St. Alexander Manna
Manna Registration Form (first time participants)
Manna Order Form (due Friday, receive following Wednesday)
Manna Immediate Purchase (3:05pm Friday & after Masses Saturday/Sunday)
What is Manna?
Manna is a program offered at St. Alexander School to help lower tuition costs for your family. It’s also a school fund-raiser that keeps overall tuition costs down for all families at St. Alexander School. You purchase gift certificates and gift cards from various retailers to use as “cash” for your everyday spending and gift giving.
Who can use Manna?
Anyone can use Manna. Recruit family, friends, and neighbors to use Manna on your behalf. Simply give them a Manna envelope and registration form, and we will assign them a number that will feed credit into your account. Organizations such as St. Alexander Athletic Association, Parent’s Association, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Bingo Committee, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Alexander Parish, etc., can use the program too.
Parents looking for future Catholic education of their children at St. Alexander School can also participate. These families can register and indicate their wish to build an earnings account for future enrollment. The monies earned will be held by the St. Alexander School Manna Program and will be credited toward tuition payment when their child enrolls at St. Alexander School.
How do I benefit from using Manna?
You buy and use certificates at face value. The school purchases the requested certificates at a discount (each store participating has a different discount). The school holds and accumulates for you 75% of the discount it receives. On a quarterly basis, the accumulated credit is deducted from your tuition.
Example:
- You buy $100 in Jewel certificates, $50 in Marathon Gas, $10 in McDonald’s, $25 in Caputo’s, and $25 in Mike’s Meat Market each week for a month (4 time average).
- At the end of this period, you will have accumulated approximately $28.50 in tuition credit.
- Your benefit, paid quarterly, would decrease your SMART payment by approximately $85.50 for the next payment. Paying annually or semi-annually, your credit is held and applied to your next payment.
What stores are offered?
Some of the stores offered are
• Jewel, Dominick’s, Mike’s Meat Market, Caputo’s, Panera Bread
• The Gap, Old Navy, JC Penney
• Shell, Speedway, Marathon
• Burger King, Wendy’s, Villa Nova, Kappy’s, Maggiano’s, KFC
• Menards, Home Depot, Schroeder’s Ace
See the Manna store list for a complete list of stores and their discounts.
When can I start using Manna?
You can start any time. All you need to do is
• Complete a Manna registration form.
• Fill out a Manna order envelope.
• Make your check payable to St. Alexander School for the total dollar
amount of certificates ordered.
• Turn in your order by 3:00 p.m. on Fridays at the school or Parish Center.
• Pick up your filled order on Wednesdays between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. in the
school or have your child bring it home on Wednesday.
Manna Policies (what are the rules?)
Manna Procedures (how do I order?)
Questions? Contact Maureen Schmidt.
