Fundraising

St. Ambrose Technology-Based Fundraising Programs

Saint Ambrose School benefits greatly because of our incredible parent involvement and fundraising efforts and from the help of the Parish. Without your help, our students would not have as wonderful a learning environment as we are able to provide to our students. Saint Ambrose School asks that all of our families, friends and parish members consider participating in the programs listed below, each of which allows us to participate with these companies and have a contribution made to Saint Ambrose School based on the monies we spend or participation with these companies.

If you would like a copy of a document listing these organizations and programs in an electronic file format which you could then print copies or forward to your friends and family via email, please send an email to fundraising@stambroseschool.net

Thank you in advance for helping our school in this manner.

	We are pleased to announce that St. Ambrose School is now participating in the Prep Sportswear Program. This program makes contributions to the school for purchases of school gear. To access it Click Here
	We are pleased to announce that St. Ambrose School is now participating in the Upromise Schools Program. This program makes contributions to the school for everyday spending like online shopping, grocery shopping and dining out. For details on the program or to sign up, please visit http://www.upromise.com/schools today.
	St. Ambrose participates in the BoxTops4Education Program. We encourage all parents and families to create an account on the site to show online at their marketplace and also to send all the boxtops into the school. Information on the program can be found at http://www.boxtops4education.com/AboutBoxTops/. A list of participating products can be found at the following website (http://www.boxtops4education.com/Downloads/Global/products.pdf). BoxTops Marketplace, which is a way to shop online and have a percentage of the sales be donated to St. Ambrose, is a wonderful program. There are over 60 major on-line retailer stores available on this site and virtually all the big retailers are there (Wal-Mart, BestBuy, 1-800Flowers, Kohl's, JCPenney, KB-Toys, Dell, Apple, Expedia, Old Navy, The Gap, Pottery Barn, Sears, Sharper Image, Staples,Target, Hallmark, Chadwick's, Lillian Vernon, Avon and many many more). Please encourage all of your families and friends to register for this program and designate St. Ambrose as the donation recipient and shop using this marketplace, it is a super-easy way to generate revenue for the school with none of the money coming from our wallets!! The BoxTop Marketplace is accessible at the link http://www.boxtops4education.com/Marketplace/Default.aspx.
	GoodSearch.com is a new search engine powered by Yahoo! which allows you to raise money for St. Ambrose School every time you search the Internet. Here’s how it works: The first time you go onto the GoodSearch website (http://www.goodsearch.com), designate St. Ambrose School as your favorite charity. You can make their website your default website if you wish or download their toolbar to search. However, no matter which you do, when you search the web using GoodSearch, money will go to St. Ambrose without you spending a dime! How and why does this work? Search engines make money from advertisers who place ads on search results pages. GoodSearch.com redirects ad dollars earned from your search to our school. Search engines generate billions of dollars from advertising each year and the use of this search engine helps direct a small amount per search to St. Ambrose.
	The Saint Ambrose School is an Amazon Associate, which will allow us to raise funds through the on-line shopping of the Saint Ambrose community (including parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins!). Saint Ambrose is in no way endorsing Amazon.com, but hoping that this association will prove to be a useful fundraising tool. The Amazon Associate program for St. Ambrose is accessible via the web address: http://www.amazon.com?%5Fencoding=UTF8&tag=stambsch-20 or the below image. A small percentage (typically 5%, to a maximum of $10 per item) of any qualifying purchases(*) you make during that visit to Amazon will be sent to Saint Ambrose by Amazon. There is no extra charge on your Amazon order - you pay the same prices as any other visitor. There are no limits on how many times you may visit Amazon and order products from them using this link.
	St. Ambrose School participates in the FundingFactory and the Cartridges For Kids recycling program. Please send in your old cell phones, empty print cartridges, digital cameras, laptops, ipods, video game consoles, etc.... which can be redeemed for cash or merchandise for the school.
	For 30 years, Campbell's Labels for Education program has been giving schools free educational equipment in exchange for labels from various Campbell's products. Brands include Campbell's, Franco-American, Pepperidge Farm, Swanson, V-8, Prego & Pace. Help St. Ambrose School earn free educational equipment by cutting your Campbell's Labels and sending them in with your child.
	PLEASE NOTE: This program is now closed but when next year's program is announced details will be posted. DIRECTV will contribute $100 for every parent, friend, neighbor or colleague who activates and enjoys DIRECTV service for one year. Current and former customers who make a new programming commitment and continue to enjoy DIRECTV service for an additional year also qualify. If 100 people sign up and enjoy DIRECTV for one year, you'll raise $10,000 for your school. The 2006-2007 Program is now closed but details will be posted when next year's program is announced.