A new partnership with The Giving Seed makes it easy to provide The Aquinas Institute with much needed financial support by continuing to purchase from trusted online retailers, such as Barnes and Noble and The Office Depot, as you've been doing for years.

Your choice to plant a Giving Seed in your online transaction will result in a portion of the transaction proceeds being sent to Aquinas. Whether you are back to school shopping at amazon.com for books and bags, buying a pair of shoes for football or cross country at footlocker.com or purchasing music on iTunes, each purchase your family makes through The Giving Seed at one of 40+ top online retailers directly benefits The Aquinas Institute.

You can enter The Giving Seed website directly through www.thegivingseed.com or by clicking on The Giving Seed logo on www.aquinasinstitute.com.

How it works:

1. From The Giving Seed home page you will see the heading Choose on the left side of the page. Select Aquinas Institute-Roch from the Non-Profit or Community Partner drop down menu.

2. Select the Online Retailer you wish to shop at.

3. Click on the Go button to begin shopping. Pay for your online purchase via the online retailer's secure website. Proceeds from your purchase(s) will go to The Aquinas Institute.

Aquinas will also earn funds for each search you make through The Giving Tree Google Search box. Just be sure to choose Aquinas Institute-Roch in the Choose drop down menu and then search using the Google Search box on The Giving Tree homepage.

 

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Enroll in Target's Take Charge of Education Program

Did you know there's an easy way to help us raise money for our school—for books, band uniforms, reading programs and anything else that can use extra funding?

It's called Take Charge of Education, and it's helping Aquinas right now. Target will donate 1% of your purchase at Target and Target.com and 1/2% of purchases made everywhere else with your Target Visa. To date, 217 people have designated Aquinas Institute as their school of choice, earning the school $5,9169 in donated funds.

Here's how it works: Visit Target.com using the link above, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school, then use your REDcard whenever you shop. When you use your REDcardSM (Target® Visa® Credit Card, Target Credit CardSM or Target Check CardSM), Target will donate up to 1% of your purchases to Aquinas.

Don't have a REDcard? It's easy to apply. Get started in person at any Target store or go to Target.com/redcard.

Grandparents, alumni, friends and neighbors are all welcome to participate in the program. The more people we involve, the harder the program works for our school. If you're already participating, thank you!

Check out our school's progress anytime at Target.com/tcoe.
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Click on this link to enroll. Designate Aquinas as your school of choice by entering the AQ Target School ID: 11521.