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| You mean every time I eat a potato chip, I am helping the Mission? Fabulous! |
Mission of Our Lady of the Angels
| "Anyway Donations" Question: How can we raise thousands of dollars for the Mission, year in and year out, at no cost in about two minutes per person? Sounds impossible doesn't it? It's not. If you shop at Dominicks (or their affiliated stores in other parts of the country) YOU can help build this Mission. And it costs you… NOTHING! |
How it Works:
- Register your frequent shopper card with us today. It only takes a minute
or two. - Shop at Dominicks or one of the affiliate stores listed to the left.
- The store gives back up to 4% of what you are going to spend anyway to
the Mission. - You do nothing else. No vouchers. No receipts to turn in. It is all
automatic. - This could be a great way to counter any guilt you have for breaking a diet!
| You do nothing else. It costs you nothing. Dominick's gives back up to 4% per cent of the money you are going to spend.... ANYWAY! |
| This sounds absolutely brilliant and simple. Can I get my bridge club, my church and my colleagues at the office to sign up too? |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Great idea! Gimme a knuckle-tap for Fr. Bob! Can I sign up my men's group, the guys in my golf foursome and the boys at the club? |
| It is easy and, YES, you can sign up everyone you know. The possibilities are limitless. Even family members in other parts of the country can sign up. Here's how. |
| Okay, so how do we sign up? It better be easy and fast. We have places to go and people to see, you know. |
For Individuals:
Option 1: Simply e-mail the following information to Liz Trantowski at etrantow@yahoo.com
- Your Name
- Your address
- Phone
- The 11 or 16 digit number off the back of your Dominick's Fresh Values card (under the bar code)
- If you are registering something other than a Dominick's card, please be sure to indicate that!
i.e. Safeway, Von's, Pavilions, PW Value, Genuardi's or Carr's. Otherwise we won't be able to register
you properly. - That is all you do. We do all the rest. We register your info with a Third Party Program Administrator
who takes care of everything else and sends Fr. Bob a check.
Option 2: Download this FORM fill it in and mail, fax or give it to Fr. Bob (or scan and e-mail to IrishNet@aol.com)
Option 3: Sign up the next time you come to the Mission. Sign up on the Mobile Food Pantry Day.
To Register a Group or Friends:
Download and make copies of this FORM, have the supporters fill in the information and mail or fax back
to Fr. Bob. Please check to make sure you can clearly distinguish "4" from "9" and "6" from "8" and "0"
as the form is filled out. It will make our job a lot easier! Thanks.
| I think I would like to hear more. |
| We love shopping and we have to eat! We're "in!" |
| Nothing, eh? When was the last time something cost us nothing? Here it comes... |
| IF YOU DON'T SHOP AT DOMINICK'S Please get a Dominick's card and start! We will try to have applications you can take with you, fill out and mail in at the Mobile Food Pantry days. |
| What kind of purchases count toward this program? Just about everything except cigarettes and liquor. We are verifying whether gift cards count. We will let you know. If so, be sure to buy all your Christmas and other gift cards there! |
| Soap. Do you think soap counts? I could use some right about now.... |
| Do Rice Krispie cookies count? |
Yes, Yes, Yes!
Testimonial from a Chicago volunteer:
In October 2007, I attended Discipleship Days for the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska. During the conference,
there were tables for various organizations set up around the conference room- one was for a little school in Anchorage. The
woman at the table asked me if I shopped at Dominicks and if so, would I register my frequent shopper card to help support their
school. I said, "Why not?" It took about 2 minutes to register. I never thought about it again until seven months later when I got a
card from the woman thanking me for my support which she said really made a difference. I had forgotten all about the program....
It was painless for me, yet meant so much to them.
I was just one person, but even if the contribution from my purchases was only $100 per year, if we could get 100 people to sign
up, that would be $10,000. If all of our various groups could network out and we could get 1000 people to sign up, that could
make up to $100,000 a year for Fr. Bob - direct deposits to the Mission account with no worry to him. He would be able to focus
on doing God's work.
At the September 6 Mobile Food Pantry, we introduced the program to the volunteers and neighbors who live in Humboldt Park.
The neighbors were the first to sign up! They were so excited to participate in building the Mission. That is the beauty of the
program. Everyone can participate- no matter how little or how much they spend. Relatives across country can help and watch the
progress on this web site. It all adds up. It all counts. Those who didn't bring their Dominick's card with them, said they would
bring it next month. Volunteers took information and sign up sheets back to their parishes to sign people up. We already have 21
supporters signed up just from that one day with no advance notice to anyone. We are enthusiastically on our way.
In October 2007, I attended Discipleship Days for the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska. During the conference,
there were tables for various organizations set up around the conference room- one was for a little school in Anchorage. The
woman at the table asked me if I shopped at Dominicks and if so, would I register my frequent shopper card to help support their
school. I said, "Why not?" It took about 2 minutes to register. I never thought about it again until seven months later when I got a
card from the woman thanking me for my support which she said really made a difference. I had forgotten all about the program....
It was painless for me, yet meant so much to them.
I was just one person, but even if the contribution from my purchases was only $100 per year, if we could get 100 people to sign
up, that would be $10,000. If all of our various groups could network out and we could get 1000 people to sign up, that could
make up to $100,000 a year for Fr. Bob - direct deposits to the Mission account with no worry to him. He would be able to focus
on doing God's work.
At the September 6 Mobile Food Pantry, we introduced the program to the volunteers and neighbors who live in Humboldt Park.
The neighbors were the first to sign up! They were so excited to participate in building the Mission. That is the beauty of the
program. Everyone can participate- no matter how little or how much they spend. Relatives across country can help and watch the
progress on this web site. It all adds up. It all counts. Those who didn't bring their Dominick's card with them, said they would
bring it next month. Volunteers took information and sign up sheets back to their parishes to sign people up. We already have 21
supporters signed up just from that one day with no advance notice to anyone. We are enthusiastically on our way.
| I don't know. I may have to think about this... (tick tock, tick tock.... money down the drain...) |
| My "friend" and I would like to sign up... together. Friends do that. |
| I am soooo with you Fr. Bob! Sign me up TO-DAY, and thanks for finding a way we can all help in a tough economy! |
| If you shop at any of the following stores which are in the Dominicks family (no matter where you are in the US), you can join us and be part of the good work of the Mission! Safeway Vons Pavilion PW Value Genuardi's Carr's Dominick's |
| We do this for each other because He did this for us. |
| This page will be dedicated to finding creative and painless ways to help Fr. Bob fund the ongoing operations of the Mission so he can focus on what he does best - feed his sheep and tend his flock. |
| Creative because there are so many possibilities that have not yet been considered. We would like everyone to think creatively, listen and watch for opportunities. There is so much we do not do simply because we think we cannot. Please remember that with God, all things are possible. Painless because we know that it is not only the people who live in Humboldt Park who are feeling the negative effects of a slow economy. Many people who love the Mission, Fr. Bob and helping others are also hurting. We want everyone to be able to participate in building this Mission - even those we serve in Humboldt Park. We have heard others say, "Give until it hurts." We don't want anyone to hurt. We say, "Don't give until it hurts, give until you love it!" WE INVITE YOU To share your ideas for other projects with Fr. Bob. We have two more very exciting projects on the drawing board. So please check back often! |
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love and it will decide everything." |
| Falling in Love -- Pedro Arrupe, S.J. |
| "Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary." ~Pope Benedict XVI, Inaugural Mass |
| Fr. Bob Lombardo Mission of Our Lady of the Angels 3808 W. Iowa St. Chicago, IL 60651 (773) 486-8431 fax: (773) 486-8432 Web master: IrishNet@aol.com |
9/14: 8:11 pm - Woo woo. We just posted this late this afternoon and we just received our first Safeway supporter! Thank you Paul in Virginia! Thanks to everyone from Fr. Bob for your support. 9/17: A major Chicago law firm put this notice in its firm newsletter this week and sent it to all of their employees! If you feel like doing something similar at your company, they probably would not object if you borrow some verbiage. (Thanks a lot!) We won't keep posting this stuff, but we thought this was cool, and we just enjoy sharing the good news with you! |
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| A BONUS FOR YOU!! For those of you who have been shopping at Dominick's for us, we want to point out that over the last couple of months, as you shop, your purchases have not only been helping the Mission, but they have gone toward points which allow you to get some great cookware. Look at the bottom of your latest receipt and it will tell you how many points you have accumulated. You must redeem these points by January 13 or you lose them. It doesn't take a lot of points to get some great new pans. So don't miss out. Redeem them, and if you don't need them or have a friend or someone else you want to give them to, please bring them out to the Mission for the ladies in the neighborhood. Every woman knows that when there are kids (or grandkids) to take care of, the last thing we splurge on is good cookware for ourselves. Don't let the points go to waste. If you don't need the cookware, a new pan will surely bring a smile to someone's face! Thanks. |