Volunteer Requirements

Volunteering and Fundraising

In order to meet the costs of educating your child(ren) with an outstanding Catholic education, it is required that each Saints Philip and James School family will fulfill a volunteer hours requirement and purchase a required amount of RaiseRight gift cards. Volunteers must successfully complete the required clearances before volunteering for any activity or event that involves children. Please visit the volunteer opportunity page on our website (sspjnj.org/volunteer-opportunities) or email sspjhsa@gmail.com for more information. A family that chooses any of the Buyout options, must sign and return their enrollment contract before March 31 of the current calendar year.

RaiseRight Gift Cards Options

  1. Purchase RaiseRight: Each school family is required to purchase gift cards from Jul 1, 2025 - Jun 30, 2026. The RaiseRight requirement is based on REBATE EARNINGS, not purchase amounts. Requirement amounts are determined by the number of students enrolled by the family.
  2. RaiseRight Buyout: A buyout fee may be paid in lieu of purchasing RaiseRight gift cards. This amount may be added to your FACTS payment. Buy-out amounts are determined by the number of students enrolled by the family. Please see the enrollment contract for more details.

Volunteer Options

  1. 25 Hours Requirement: 25 hours (per family) from Jun 1 - May 31 of the current school year is required in our various school activities. A minimum of 4 times per school year of Cafeteria support from 10:30am-12:30pm is also required. Those families that do not fulfill the 25 volunteer hour requirement will be billed $12.00 for each unfulfilled hour.
  2. RaiseRight Buyout: A $300.00 Volunteer Buyout Fee may be paid by those families that choose not to volunteer 25 hours. The Buyout Fee will be added to FACTS account and will be paid over 10 months.

Earning Funds Back

Each family pays a fundraising fee as part of the tuition each school year. Some, or all, of this fee can by earned back when the family:

Purchases RaiseRight cards above the requirement. (Friends and extended family can also purchase RaiseRight cards and apply it to the family’s account.)

50% of the additional earnings of RaiseRight gift cards purchased will be credited to that family’s “Earnings Funds Back” account. Credit towards Earning Funds Back is accrued from July 1st through June 30th of the current school year. Families will receive an Earning Funds Back check from the school during the summer after the current school year. All outstanding tuition and fees must be paid by the family before a check is issued.

Families not meeting the RaiseRight requirement by Jun 30, 2026 will be billed, on a prorated basis.

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