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Kroger Community Rewards Program

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This program involves shopping at Columbus area Kroger stores with your Kroger Plus Card that is registered to St. Catharine School’s account.  Simply, Kroger contributes a rebate on the items you purchase at their stores.  Rebate contributions are accumulated quarterly and applied toward your tuition fee for the upcoming school/religious education year.  Please contact the TRIP coordinator for questions or assistance with this program.

TRIP coordinator:  Jeni Cooke – stcatharinetrip@yahoo.com

Kroger Website: www.kroger.com

St. Catharine Organization #: 81633

St. Catharine Kroger Quarterly Earnings Form – Read how to find & report earnings below.

Annual Re-enrollment:  April

Program’s Fiscal Year: March 1 – February 28


Frequently Asked Questions:

How Do I Enroll In The Kroger Community Rewards Program?
How Do I Earn Kroger Community Rewards?
Do I Need to Enroll Every Year?
How Do I Receive Credit For My Kroger Community Rewards Into My Tuition Account?
How Do I Find & Report My Quarterly Kroger Community Rewards?
What Happens To My Earnings If My Family Does Not Return to St. Catharine?


How Do I Enroll In The Kroger Community Rewards Program?

Visit Kroger’s website, www.kroger.com, and create an account by clicking on the “Register” button.  If you have already created an account, sign into your account by clicking on the “Sign In” button.  Once you have registered your Kroger Plus Card to your account and are signed into your account, click on the “Community” menu item.  Then click on the “Kroger Community Rewards” item in the Community menu.  Click on the “Re-Enroll Now” button on the Kroger Community Rewards page.  Check each section and verify the accuracy of the information.  Each section can be edited by clicking on each section’s “Edit” button.  Scroll down to the “Community Rewards” section of the Account Summary.  Add “St. Catharine Parish/School- Columbus” to your account with the Organization #: 81633.

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How Do I Earn Kroger Community Rewards?

By assigning St. Catharine’s Organization # 81633 to your Kroger Plus Card via your account on Kroger’s website, www.kroger.com, Kroger will credit your Kroger Plus Card with dollars based on rebates of purchases made at Kroger stores with your Kroger Plus Card.

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Do I Need to Enroll Every Year?

Yes.  Re-enrollment in the Kroger Community Rewards Program occurs annually in April.

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How Do I Receive Credit For My Kroger Community Rewards Into My Tuition Account?

You must report all earnings from Kroger Community Rewards on a quarterly basis for all those individuals that are earning for your family tuition account using the St. Catharine Kroger Quarterly Earnings Form.  Read how to find & report earnings below.   The TRIP fiscal year runs from March 1 through February 28 (29).  The total reduction accumulated at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to the following school/religious education year’s tuition statement.  Final earnings reports are sent to families in late March/early April to review.

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How Do I Find & Report My Quarterly Kroger Community Rewards?

On a quarterly basis (Mar 1, Jun 1, Sep 1, Dec 1), visit Kroger’s website, www.kroger.com, and sign into you Kroger account.  Click on the “Savings & Rewards” menu item, and choose the “Kroger Community Rewards” option.  Once you are on the Kroger Community Rewards page, click on the “View Your Rewards Details” button.  This button will take you to your Account Summary page.  At the bottom of your Account Summary page, you will find the “Community Rewards” section.  Copy and paste this section into the requesting field on the St. Catharine Kroger Quarterly Earnings Form (see the following example):

Organization Name: ST. CATHERINE PARISH/SCHOOL- COLUMBUS
Organization Number: 81633
Enrollment Date: 04/19/2016
Last Quarter Kroger Donation: $10.31

Complete the remaining fields on the form – only one (1) form per family necessary.  If you have multiple Kroger accounts for which you earn rewards, please complete one (1) form and copy/paste the Community Rewards section for each Kroger account into the same requesting field, separating each account’s information with once line of space.  When your form is complete, click on the “Submit” button at the bottom of the form.

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What Happens To My Earnings If My Family Does Not Return to St. Catharine?

Families withdrawing their child(ren) from St. Catharine School/Religious Education program between school years can have their accumulated TRIP funds transferred to another participating St. Catharine Parish family or the St. Catharine General Tuition Assistance Fund.  Families that leave during the school year will forfeit their earnings to the General Tuition Assistance Fund.  Any family earning the entire religious education fee or school tuition through the TRIP program will have any additionally earned reimbursement applied to either another participating St. Catharine Parish family or the General Tuition Assistance Fund.

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