
The "Building a Future" program being offered by
Trinity Christian School PRO, is a parent volunteer organization
committed to earning funds for different school projects/resources.
Through the "Building a Future" Program, gift
certificates are purchased from participating food and retail stores
at a discount. These certificates are sold at face value to families
who participate in the program. The discount, or rebate, that is
earned by the PRO is passed on to the families who have or will have
children in TCS. 50% of the discount
will go towards the participating families? tuition and 50% the
PRO will disburse to the school as projects/resources determined.
It is not our intent to encourage you to shop at certain stores,
but if you do already shop at any of these stores, you can earn
funds for Trinity Christian School. Certificates are ordered through
a broker called The National Scrip Center, Inc.
The Certificates will be used as cash at the participating
stores. Some certificates have an expiration date varying from six
months to two years. Please make sure you read the guidelines for
each merchant before ordering. (see Merchant
Restrictions) You are asked to use the certificates up to the
highest amount of the purchase without exceeding the total of the
purchase, the balance of the purchase to be paid with cash. The rule
we ask you to follow is do not expect change from the certificate.
We also ask that you be considerate of this guideline when making
the purchase. There are occasions where specific certificates may be
on backorder especially during the holiday season. If this occurs,
we will notify you and process your order as soon as possible.
Some families may prefer to use department store credit cards. If
you want to continue using credit cards and do not mind paying your
monthly bills in person at the store, you may use the store
certificates to pay your bill. BEFORE ORDERING CERTIFICATES TO
PAY A CREDIT CARD BILL MAKE SURE THE STORE PERMITS PAYMENT WITH
CERTIFICATES. (see Merchant Restrictions)
All orders must be at the school by 8:45 AM Monday and you will
receive the certificates Friday the same week. You may mail your
order blank to the school in an envelope marked "Building a
Future" allowing enough time for the school to receive
before Monday, OR send in your child's Communication Folder, OR drop
off in the school office. All certificate orders must be accompanied
by a check written to Trinity Christian School. If a non-sufficient
funds (NSF) check is received, a fee of 25.00 will need to be paid
to Trinity Christian School. This will need to be taken care of
before another order is placed.
Family
or friends may help you with your tuition reduction and the PRO by
ordering certificates and applying the rebate to your account. Or, they may participate in the program by registering and
receiving their own account number.
If you wish to help another TCS family with tuition
reduction, you can note that on your registration form.
You can specify the percentage you would like this family to
receive of your tuition credit.
This can be done confidentially.
The tuition reduction earned for each participating family?s
account will be held by the PRO and applied to TCS?s tuition
account in September/December/March and June.
If you child(ren)
no longer attend(s) Trinity Christian School for whatever reason,
the tuition credit held under your account can be: