General Information

The Shopping Card is sponsored by The Ready or Not Foundation, a Texas 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is dedicated to raising funds and awareness for pediatric brain cancer. Since its inception, The Ready or Not Foundation has raised over $1,500,000 for pediatric brain cancer research.

How It Works:

      Shoppers purchase The Ready or Not for the Holidays Shopping Card for a minimum donation of $50 by cash, check or credit card payable to the Ready or Not Foundation. They are then entitled to receive a 20% discount on regularly priced merchandise at participating merchants in South Texas from October 23 through November 1, 2009.

      Cards may be purchased by direct mail, online, by phone orders or from a participating merchant. Cards ordered by direct mail, online or over the phone will be mailed first class to purchasers by October 15, 2009. After that date, they may only be purchased directly from stores participating in the event or at our special Holiday Card location.

      Best of all, the full $50 minimum donation is tax-deductible and goes directly to the Ready or Not Foundation to help in its mission to eliminate pediatric brain cancer, the leading cause of cancer death among children. In addition, your donation is matched 2 for 1 by matching grants. This means that your $50 donation brings in a total of $150 to the Ready or Not Foundation.

The Holiday Shopping Card is a WIN/WIN concept that benefits every participant.

       The customer receives a great discount on merchandise
before the holidays.

       Participating stores increase their traffic, sales, and
exposure.

       The Ready or Not Foundation receives much needed funding
for pediatric brain cancer research.

Last year, The Ready or Not Foundation was able to raise in excess of $300,000 through Holiday Card sales, sponsorships and matching grants. This precise sort of holiday shopping has proven a huge success (raising millions of dollars) in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. This year, we join these Texas cities on the same dates as we shop for a cause. Please join the Ready or Not Foundation in bringing this success to South Texas. The Ready or Not Foundation and South Texas are prepared to make a difference with this fundraising event, but we need your help. To demonstrate our commitment to raising funds for pediatric brain cancer research, the Ready or Not Foundation has a track record of contributing one hundred percent (100%) of its donations to research (and this unique accomplishment has been made possible by other generous underwriters). To date, the Ready or Not Foundation has already raised and contributed more than $500,000.00 directly for pediatric brain cancer research, and these donations have triggered dollar-for-dollar matching contributions from two other foundations (that is, every dollar donated by the Ready or Not Foundation turns into three dollars ($3) for research) yielding $1.5 million dollars in the last two (2) years. For further details about the Ready or Not Foundation and these matching grants, please visit our web site at www.readyornotfoundation.org. Let's Shop South Texas ! Save Money Save Lives.