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1. The Trip program will run weekly, except in the
summer. During the months of June and July,
certificates can be ordered to a BI-weekly basis.
A summer schedule will be published. Any questions
about TRIP should be directed to the TRIP coordinator
Kris Ebel
2. An account number will be assigned to
you, which will appear on your TRIP ordering envelope
once you have ordered certificates. All certificate
orders for your number must be in ONE
“family envelope” and all checks in the envelope must be
made payable to Summit Christian School TRIP. These
checks are non-tax deductible because you receive an
equivalent dollar value item for your check. The back of
your checks will be stamped “TRIP Non-Tax Deductible.”
3. The percentage earned by
participating families will be tracked throughout the
year by our TRIP coordinators. However, the accrued
amounts will only be reflected on your tuition invoice
of October 16, January 16, and April 16 of each year.
Summer participants will receive an invoice dated July
16th. A weekly statement of your purchases
and amount earned will be enclosed with your order
envelope and will list your dollar amount earned the
previous week. (This is not an accumulated total). In
the event you earn enough money to pay off your current
years tuition, your earning may directed to one or more
of the funding options listed on the registration form.
If you do not select a fund, your earnings will be
directed to the Summit Christian School General Needs
Fund.
4. TRIP is being offered to promote the
education of students at Summit
Christian
School; therefore the moneys credited to your family’s
account number must be directed to one of the designated
Summit Christian
School account options listed below:
A. Credited to your outstanding
tuition balance
B. Credited to another family’s
tuition
C.
Credited to the SCS Financial Aid
Scholarship Fund
D.
Summit
Christian
School General Needs Fund
If your child(ren) no longer attend
Summit
Christian
School for any reason, the moneys held under your Family
number can be directed to one of the above listed
accounts.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Family
earnings will never be distributed as cash. If your
earnings should ever exceed your tuition balance, you
have several options for distributing the balance of
your TRIP account earnings. You may apply it to future
tuition for your family or your may direct it to B, C, D
or E above. If written notice is not received within 30
days of the time your child(ren) leave the school we
will direct your earnings to the Summit Christian School
General Fund.
5. A ‘Disclaimer of Responsibility
Form’ must be signed each school year before
certificates will be released to your student. These
forms will be kept on file. Your child will receive
only the envelope with certificates ordered under
your Family Number.
6. All completed certificate order
envelopes are due no later than
9:00 AM,
each Thursday.
NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Filled orders
and new order envelopes will be available between
2:00 PM and
4:00 PM
on
Thursdays. Pick up other than these times will be at the
Preschool office during normal operating hours. (8:00 AM
to 6:00 PM). If a student is designated to bring
certificates home, the student is responsible for
picking up the envelope, as well.
7. These gift certificates are just like
cash. Once your order is picked up, neither Summit
Christian
School nor the TRIP committee is responsible for lost,
stolen, or misplaced certificates.
8. Anyone writing a Non-Sufficient Funds
check will incur a fee of $25.00 to be paid to the
Summit Christian School TRIP Account. An additional
$15.00 charge will be added for a second Non-Sufficient
Funds check. After two NSF checks are tendered on your
TRIP Account, only cash, money orders or cashiers checks
will be accepted for payment. No further personal
checks will be accepted for purchase of certificates.
The Tuition Reduction Incentive Program
(TRIP) offered by Summit
Christian
School uses the services of an organization called the
Great Lakes
Scrip Center in
Kentwood, Michigan. This
organization purchases gift/merchant certificates in
large quantities at a discount, allowing participating
organizations to sell them at face value, thereby
raising funds for families of our school. The “rebate”
ranges from 2 to 25 percent of the certificate value.
Families receive 75% of the “rebate total”. Summit Christian
School receives 25% of the “rebate total” to help offset
the cost of administering this program. All percentages
are subject to change without notice.
Refer to the list of local,
participating, merchants in your order envelope to
familiarize yourself with the many stores that
participate in TRIP. The list of merchants will be
updated weekly.
For the most part, certificates can be
used just like cash or debit cards at participating
stores. Please refer to each certificate ordered to see
if an expiration date has been issued. Many have no
expiration date, but each merchant makes that individual
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