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"Extreme Fundraising" is a family of no-cost fundraising programs that generate financial benefits to all the ministries of Glen Mar UMC through rebates, discounts, recycling of used electronics, internet-based programs, paper recycling, and collecting labels and box tops.
In every case you, the consumer/contributor, do not spend any extra money. You will already spend money at a myriad of merchants every month, search the internet, replace a worn-out cell phone or printer cartridge, and a host of other normal daily life activities. These programs provide everyone ways to have the same exact outcome at the same exact price, but with the added benefit of additional resources becoming available for ministries.
Announcements:
- Gift Card sales will pass the $2 million level in April! Your purposeful shopping has created over $90,000 for ministries at Glen Mar, mission trips and UMCOR programs worldwide at no cost to you. Pick up a blue sheet at the gift card table.
- Hurley High School will receive $600 in May from the Box Tops for Education you have cut and saved. Please continue the good work.
- Shopping on-line for summer reservations or other items? Visit www.igive.com and register as a Glen Mar supporter, then click on the link for your favorite merchants. A small percentage of each on-line purchase is returned to the Glen Mar Mission Ministry Support Fund.
- Recycling old cell phones and printer cartridges have created over $9,000 for use by Glen Mar ministries.
The Gift Card Program allows Glen Mar members to shop at over 400 merchants and spend exactly the same amount as if one paid with any other method. In the process you generate a rebate to the church that averages about 5%. There is no additional cost to purchasers, as it is money you are going to spend anyway (on groceries, travel, restaurants, clothing, books, gas, etc.).
The process is simple. Glen Mar purchases gift cards at a discount, when are then re-purchased by members of the congregation at face value for one's daily shopping. The most popular cards are grocery cards (Giant, Safeway, Shoppers Food Warehouse and Whole Foods Market), which represent about half the over $1.9 million of cards purchased to date, with ministries sharing the free $90,000+ that has been generated. List of gift cards in stock every Sunday.
Individuals and families can designate up to half of the proceeds generated from their gift card purchases to be applied to offset the costs to participate in Glen Mar mission trips, Volunteer in Mission trips (VIM), and Youth On A Mission trips (YOAM). The remainder of the profits support scholarships for these same trips, plus many other ministries, including local, national, and international programs.
Purchasers may also allocate proceeds for the following ministries:
- "Praising God"
- "Growing Disciples"
- "Serving the World"
- the "Early Learning Center"
- the "Building Fund"
For more information, visit the Gift Card table in the Gathering Place.
For on-line ordering visit www.shopwithscrip.com for additional program details. Glen Mar's enrollment code is AF17656D14184.
Register your Safeway Club Card plus any credit and/or debit cards used for your daily purchases at www.escrip.com. Glen Mar's enrollment code is 1039470.
Safeway pays a small percentage of every purchase into the program (in addition to the 4% you generate shopping with gift cards).
Many local restaurants pay a 5% rebate when a registered credit or debit card is used to pay for the meal. Examples include T-Bonz, just blocks from Glen Mar, Kelsey's Restaurant & Pub on Rt. 40, and the Candlelight Inn in Catonsville.
View videos on how eScrip works on 
For more information, stop by the Gift Card table in the Gathering Place.
You can raise money for Glen Mar UMC every time you shop online or search the internet using igive.com. A penny a search and a portion of each purchase will be donated to Glen Mar at no cost to you.
Click here to sign up now:
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Add the iGive Toolbar to your internet browser
Giant and Food Lion support community programs through refunds from grocery purchases (Safeway does, too, through the eScrip program).
Registering your Giant card supports a Baltimore City school with whom Glen Mar has a relationship, the Samuel F. B. Morse Elementary School. Visit www.giantfood.com/aplus using school ID number 01170.
Registering your Food Lion MVP card at www.foodlionmvprewards.com/mvp_registration/cardno.php supports Mission Ministries with cash refunds from your purchases. Glen Mar's ID number is 250109.
Cell Phone, Laptop, Gold & Silver Jewelry Recycling Fundraiser
Recycle those old cell phones and printer cartridges at Glen Mar. The Administration and Children's ministries benefit from recycling these common items that might otherwise be discarded.
The Playground Fund receives up to $20/ton for waste paper (no cardboard). Deposit every week in the green and yellow dumpster at the end of the parking lot. Gather paper from your school and office, too.
Box Tops for Education (General Mills) and Campbell's Soup Labels for Education
Register for Campbell's e-labels (electronic labels) at www.elabelsforeducation.com and every time you purchase a Campbell's product at Safeway, Hurley High School will get the credit.
Cutting out and submitting paper labels doubles the benefit to Hurley High School. Deposit your labels and box tops every Sunday in the collection bin in the Gathering Place.
When you shop at Lotte Plaza Asian and International Market at the corner of Rt. 29 and Rt. 40, deposit your grocery receipt in the large plastic bin labeled "Glen Mar United Methodist Church".
One half of one percent of your purchase is turned into a cash voucher that Glen Mar can use for future food ministry requirements.
Share this information with your friends and ask them to deposit their receipts, too.
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| Mission Trip Scholarships |
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$7,184.00 |
| Family Accounts - offset Mission Trip costs (2007-2012) |
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$15,289.00 |
| Hurley (VA) Community Development Corp |
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$6,250.00 |
| Hurley High School (Box Tops) |
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$1,139.00 |
| Northshore Disaster Recovery (Slidell, LA) |
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$2,318.00 |
| Pastor's Emergency Fund |
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$825.00 |
| UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) |
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$18,156.41 |
| UMCOR - US Tornado Relief Fund (2008) |
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$1,000.00 |
| UMCOR - China Earthquake Fund (2008) |
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$1,000.00 |
| UMCOR - Hurricane Relief Fund (2008) |
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$1,200.00 |
| UMCOR - Nothing but Nets (anti-malaria - Africa) |
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$500.00 |
| UMCOR - Asian Tsumani Fund (2009) |
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$2,000.00 |
| UMCOR - China Earthquake Fund (2009) |
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$2,000.00 |
| UMCOR - Asian Floods Fund (2009) |
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$2,000.00 |
| UMCOR - Zimbabwe Fund (2009) |
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$1,000.00 |
| UMCOR - Haiti Earthquake Fund (2010) |
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$5,000.00 |
| UMCOR - Haiti Earthquake Fund (2010) |
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$1,456.41 |
| UMCOR - Haiti Earthquake Fund (2011) |
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$1,000.00 |
| YOAM - offset trip costs |
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$3,000.00 |
| Grassroots - Christmas 2008 |
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$200.00 |
| Monroe Street UMC - paint sanctuary |
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$250.00 |
| VIM to hosts in Galveston, TX (2009) |
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$250.00 |
| VIM to hosts in Eleuthra, Bahamas (2009) |
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$250.00 |
| Mission trip - to hosts in Jacksonville, FL (2009) |
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$500.00 |
| Hope Fund (for charge Conference) 2009 |
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$1,000.00 |
| Wish Upon a Star deficit - Christmas 2009 |
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$845.53 |
| Eva Johnson Foundation (2010) |
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$425.00 |
| Presbyterian Social Ministries (2010) |
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$600.00 |
| 8 rebuilt computers for Monroe Street UMC (2010) |
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$1,550.00 |
| Money from Giant Food to Samuel Morse Elementary School in SW Baltimore (2007-2010) |
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$6,869.29 |
| Carpenter's Kitchen (Christmas 2010) |
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$685.00 |
| Glen Mar Music (2010-2012) |
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$1,050.00 |
| Glen Mar Early Learning Center (2011-2012) |
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$600.00 |
| Glen Mar Building Fund (2010-2012) |
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$2,500.00 |
| Total |
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$71,736.23 |
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.
- John Wesley
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Gift Card Program
eScrip - An Easy Fundraiser
Resources for the Community 
Trash for Cash 
Save your newspaper, and junk mail, too!
Lotte Plaza Supports Glen Mar Ministries
