Christmas Shopping to Raise Money for Your School

Busy making Christmas shopping lists today? Here's how you can make your money go further by supporting your schools at the register.

National retailers like Giant, Safeway, Target, Office Depot and Bloom give cash or credit to schools based on your purchases. At most stores, all you need to do is register your store member card to a school of your choice and start shopping.

Just how much can your school get? Target donates 1 percent of your REDcard purchases to your school. Office Depot, which doesn't require a member card, credits 5 percent of your purchases for free school supplies. Each Safeway program school can earn up to $25,000 a year.

Remember to register your member cards every year to make sure your shopping trip is beneficial to your student's classroom. Here are the links and ID numbers needed to register your cards:

Giant: Click here to register your Giant card. Here are the McLean schools that are participating and their ID codes:

Chesterbrook Elem School, 01990

Churchill Road Elementary, 01991

Franklin Sherman Elementary, 01993

Kent Garden Elementary, 01994

Spring Hill Elementary, 02004

Cooper Middle School, 01992

Langley High School, 01995

McLean High School, 01997

Safeway:Click here to register your Safeway Club Card. 

Chesterbrook Elem School, 6617193

Churchill Road Elementary, 6488346

Franklin Sherman Elementary, 6505502

Kent Garden Elementary, 6523512

Spring Hill Elementary, not registered

Cooper Middle School, 6491302

Langley High School, 6526530

McLean High School, 6663355

Target:Click here to register your REDCard.

Office Depot: No card required. Just tell the cashier to credit the school of your choice. There should be a list with you school's ID number near the register.

Bloom: Click here to register your Breeze card.