Quarterly Birthday Celebration Is Soon

It's the fourth quarter of 2022, unbelievably. Where did the year go? We have birthdays to celebrate from October, November, and December. The Celebration will be held Tuesday, November 29th at City Barbecue, 7706 Voice of America Centre Drive, West Chester. The Membership Committee will be holding the group gathering at 6pm, but you can use the voucher all day during the hours that City BBQ serves to have 20% of your purchase dedicated to MCP. If you dine in, you must present the voucher either by pulling it up on your phone or submitting a printed copy. Please remember that we cannot distribute the vouchers to others at the restaurant. Access the voucher here! 
If you wish to order online, or use the app you must enter the fund code: FundA, and then click the red + button to apply the fund code prior to final checkout. Online orders must be for the day of the fundraising event, in this case November 29th.  
Our fundraiser code is FundA. You can use that code when ordering online. Click here for that link. In order to receive 20% of the fundraising proceeds, MCP must purchase more than $500 from the establishment. That has been the terms of the agreement since partnering with City BBQ, and it has not bee a problem to date. Still, we really need everyone to try their best to participate so that we do not run the risk of forfeiting the proceeds of the fundraiser. 
Purchases that qualify for the fundraising efforts include food, beverage, and bottled sauces. Gift card, non-sauce retail items, delivery orders, orders made through third party delivery, and sales tax cannot be applied to the fundraising total. 
Help us make this event a success! See you on the 29th!

Are You Familiar with These Two Ways to Help MCP While You Shop?

Two of our ongoing fundraising programs are Kroger Community Rewards and amazonsmile. MCP likes these two programs because it does not require members to take any money out of their own pockets to provide financial benefit to the group. And both are very easy to initiate. 

Kroger Community Rewards provides MCP with a percentage of every purchase made at their stores and gas stations. If you are not already signed up, just visit here!
If you have a Kroger Plus Card, Community Rewards can be tied to it. If you do not have a Plus Card, you can sign up for it as you enroll in the program. Even if you do not shop at Kroger regularly, it is still a benefit to enroll in the program. Even now-and-again purchases give a little back to MCP, and if everyone participates, it all adds up. This program gets MCP about $1,000 a year; help make it even more.

Another "shop and give back" comes from amazonsmile. If you shop Amazon, you simply go to smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com, choose Mason Community Players as the non-profit you wish to support, and shop as you always do. The percentage of return from this program is not at all as lucrative as Kroger, but that does not matter. From April 1st to June 30th this year, we received $52.37 from those shopping on smile. Since we began the program, MCP has reveived $1,114.06. They may not seem like a lot, but one of our favorite phrases is, "That's $1,114.06 that we didn't have before." Every little bit helps. If you are going to shop Amazon anyways, then use smile. It looks and feels exactly the same as using Amazon and you can continue to be a Prime member, and that does not change.

Give both of these programs a chance, if you don't participate already!