The White Salmon Valley Schools are benefiting from programs at Thriftway and Safeway that help raise money for the schools.
These programs allow shoppers to support the schools without increasing the cost of their grocery bill.
The Safeway program is called escrip. When shoppers sign up for escrip, a small portion of their grocery receipts are returned to the schools. All three schools in the White Salmon Valley School District are signed up.
Shoppers can designate if they want to support one, two, or three schools. Columbia High School's project graduation has earned more than $2,000 per year from this program in the past. Whitson Elementary School's Parent Teacher Organization earned $5,000 per year for each of the last few years from this program. Henkle Middle School's Parent Teacher Organization recently signed up for the program.
The Thriftway program helps support Columbia High School's Project Graduation. Shoppers purchase "Thriftway Bucks" that can be used like cash in the store, while the store provides a 5 percent donation back to the school.
Thirftway Bucks can be purchased by contacting Kristi Reynier at 493-1560.
Any shopper can participate in these programs, whether they have students in the school district or not, or whether they live locally or not.
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