your sponsored school.  Gloria Dei will receive a percentage of each sale.

· Funding Factory Gloria Dei participates in the Funding Factory Cartridge and Cell Phone Recycling Programs.  These programs are FREE and easy but will not work without your support.  Simply donate your empty printer cartridges and used cell phones to Gloria Dei Lutheran School, and we will take it from there.  We will recycle the cartridges and cell phones through The Funding Factory to earn points which we can exchange for new technological and/or recreational equipment.  Did you know that over 300 million printer cartridges were thrown away last year alone?  We also replaced or threw away over 30,000,000 cell phones!  Help us turn this waste into valuable school equipment.  Donate your used cell phones and empty laser and inkjet printer cartridges by bringing them to the school offices.  For additional information, please visit the Funding Factory web site at http://www.FundingFactory.com .

• Office Depot Gloria Dei receives credit for FREE SUPPLIES through Office Depot’s “5% Back to Schools” Program all year long.  Just use the Program ID number 70103897 when purchasing school supplies at any Office Depot location, online at www.officedepot.com, or by calling 1-800-GO-DEPOT and our school will receive credits equal to 5% of the qualifying purchases to use for free supplies.

• Capri Pizza Night - The third Wednesday of each month is Gloria Dei night at Capri Restaurant, Willow Oaks Shopping Center.  We will receive 15% of the sales.  When you pay at the register, you need to mention that you are from Gloria Dei.

· Chili’s - The first Wednesday of each month is Gloria Dei night at Chili’s.  Dine at Chili’s and Gloria Dei will receive 10% of the sales.  When you pay, tell the cashier that you are from Gloria Dei.  Located on Mercury Blvd.

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· Chick-fil-A Night – The second Wednesday of each month is Gloria Dei Night at the Chick-fil-A on Coliseum Drive which is located in the shopping center where Sports Authority is located. Gloria Dei will receive a percentage of the sales for the evening from Gloria Dei patrons.  Be sure that you place your receipt in the receipt box on the counter.  If you use drive through, please remember to tell the cashier when you pay and pick up your order that your receipt goes toward the School Spirit Night.

· Jason’s Deli – The fourth Wednesday of each month is Gloria Dei night at the Jason’s Deli on Coliseum Drive.  Gloria Dei will receive 20% of the sales from Gloria Dei patrons.   Be sure the server knows you are from Gloria Dei. 

School Spirit Nights

            First Wednesday of the month: Chili’s Night

            Second Wednesday of the month:       Chick-fil-A Night

            Third Tuesday of the month:                  Capri Night

            Fourth Wednesday of the month:         Jason’s Deli

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Click the above link for more information on Thrivent's Gift Matching Program.

Thanks for your help and support.

Linda K. Robinson
Principal