Shop & Earn

There are many easy ways that you and your relatives can earn cash for our school just by doing your regular shopping. MHA/FYOS participates in organizational fundraising or rebate programs with Kroger and Schnucks supermarkets, Fox Meadows and Bensinger's dry cleaners, GoodSearch.com, Box Tops for Education, Office Depot 5% Back to Schools, Schoolpop.com, and QSP Magazine Sales. Participating in the supermarket and dry cleaning programs will also help you satisfy your "Give or Get" obligation to the school. Read the complete details on all of these programs below and start shopping and earning now!

Purchase a $25 Kroger reloadable gift card from the MHA/FYOS office. Add money to your card anytime at the customer service desk before you shop. You can also add money to your card at check out but there is an approximate 15 minute processing time before the funds will be available on your card. Use your card every time you shop, even at the pharmacy. MHA/FYOS receives a 5% commission every time you reload your card.

Request a Schnucks reloadable gift card from the MHA/FYOS office. Take your card to the customer service desk at Schnucks for its initial loading. On each subsequent visit, you may load value on to your card at the checkout counter before the cashier begins ringing up your groceries. Remember to use your card every time you shop. MHA/FYOS receives a 5% commission every time you reload your card.

Fox Meadows and Bensinger's Certificates

Purchase Fox Meadows Cleaners certificates in $20 increments or Bensinger's Fine Cleaners certificates in $10 increments from the MHA/FYOS office and use them to pay for your dry cleaning services. Both retail establishments offer home pick-up and delivery.

Every time you search for something on the internet, use GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they will donate 1 cent to MHA/FYOS. Those pennies can add up if all our parents take advantage of this company's philanthropy. On the GoodSearch.com homepage, choose Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South as your charity. Search the Internet just like you normally would. GoodSearch.com is powered by Yahoo! so you'll get the same high-quality search results that you're currently used to-or better! You can save the GoodSearch.com link in your favorites file or make it your opening page on the Internet by resetting the Internet options on your computer.

When you shop, purchase products with the Box Tops for Education emblem found on General Mills cereals, Betty Crocker and Pillsbury foods, Kleenex and Cottonelle brand tissues, Ziploc and others. Tear off and save the emblems in an envelope or zip top bag marked with your child's grade (or write the grade on the back of each individual emblem). Periodically, bring them to the school front office or send them in with your child. Each box top is redeemed for cash and each year MHA/FYOS earns approximately $300 from this easy fundraiser. At the end of each school year there is a special treat for the class that collects the most Box Tops. Don't forget to save your box tops during the summer. For a complete list of Box Top products click on www.boxtops4education.com.

Purchase all of your school supplies, at the beginning of school and throughout the year, at Office Depot. Tell them you'd like Margolin Hebrew Academy to receive credit for your purchase. Our ID number is 70093390 but they can look that up if you just give them the school name. They will also credit MHA/FYOS for your OfficeDepot.com purchases.

Shop online at major retailers such as L.L Bean, Nordstrom, Target, The Home Depot, Walmart, etc. and MHA/FYOS will get a commission on your order anywhere from 1-36% of the total purchase price. To register follow the steps below:

1. Click on the icon above or go to www.schoolpop.com.
2. The first time you go to the site click "register" in the box that says "Welcome guest, sign in or register to benefit your school." After you register you can just sign in each time.
3. Enter our school ID, 107784, or our school name and address and click search.
4. Enter your profile information and your home address and click submit.
5. You will then be asked to download the schoolpop shopping buddy. This is optional. If you want to have an icon on your desktop that is registered to MHA/FYOS and will take you directly to the site then download the buddy. Otherwise simply enter through the MHA/FYOS website or go to www.schoolpop.com.

Although we traditionally hold our magazine sale fundraiser in the fall, you can order magazines any time of the year from QSP (a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.) and MHA/FYOS will get 40% of the subscription price! Just follow these simple directions:

1. Go to qsp.com
2. Click on Shop Now.
3. Put in school # 425012507 and click on shop now.
4. Click on the magazines of your choice and fill in the requested information (new or renew)
5. Proceed to checkout.

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