Our 7th full year of our Store certificate program has been a huge success!!! Many families have joined in and have started to order weekly. Tuition credits are adding up!! Thank you to all families who have participated in this program!!! Would you like to reduce your tuition costs today??? READ ON…
For those families new to our school & program, welcome!! This program will allow you to earn tuition credit, while at the same time earning money for St. John Brebeuf School! This is exciting because it is a Win-Win situation for everyone involved!
What Is the The Store Certificate Program?
The Program is called the “St. John Brebeuf Store Certificate Program”. The program works as follows: You purchase gift certificates from the SJB Store Certificate Program from the stores you currently shop at on a regular basis. The Certificate Program provides gift certificates that you can purchase and use the same as cash. As a result of your purchases, “SJB Store Certificate Program” will earn a discount from the stores. This discount ranges from 2%-30% of the money you spend. You and SJB School will split the discount profits. Your discount will be accrued and will be applied once a year toward your April tuition payment (if your earned discount exceeds the April tuition amount, discount will go toward May’s tuition and so on). This program does not involve spending any additional money outside your normal budget.
The certificate program is NOT a mandatory fund raising program however; wouldn’t it be nice to reduce your tuition expenses at no extra cost to you? Family and friends can also purchase certificates and request that their purchases are credited to your family. A statement will be generated periodically showing the status of your account.
Orders will be due Monday mornings by 9 am at the school office or the Rectory when school is in session. When school is not in session, orders must be dropped at the Rectory by 9 am. Why not get a jump-start on the 2007–2008 school year? Start ordering now!! Who knows . . . if you set a goal, maybe you will not have to pay tuition for the entire month of April 2008! (Wouldn’t that be nice?)
If you have any questions or if you need a better explanation of the program, please feel free to contact Fran Musur at (847) 967-8699, Kelli Murphy (773) 774-3015, Maria Racho (847) 965-3003,
or Kris Davis (847) 965-3015.
Sample Purchase
Here’s an example…. Your family typically spends $500 per month in groceries. Each month, you purchase $500 in Jewel certificates from St. John Brebeuf Store Certificate Program. The Certificate Program will earn $20 from that purchase. You will receive a $10 credit toward your April tuition payment and St John Brebeuf School will receive the other $10. If you think about it, you are earning this credit without spending more than you would have normally for your groceries. $10 a month doesn’t sound like a lot of money but if you earn $10 a month for 12 months, you will be able to deduct $120 from your tuition. Or, how about that “hard-to-buy-for” relative? Rather than buying something that he/she will return, purchase certificates through the program. St. John Brebeuf School and you will earn a percentage of that purchase too!
Program Policies
1. An account number has been assigned to each family. Relatives or friends may help a family earn tuition credit by ordering certificates through a family or by registering in the program and have their earnings credited to a certain family. All certificate orders for one family number must be in one envelope and all checks in the envelope must be made payable to “St. John Brebeuf Store Certificate Program”.
2. The purchase of these certificates is not tax deductible because you receive dollar for dollar value.
3. A statement of your purchases will be sent out periodically. Any discrepancies must be brought to the attention of the certificate coordinator within 15 days of the certificate statement date.
4. A registration form must be completed for each school year and the disclaimer section signed before certificates will be released to your child. A child can only receive his or her family certificates. These forms will be kept on file.
5. On your order form, write the dollar amount of the certificates you wish to purchase. Total the order and enclose your payment, checks made payable to “St. John Brebeuf Store Certificate Program” are preferred. Cash is not a preferred form of payment as we will not be responsible for any lost orders. Please Limit cash to $100. We reserve the right to change any incorrect orders.
6. Completed certificate order forms may be dropped off at the rectory, school office or may be sent to school with your child.
7. All completed certificate order forms are due on Mondays by 9:00 am in the school office. No late orders will be accepted. Filled orders will be available for pick-up on Thursday afternoons from the school office until 2:50 pm. If you are unable to pick up your order at school, orders may be picked up at the rectory, during usual business hours, beginning Thursday after 4:00 pm. If you have signed a disclaimer form, orders will be distributed in you child’s class and sent home with your child on Thursday afternoon. Participants of the program are urged to count certificates when received because you have only 4 days from each scheduled pick-up date to report any errors. If a mistake of any kind is found, a coordinator must be notified immediately. Please note that during the busy Christmas season, delivery days may be changed.
8. Store certificates from a limited number of stores will be sold after each mass on Saturday evenings and on Sundays. In addition, for your convenience, the school office will also be selling certificates for a limited number of stores.
9. Each year at the beginning of April, the SJB store certificate program will issue a check to St. John Brebeuf School for any tuition credits you may have earned. This check will offset the April tuition payment (if there is tuition credit remaining, the credit will be applied to the May months tuition until all credit is used up). Tuition credits may also be applied to high school and college tuition and fees.
10. To keep you well informed of any changes to this program including new store additions, updates will be enclosed in certificate orders and/or placed in the weekly school news bulletin.
11. These gift certificates are just like cash. Neither St. John Brebeuf School nor the “SJB Store Certificate Program” is responsible for lost or damaged certificates.
12. Anyone writing a NSF check will incur a fee of $25 to be paid to “St. John Brebeuf Store Certificate Program.” After 2 NSF checks are tendered on your account, only money orders or cashiers checks will be accepted on your account. No further checks will be accepted for purchase of certificates. Your child’s (children’s) report card will be held back if NSF checks are not replaced.
| 
