Supermarket Script

Scouting for the individual can get very expensive. Personal equipment, trip costs and Summer Camp all add up quickly. This program provides you and your scout(s) with an easy way to earn money to defray the costs. It allows the scouts to accumulate money in their individual accounts that are used for scouting expenses. One boy purchased a $600 Canoe with money he earned through this fundraiser. Many boys never pay for a trip, they just ask for payment to be deducted from their accounts. Here’s how it works: The Troop buys Food Store Gift Certificates with a $100 Face value for $95 and sells them to you for $100. You use the certificates just like cash. The Troop turns a $5 profit in the transaction: $3 is assigned to a special account for the scout responsible for the sale, the other $2 is used for Troop expenses. Your boy will earn $3 for every $100 in sales ! If your family uses the certificates every week and spends $100 at the Supermarket, he will earn $150 a year. If he has a little initiative and sells to neighbors, Grandparents, etc., he can earn $500-$600 a year. All it takes is a phone call to the person in charge of the account, and they will bring the script to the next Troop Meeting where the exchanges are made. Best of all, you don’t buy anything you don’t really need or use. It costs you no more that shopping with Cash ! The program has been in place for years and works great. For more information, contact the person who handles the Script for the store you shop at. Acme : Bill King (215)322-0896 Giant: Nancy DeHaven (215)672-5727 Genuardi’s: Sign up at www.escript.com