SCRIPS are certificates that St. Joseph purchases locally, and also through a national SCRIP company. The certificates are sold to customers (you & me) at face value and are used the same as cash. How do SCRIPS benefit St. Joseph? When the SCRIPS are initially purchased the parish & school receives a discount and when the SCRIP is resold to you & me at face value the school makes a profit. For example: when a quantity of ten $10 Butcher Block Certificates they receive a 5% discount; St. Joseph pays $95 for $100 worth of certificates. The parish & school makes a $5 profit, but does not recoup this profit until the SCRIP is sold.

Over 40 local and national businesses offer St. Joseph discounts ranging from 5% to 15% for items that most people use on a regular basis: groceries, gas, restaurants, home maintenance, clothing, yard maintenance, propane, and prescriptions. The profits that are made on the sale of SCRIPS are used for school or parish maintenance.