Registration fees we receive from our members can only cover a portion of the costs of running the club. In order to operate the club with this current low fee (that will not discourage anyone from joining), we have to undertake a variety of fundraising activities. Fundraising is not optional - all families are expected to participate in fundraising activities.
Please let us know if you have any great ideas about fundraising.
Our main fundraising activity for each session are "Safeway Gift Card" Sales.
Our goal is to raise a minimum of $5,000 in net profit. The Gift Cards are available in $25, $50 and $100 denominations.
The Safeway gift card program is a win-win fundraising for the club and club members. The card can be used just like cash, has no expiry date, and can be used for any purchase in participating Safeway stores across Canada . You can use them for your regular shopping or sell them to your friends, neighbors, relatives and people at work.
The club will receive 8% commission on total sales. For example, if you purchase $100.00 of Safeway Gift Cards, the club will receive $8.00.
Since Safeway Foods only sells gift cards between October 1st and December 22nd each year, you will receive the cards in mid-October for the Fall Session and the middle of December for the Winter Session.
If you'd like to order more, please contact Yan at nvhuynh@shaw.ca. Thank you to all our members for participating in this program!
Note: PNSC does not assume any liability should you lose any Safeway Gift Cards. Please consider and treat your Safeway Gift Cards as if they were cash. Thank you.
In the summer of 2009, government funding to the Percy Norman Swim Club was dramatically reduced by approximately 70%. However, despite this cut, our immediate and future plans were to continue to offer a quality swim program at PNSC at affordable rates to our members.
In order to offset many of the expenses that were previously covered by government funding, we started a Fundraising Committee at PNSC. Our goal was to raise enough money through fundraising so that fee increases are kept to a minimum in the coming years, should government funding stop.
We have begun brainstorming many possible fundraising activities and are now ready to start implementing some of these exciting ideas - this is where WE WANT YOU AND WE NEED YOU!
There are many fundraising activities planned and therefore, we will need a number of parent volunteers to help us with these activities. This is an excellent way to fulfill your volunteering requirements and best of all, the entire club will benefit from your work.
If you are interested in being part of the Fundraising Committee or helping out, please contact Yan at nvhuynh@shaw.ca. We thank you in advance for volunteering!
