St. James Crusader Cash FAQs

Updated 11-1-2018

What is Crusader Cash (also known as Scrip)?

Crusader Cash/Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When you purchase Crusader

Cash, you are purchasing gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You

can use Crusader Cash to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, gas, and other

essentials at hundreds of different Crusader Cash retailers, and with every purchase, you

earn revenue for St. James the Apostle School and your family. Participants in the program

produce revenue by making regular household purchases you would make anyway.

How does Crusader Cash generate revenue for St. James and my family?

The program acts on behalf of St. James to purchase large amounts of gift cards from

grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the gift cards are

purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount – from

1% to 25%. Half that discount is St. James the Apostle School‟s revenue which is used to

supplement the School operating budget. The other half of the discount is for your family‟s

rebate account. At the end of the school year, you will get a rebate check (of amounts

totaling $20 or more) to put toward your next year‟s tuition bill or to use however you would

like. You may also elect to donate your rebate balance back to St. James the Apostle School.

How do I purchase Crusader Cash?

You have a couple of options. The easiest is to purchase from the on hand inventory of

bestsellers kept in the St. James School office including Jewel, Mariano‟s, Whole Foods,

Walmart, Target, BP, Shell, Panera, Starbucks and more. Or you may purchase at weekend

masses in the church narthex on the scheduled weekend each month throughout the year.

Another option is to use the order form available on SchoolSpeak. This form includes many

favorites from the Crusader Cash program. Just print, fill in your order information, and

send to the School office with your child in backpack mail along with your check made payable

to St. James the Apostle. Your gift cards will then be sent home with your child (or be

available for pickup in the School office) as soon as they are on hand (usually within 1-4

school days if we receive your order by Friday each week).

You may also shop online at www.shopwithscrip.com. Here you can shop from the complete list

of retailers – over 750 and growing! Then you may use either the hard copy order form to

write in your order and send to the School office or you may submit your order online where

it will automatically be forwarded to your Crusader Cash coordinators for processing. The

Shop with Scrip website also has a full list of FAQs that can answer all your questions!

Go to www.shopwithscrip.com, click on Support, then choose FAQs.

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What do I need to do to shop and order online?

Online registration is simple. The Crusader Cash home page (at www.shopwithscrip.com) has a

link to create a family account. There you will need to enter a username and password as well

as some basic name, address, email information – though you can create an account with as

little as an email address. You will also be asked for an enrollment code to associate your

account with St. James School, as an enrolled non-profit organization. Our enrollment code is

BB3LD4F215731. Once your account is setup, you can submit an order online.

How do I pay for my Crusader Cash order?

Again, you have a few options. You may use cash or check when purchasing in the School

office. Checks should be made payable to St. James the Apostle. When shopping online,

you may also pay with cash or check – just send your payment with your order form/printed

confirmation to the office. You also have the option to pay directly online through PrestoPay,

Scrip‟s online payment tool similar to PayPal. See below for specific instructions to setup.

What is PrestoPay and how do I register to use this payment option?

PrestoPay is a payment tool that allows you to link your Shop with Scrip account directly to a

bank account for easy online payment. Once you are registered to shop online at

www.shopwithscrip.com and you are signed in, go to the

Dashboard

, then scroll down and

choose

Payment Types

in the middle of the page. If you use online banking you can use the

„Instantly Link a Bank Account‟ option to select your bank from a list and enter your online

banking credentials. Then you will choose the account you would like to link and create a PIN

to begin using your PrestoPay payment option immediately. If you would prefer to enter your

banking information manually (routing number, bank account number, etc.) use the „Manually

Enter Account Numbers‟ option and follow the steps. This setup option will take a day or two

to verify the banking information you have entered, so make sure you have time to complete

this process before you plan to use PrestoPay the first time for online payment.

Please note that when you choose to use your PrestoPay account for payment, there will be a

$0.15 processing fee added to the total purchase amount of your order. However, any

processing fees you incur throughout the year will be reimbursed to you at the end of

the school year as part of your total rebate amount.

What are the benefits of using a PrestoPay account for payment?

You can shop and pay for your Crusader Cash order at any time 24/7 when it is most

convenient for you, and there is no need to send a check or order form into the School

office, as your coordinators will automatically be contacted when you submit your order.

You will also have the ability to use the ScripNow and ReloadNow features available on the

Shop with Scrip site – and from your Smartphone with the

MyScripWallet

mobile app (see

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below). These features allow you to complete and receive your order when you pay with

PrestoPay without any interaction required from your coordinators.

ScripNow currently includes 403 different retailers like Walmart, Gap, Lands‟ End, Panera,

Amazon, Home Depot and iTunes and many more where you can purchase eCards that will be

available to print within minutes of entering and paying for your order. There are also 193

different retailer cards like Jewel, Mariano‟s, Walmart, Starbucks, Whole Foods, AMC

Theatres and BP Gas, that can be Reloaded online or through the mobile app. Just register a

card that you have purchased through Crusader Cash on the Shop with Scrip site, and you will

be able to Reload your card with any dollar amount (up to specified maximums) as often as

needed, and the funds for most retailers (ReloadNow option) will be available on the card

within minutes after paying with PrestoPay - and with the other option (Reload), the funds

will be available the next day after paying. Read the ScripNow and Reload FAQs online to

answer all your questions. You will love these features!

How do I setup the MyScripWallet mobile app?

This is not an app available in the app store, it is instead a mobile website. Just open the

browser on your Apple or Android device and enter the address MyScripWallet.com.

Navigate to the website and a message should popup showing you how to add the app to your

home screen. You can sign in to

MyScripWallet

using the same username and password you

use at www.shopwithscrip.com. You can purchase ScripNow or Reload your cards while you

are out and about using PrestoPay to buy, then receiving your eCard or reload within minutes.

You can also now order physical gift cards this way so that you do not miss out on any specials

while you are on the go.

Please contact your Crusader Cash Coordinators with any additional questions:

Coordinator mailbox crusadercash@gmail.com

Jennifer Frieling jfrieling@stjamesge-school.org

Kerri Pohl kerrispohl@aol.com

Have fun Fundraising as you shop!!