Grocer4U is an easy passive fundraising opportunity that any local PTSA can implement and it’s members will appreciate.
Let’s count the ways why your PTSA will be thankful for this fundraising opportunity:
- Grocer4U’s goal is to support building great futures by helping PTSA’s raise education dollars.
- Grocer4U is a FREE service that saves your members time and money with grocery shopping. You can even login through Facebook!
- No more searching for grocery store sales. Grocer4U aims to remove the necessity to sift through your local paper, online ads, and multiple retailer sites to find the sales you need. Grocery4U brings the sales to you through your personalized portal.
- During registration you select your favorite grocery stores and create a “My Favorites” list of grocery items you normally buy. Grocery4U tells you not only the special at the stores you like to shop, but also shows ”My Specials”, highlighting items you have indicated in your “My Favorites” grocery list that are on sale. From there you can quickly add the ones you want to your shopping list.
- Quickly find BOGO free items at your favorite stores with the click of a button.
- Grocer4U allows you to either print or email your categorized grocery list, saving you time in the store. Email list will work on your smart phone or tablet as an interactive checklist.
- Grocer4U shows you your total savings by store, per shopping trip, and keep a running total so you can see how fast the savings add up.
- Whether you are a daily, weekly, or monthly shopper, Grocer4U will not only save you time and money, but allow you to keep an organized list of products that you can reuse.
- If you like to shop at only certain stores or buy only certain items, Grocer4U provides that flexibility.
- Part of the Grocery4U mission is to be an advocate for social responsibility. Grocer4U donates part of its profits back to the community, expressed by it’s slogan of “Giving by Saving”. It’s a WIN for everyone involved! The more you save, the more Grocer4U gives back to your PTSA.
Fundraising made simple;
- Get families and their friend across the USA to register on grocer4u.com using your PTSA unit-specific charity code.
- Encourage members to purchase through any of grocer4u.com affiliates (lots in Issquah).
- Encourage members to use grocer4u.com to manage their grocery purchases and print/email their grocery list.
Other FREE features that the site offers:
- One-stop to view many local grocery store promotions,
- Recipe options showing which ingredients are on sale,
- Personal grocery management system, and much more.
How does your PTSA make money?
- Every time new member registers with an annual cap.
- Every time registered member uses grocery print/email function with an annual cap.
- A uncapped annual based on percentage of member purchased product price made from grocer4u affiliates via grocer4u website click-through
How does your PTSA get started?
- Communicate a desire to start up by contacting Vivek Pathak. Click HERE for the easy steps Flyer
- Your PTSA will be provided a charity code* unique to your unit.
- Your PTSA will be given supportive material to use to communicate with your school.
- Monthly, you will be provided an update on the funds raised. Use this information to attract more users resulting in greater benefit to your unit.
- Quarterly, funds will be distributed directly to your PTSA in the form of a check.
*You can choose to modify their charity code at anytime while logged in via the “My Account” page.
In fact, you can see how it works by trying the sample charity code “YourCause”.
Click HERE for the easy steps Flyer
Grocer4U service can be used everywhere in our Nation, but was developed right here in Issaquah by Vivek Pathak, Issaquah Dad, Issaquah School District Teacher’s Husband, and education advocate. Please call Vivek Pathak with your excitement and questions. Visit the Grocer4U website to check it out – super cool!