The hCard was featured in the November 11 issue of the Winchendon Courier in Winchendon, MA! The Murdock Middle High School Blue Devils football team presented The hCard to firefighters and police officers to thank them for their service to the community.
More than just a fundraiser, The hCard not only helps schools and nonprofit organizations raise money for their cause, but it brings consumers, the local merchants and the entire community together.
My name is John Posey and I am the owner of the Raleigh, NC office of Home Instead Senior Care. I am involved with the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk in my area and the association has their very own Memory Walk hCard.I want to express my delight at how the hCards I have bought my employees have been received. My employees think it is the best gift I have ever given them and many have used the Roadside Plan which helps my employees show up on time at my client’s homes. My office staff giggles when they find the incredible deals on the weekly emails you send.What a great employee benefit at a reasonable cost to me, the owner. Keep up the good work!John PoseyRaleigh, NC
Carl Jackson, PGA tour caddie and founder of the Carl’s Kids foundation, was featured in a story in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Included in the story was a reference to how The hCard is helping him raise funds to support his foundation:
… [Carl's] passion is his foundation, Carl’s Kids, which promotes the hCard, a $25 purchase that allows a 25 percent discount at hotels, restaurants and other places nationwide.
Read the entire article here!
Read what Rita Bhan with the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern North Carolina had to say about The hCard and SchoolHeart’s Fundraising Program:
“Just a quick note to thank you again for bringing the hCard to us. I know we are just beginning with its connection to Memory Walk, but I feel like our goal of selling 15,000 hCards this year is absolutely achievable. I have been doing fundraising and development for the Chapter for twelve years and this is by far the greatest idea I’ve seen. We plan to introduce it to donors for a $50 donation in our next newsletter and the great thing about it is that we only have to introduce it once…it will sell itself after that without any involvement from us. We’ve had over 1,100 hits on our hCard website and I honestly feel like this is going to be huge for us. So, again, thanks so much for thinking of us and introducing us to a really, almost hands free, fundraising mechanism. Memory Walk is a really important event for us but takes an enormous amount of time and effort in planning and execution – I can foresee the hCard having a healthy impact on Chapter fundraising with very little time and effort expended on our part – and believe me, I like that idea. Again, thanks and if you ever need a testimonial, just let me know and I’ll whip one up for you ‘cause I’m a believer!”
Visit their website: http://www.alznc.org/
The hCard was featured in this latest edition of Wake Living magazine, Wake County, NC’s premier lifestyle magazine. In addition, Wake Living has partnered with The hCard to help raise funds for three worthy nonprofit organizations: the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, the SPCA of Wake County, and the Special Olympics of North Carolina.
Wake Living had this to say about The hCard:
“The hCard is an ideal way to help raise funds for area schools and nonprofits in need while also receiving discounts from area and national retailers.”
The hCard is helping San Jose’s East Side Union School District save their sports programs, and we’ve been covered in their local sports blogs. Check out this entry from the “After School” blog:
The ESUHSD is teaming up with ThehCard.com in one of the fundraisers. The card cost $25 for a year and includes numerous discounts at local and national merchants _ including a roadside assistance program, a prescription discount card and promotions with hotels and airlines.
View the entire entry here.
Since its inception, The hCard has received many letters of support and appreciation from community leaders. Download and read a few below:
Letter from Retired Judge
“… I was almost speechless and wanted you to know how pleased I am with the SchoolHeart hCard program … I plan to purchase my hCard this week.”
Letter from Bill McNeal, NCASA Executive Director
“… Your innovative fundraising solution is IMPRESSIVE! The combination of free, easy and perpetual was great news to our school administrators. “
Letter from Cindy K. Smith, President, Wake County PTA Council
“The aspects of free, easy and perpetual are especially attractive for our schools in their fundraising efforts.”
Letter from Michael Blanchard, Vice President of Development, Hospice of Wake County
“We’ve been getting checks for months now. It’s so easy! You do all the bookkeeping and just keep sending us checks.”
The Philanthropy Journal (www.philanthropyjournal.org) covered SchoolHeart and The hCard in an April 2nd article. From the article:
“It’s taking folks online to do their fundraising so they don’t have to do the door-to-door stuff,” Burnett says.
By buying an hCard, which offers discounts at a variety of stores and restaurants throughout the U.S., including Red Lobster, Starbucks and Barnes & Noble, customers direct half of the $25 cost to the charity or school of their choice.
The card also offers discounts on prescription drugs, as well as roadside-assistance and emergency-contact services.
More than 2,000 hCards have been purchased or given out so far in 28 states, Burnett told The News & Observer in Raleigh.
Already more than 100 schools and nonprofit groups have signed up to post the hCard link on their websites, and three to six new clients sign up daily, Burnett says.
“Signing up takes three minutes, and it’s free,” she says.
Read the full article here.
As SchoolHeart has expanded nationwide with The hCard Program, we have begun to get some nice media coverage. It seems that our unique program that combines no-hassle, online fundraising with the fantastic value of The hCard is turning some heads.
The Silicon Valley Mercury News
“‘It’s a team effort between all 11 schools in the East Side district,’ Buller said. ‘We’re reaching out to the community and asking for their help.’”
Read the article
Raleigh News and Observer
“The SPCA of Wake County partnered with the hCard program late last year, and donations are slowly building. The SPCA received $37.50 in January.”
Read the article
AFRDS Newsletter
“A new national discount card has entered the fundraising market.”
View the newsletter
Carolina Bride Magazine
“Combining innovative Internet technology with cause-related marketing, www.schoolheart.com is designed to bring communities together where it counts most.”
Read the article (pdf)
hCard Members are saving hundreds on prescriptions using their National Prescription Card, included with The hCard Membership. Read some testimonials from hCard Members across the country who have taken advantage of these savings …
Bill from Georgia said …
“I have medical insurance as a corporate retiree that includes prescription coverage, but has a $25.00 per month co-pay for brand name prescriptions. I took one of these prescriptions to the pharmacy at a Wal-Mart Superstore. They priced the prescription at about $64.00 for a three month supply, offering a slight savings of $11.00 over three months. I then asked them to price that prescription using my hCard discount prescription card which I had printed on my home computer. That brought the cost of the three month supply down to about $28.00. This means that the $25.00 annual cost of my hCard was more than recovered with one three-month prescription as I saved a total of $36.00 based on the pharmacy price!”
Bobi from Texas said …
“I am so excited! My hCard pharmacy discount is saving me $45 a month on my daughters ADHD medicine. No more driving clear across town to the pharmacy that offered the cheapest price. I can pick it up at my local grocery store and still save! Thank you SchoolHeart!”
Suzanne from North Carolina wrote …
“While I was filling a new prescription, I asked the CVS woman what it would cost with my hCard discount. It turned out that with my insurance, this one was only going to cost me $.98, but in her words, she said: ‘Oh, I’ve seen that card many times!’ I asked if she knew how much it helped those people who used it. She went into her computer and while she didn’t share any names, she did look up one person’s prescription and added these words: ‘Their prescription would have cost $156, but with ‘that Card’, they only paid $48.’ She couldn’t believe it when I told her the hCard only cost $25! She wrote down the information so she could order her parents, as well as herself, an hCard!”
The first national discount membership with emergency contact support and roadside assistance.
