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1. Does the online form require that I pay online?
2. Do certificates expire? 
3. What is building fund credit? 
4. Who participates in our certificate program? 
5. How does this certificate program help our parish? 
6. Why don't you carry cards for other businesses in our area? 
7. Can I pay on my account with a gift card? 
8. Will I still earn fuelperks!^© at Giant Eagle when I use my gift card?
9. Can I use the Giant Eagle gift card to purchase gas? 

Does the online form require that I pay online?
No, at this time we do not take payments online. You will pay for your certificates when you pick them up.  You may pay with cash or check made payable to St. Catherine of Sweden.

Do certificates expire?
Our gift certificates have no expiration date however some vendors charge a monthly fee ($2-$3) if the card is not used after a year or two.  These details are plainly spelled out on the back of the card.  If this is cause for concern, please check out the individual card's restrictions when you pick-up your order.

What is building fund credit?
This is an opportunity to apply a portion (3%) of the proceeds to the building fund.  The building fund is our debt incurred for the new church and parish center.  If you made a pledge to the building fund, you may use this as an additional means to pay down your pledge.  If you did not make a pledge, you can still help us by purchasing the certificates and applying the credit to pay our debt.

Who participates in our certificate program?
Our education programs are eligible for tuition reduction through the certificate program (specifically our preschool and religious education). Our parishioners who wish to participate can help us pay down the debt quicker.

How does this certificate program help our parish?
If each family spends an average of $100 a week at the grocery store, they can contribute more than $150 a year to the program without spending any more money than they usually do at the grocery store. See the examples below:

	1842	+ families registered at St. Catherine of Sweden
X	100	average grocery bill each week
	$184,200	possible certificates sold
X	52	weeks a year
	$9,578,400	X 3% (proceeds to building fund) = $287,352

The above is an example if all families registered in the parish participated in the program.

Let's take the average number of families that participate in the church.

	553	(1/3 of families participate in their church)
X	100	average grocery bill each week
	$55,300	each week
X	52	weeks a year
	$2,875,600	X 3% (proceeds to building fund) = $86,268   (You've not
spent any additional monies and yet we could be paying down our debt.)

If you purchased your dining certificates, fast food, your gas (you can use Giant Eagle certificates at GetGo), your entertainment and miscellaneous, see the additional possibilities:

	553	(1/3 of families participate in their church)
X	100	possible weekly (non-grocery) budget for a family
	$55,300	each week
X	52	weeks a year
	$2,875,600	X 3% = $86,268 plus grocery % of $86,268 = $172,536

WOW!! What a difference this could make and we don't do anything different but reroute our money through the church. The possibilities are endless. This is bigger, easier and better than the Auction, Golf Outing, Fish Fry and Irish Night all together and we can all participate.

Why don't you carry cards for other businesses in our area?
We only carry gift cards that are offered through the Scrip program and a few miscellaneous businesses that participate individually.

Can I pay on my account with a gift card?
Some gift cards can be used for account payment; most cannot. Check the online or paper order forms to see the vendors that permit this.

Will I still earn fuelperks!^© at Giant Eagle when I use my gift card?
Users of gift cards earn fuelperks!^© the same as always because fuelperks!^© are based on the amount purchased, not on the method of payment.

Can I use the Giant Eagle gift card to purchase gas?
Absolutely, you can use the Giant Eagle gift card to purchase gas at GetGo stations.