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The Lowell Alumni Association's partnership with various grocery card programs (including Safeway, Albertsons, Ralphs, Vons, Cala, Bell and Pavilions) continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Last year, in our first year of participation, we received more than $1,700 through these programs, but this year's total has already topped $3,400 and we are hoping to double the size of the program again next year with the help of several hundred more alumni and other friends who take a few moments to register their cards with us.

It's really the most painless way to help support important programs at Lowell. All you have to do is complete our online form at www.lowellalumni.org/grocery or complete the mail-in form below and then return it in the reply envelope you'll find in this newsletter. Once you're signed up, the supermarkets will donate from 1% to 4% of your purchases to the Lowell Alumni Association without adding a penny to your grocery bill.

And you don't have to be a Lowell alum to participate in these programs, so be sure to ask your cousin with the six children and huge grocery bills to sign up, too! For those who want to go the extra step, you can register your credit cards so that purchases made at participating non-grocery retailers and restaurants will also generate donations, with some retailers donating as much as 10% of the value of your purchases. Given the heightened privacy concerns regarding credit card information, we suggest you register that information directly with www.escrip.com. The Lowell Alumni Association's eScrip group number is 154836502.