Safeway and Giant programs - Please resign up for this school year!

Hello Bates Middle School Community,

Please renew or register your cards in the Safeway eScrip Program and the Giant A+ Program for the 2013-2014 school year!  These programs require that you renew each school year. I just received the following message from the Safeway eScrip Program:

Our records indicate that as of November 1^st, 70.37% of Bates Middle School supporters were not renewed and now have stopped earning; even though they are still shopping.

-          1. Go to eScrip.com

-          2. Click on “my escrip” on the toolbar across the top of the  page.

-          3. Enter your user name and password (click on “forgot your password and your user name and password will be emailed to you.

-          4. Click on your RENEW button OR "Register grocery/community cards” 

-          5. Any cards you have registered in previous years will be listed on the next screen.  Enter any new cards.  Simply click on “update.”

-          6. Make sure Bates Middle School appears under “Group Selection.” If it does not, click on “Group Selection” and enter the school ID number:  6643571

-          7. On this page you can also register your Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover as well as debit cards to earn even more money for our school!!

-          8. Once you have entered all your card information, click on “sign off”.

-          1. Go to giantfood.com/aplus

-          2. Click on “Register your card” in the box on the left.

-          3. Enter the first three digits of your last name your 12 digit Giant Bonus card number and click on “Continue to Listings”

-          4. Enter the Bates School ID (01667) in the Express Box.

-          5. Click “Confirm My Information”

   

Thank you for your support of Bates Middle School PTA,

Deirdre

FREE MONEY for Bates!

If you shop at Safeway, Giant, or Target, please take a few minutes to sign up for the eScrip, A+, and Red Card programs!  These three companies give a percentage of your sales directly back to the school.  If all our extended Bates Family did this, it would generate a substantial amount of money for the school without costing anything but the time it takes to sign up!

Deborah Collins has put together detailed instructions.  Just click here to view/download.  If you send her all the right info, she will even do it for you!  Details are in the flyer.

Also, if you are into collecting labels and boxtops, send them in to school!  Volunteer Barbara Krebs collects all of these that helps the school with needed supplies.

Thanks, Deborah and Barb ... and thanks to all of you in advance for signing up yourself, your friends, and your family!

Support Bates Dance by eating Menchies!

Support the Bates Dance Program by eating at Menchie's between Sept 29th and October 9th!  The Dance Program will be working very hard over the next several months to fund-raise for the costumes needed to outfit all 168 of its dancers.  When you see how fabulous they look on stage and how well they represent Bates, you will be happy to know that you contributed.  Please print this flyer and forward to friends and family!