May Whitney
Wildcat Warehouse
For those who purchase gift cards for holiday giving, you can shop from multiple stores in the privacy of your own home, and then just pick up all of your cards at school! Our first order was a smashing success!!!. In our first order this past week, eight families from May Whitney purchased a total of 110 gift cards at face value and May Whitney PTO received $141.25!
How the program works…
Manna Programs is a fundraising group that returns a portion of our gift card sales back to the May Whitney PTO. You purchase gift cards at face value for the retailers of your choice and Manna takes the percentage donated by the retailer and gives it back to the school. There are 100’s of retailers on our local order form. Each retailer has a different percentage amount that it donates to the PTO and is marked on the order form. Some go even as high as 30%!
Still don’t understand?
Say you buy $200 in groceries at Jewel per month. Instead of writing a check or using your debit card at Jewel every time you shop, you can purchase $200 in Jewel gift cards from the Wildcat Warehouse and use them just like cash. Jewel provides a 5% discount back to the school, so in one month, your $200 groceries have raised $10 for May Whitney. If you did this every month, you’d raise $120 alone! Other local retailers on the list include Joe Caputo & Sons, Walmart, Dunkin Donuts, Office Depot, and many others!
How else can I participate?
Are you purchasing other gift items or restaurant gift certificates this holiday season? There are many local restaurants and retailers on the list from which to choose. Buying gifts for family, friends, teachers, mail carriers, etc? Always running out last minute for a birthday gift? Buy a gift card from Starbucks, Bath & Body Works, Kohls, Toys ‘R Us, or any of the many stores on the order form and either use them as cash, or simply give the gift card as the gift! You can also use Kohl’s and JC Penney cards to pay off your charge card bill!
Order forms will be sent out monthly and will be available at the front office of the school. Fill out the order form and return it to the school with your check payable to MayWhitney PTO by the deadline listed. You can pick up your gift cards at PTO meetings or other set dates listed monthly. A signature is required to acknowledge receipt of your order. *** We will have 2 more orders before the winter break-
order by Friday 12/4 for Friday 12/11 pickup
order by Friday 12/11 for Friday 12/18 pickup
If you have any questions about this program, please contact Chris Wojtaszek at (847)719-1325 or email chriswojtaszek@comcast.net.