eScrip truly is the easiest fundraiser I've ever done. If you got out of the scrip program (that’s me) or never even got into it because of the paper and advance purchase then try eScrip. About 5 minutes and you can easily get in the neighborhood of $20 per month ($240 per year, or 15% of a trip!)
Thousands of merchants (Safeway, Office Max, Big 5, Big O Tires, Macy’s, Round Table, Cattlemens, airlines and etc.) participate. You sign up, register whatever cards you want (debit, credit, store and/or loyalty), spend like you usually do and they pay various percentages back to the Orchestra, which will then put them in your student account. (Grandparents and others can do it, too.) You can use the funds for orchestra expenses such as t-shirts, master classes, and yes, trips too!
About 1/4 of our families are using eScrip already. (NOTE, if you have a Safeway card you need to reconfirm it each year by Nov 1st to keep it active - just log in and the confirmation is right there.) The website is www.escrip.com. If you have questions or don't like doing electronic signups contact the orchestra escrip coordinator who can do an old-fashioned registration for you.