Support our bands by your contributions to the
General Band Program Fund or Family Band Accounts.

 

GENERAL BAND PROGRAM FUND

 

♪ Monetary Gifts:  Financial donations of any size are always greatly appreciated.  A business sponsorship towards the fall marching show is an excellent way to support our Greyhound Band Program and also receive community publicity.  Contact the Band Booster president to learn more. 

♪ Football Game Concessions:  Band Boosters operates the concession stand on the Visitors side of the field.  Enjoy a drink and snack purchased from the Visitor side and support our bands at the same time. Volunteers are needed for each home football game.  Contact Band Booster volunteer Kris Ziemer if you can help out!  She can be reached by calling 646-7903 or email kziemer@aol.com.

♪ Concert CD Sales:  Each concert band performance is recorded, including solos and small group performances.  Order a CD the night of the concert for your enjoyment.  These make excellent gifts and are a wonderful memory of your student’s band participation. 

♪ Sweet Corn Sales:  Buy your Pray’s sweet corn downtown this summer!  Look for the vegetable carts on Main Street in downtown Eaton Rapids during sweet corn season.

♪ Priority Auto Body:  Click here to see how your auto body needs can support Eaton Rapids Band Boosters. 

 

FAMILY BAND ACCOUNTS

Each band family has a “Family Band Account” established when a student enters the 5th grade band program.  Click here to learn more about Family Band Accounts. 

 

STUDENT ACCOUNT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Scrip:  Scrip is the easiest way to earn money for your student's band account and costs you almost nothing than what you would normal spend.  Recruit some friends and family to purchase also.  You will be surprised how it adds up!  When you purchase scrip, you're purchasing prepaid cards and certifications that are used just like cash — just like a store gift card.  You can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing and other essentials.  When a vendor contributes 4% or under of your total purchase, the total contribution goes into your student account.  When a vendor contributes 5% or more of your total purchase, 1% goes to the Band Booster’s General Fund and the rest into your student account.  A list of participating retailers is available at www.glscrip.com.  Please do not hesitate to contact Juli Luttrell at 517-663-3573 or erbandscrip@gmail.com if you have any questions. 

Ordering Scrip:  Place your order with directly with Great Lakes Scrip on the internet.  Go to www.glscrip.com and then shopwithscrip.com which is on the home page.  You will need to register with your email address, name, address, etc.  Enter our organization number 6A5C6B91485  and our password Greyhounds on the next pages.  Placing an order is very self-explanatory after you have signed in.  You can also see how much of a percentage that retailer is giving.  Orders placed by Sunday noon will be available for pickup on Thursday after 3pm of the same week.

Paying for Scrip:  Effective January 1, 2009 all orders must be paid using “Presto-Pay”.  This is a convenient way to pay when you place your order.  Your checking account is immediately debited for the face value of your order, plus a convenience feel of $0.39.  Click here to learn more about Presto-Pay.

Picking Up Scrip:  Stop in The Movie Market in downtown Eaton Rapids to pick up your scrip.  Be sure to thank The Movie Market for making getting your script easy and convenient!     

 

Meijer Rewards Program:  The Meijer Rewards program donates a percentage of what you spend at any Meijer store to your band account.  You can also link cards.  If a person signs up and has their card linked to yours, their earnings go into your student account. 

Only your monthly rewards over $1.00 will go into your student’s account.  Your rewards will go into the Band Booster General Fund if it is less than $1.00.

Click on www.meijer.com/rewards to enroll in this program.  The band organization number is 442269.    Band Booster member Kris Ziemer will be happy to answer any of your questions.  She can be reached by calling 646-7903 or email kziemer@aol.com.  Also let Kris know if you have a different last name than your student, or if you have a common last name so the correct student account get credited.

 

 

Other Opportunities:  Band Boosters provides students and families have opportunities during the year to earn money for their individual account.  These vary from year to year and may include Christmas wreath sales, cookie dough sales pizza kits sales and corporate summer picnic work. 

 

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