Columbia Christian Schools is involved with a variety of programs that help raise money to benefit our students:

Scrip

Through the Scrip program, supporters can purchase regular pre-paid gift cards and paper gift certificates for a variety of specific stores, restaurants, or services at a profit to Columbia Christian Schools. Scrip is a dollar for dollar exchange that doesn’t cost anything extra for supporters and CCS receives a percentage of each purchase.

Anyone is welcome to participate in Scrip by completing an order form and returning it with payment to the school office. Orders are placed each Monday and gift cards are delivered each Friday. More than $850 has been earned for CCS from the Scrip program between January and September 2010.

Labels and Box Tops for Education

With the “Cash for Trash” program, we submit approved labels and box tops from participating products in exchange for points that can be used to purchase supplies for Columbia Christian Schools. More details are available at Labels for Education and Box Tops for Education.

Clippings should be collected in plastic baggies labeled with the student’s name and grade and deposited in the collection bin in the school office. There are contests with prizes for those students who turn in qualifying clippings. In 2009 we used these points to purchase equipment for Physical Education including a bowling set, volleyballs, dodge balls, soccer balls and uniform pennies. For 2010 we hope to earn enough to purchase document cameras for each classroom.

Target "Take Charge of Education"

Target donates a percentage of Red Card purchases in-store and online to designated schools. Please view their website for more information and to enroll. CCS received over $500 from this program in 2009 and 2010 and we could get much more with your participation!

eScrip

Through eScrip, participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to Columbia Christian Schools. Here’s how it works: (1) Register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the program. (2) Participating merchants will make contributions to CCS, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered. (3) Your purchases are tracked and available to you online, allowing you to see just how much you are earning for the school! It’s easy to enroll now!

We welcome your involvement in these programs to benefit Christian Education at CCS! Please contact the school office with any questions: ccs@columbiachristian.com or 503-252-8577.