Tips
What is a Promotional Load entry on your FiveBackGift.com Visa transaction history?
April 29, 2026
This another good reason not to let a cashier toss your zero balance GGF Visa prepaid gift card. Hold on to your gift cards until at least a month has passed since last use. Today, I was checking the balance on some older Visas before I shredded them, when I discovered one with a 50¢
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Grandparents can reload cards for distant grandchildren
April 29, 2026
A Gene Grawe Fund grandparent has an 11 year old grandson who lives out of state and loves to eat at Subway. So grandpa gave him a reloadable Subway card that is linked to grandpa’s RaiseRight.com account. Now, grandpa can reload the Subway card whenever is get’s low. We recently had a Gene Grawe Fund
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Dedicate a $50 or $100 GGF Visa to limit your monthly Blessing Java coffee habit
April 29, 2026
Have you been spending too much on coffee at Blessing Java lately? Try this: each month, buy one $50 or $100 prepaid Visa debit card from the Gene Grawe Fund and then make that the only card you use at Blessing Java. When it’s empty, make yourself wait. Of course, some of you may have
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Use Gene Grawe Fund gift cards to pay for holiday parties
April 29, 2026
With the holidays fast approaching you might consider volunteering for your employer’s or organization’s holiday party/dinner planning committee. Then try to steer the party location to one of the many Quincy restaurants who are merchant members of the Gene Grawe Fund. Verify that the restaurant will accept their own gift cards in payment for a
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Make saving paper and printer ink part of managing your household’s Gene Grawe Fund program.
April 29, 2026
For instance, it’s sometimes prudent to save the transaction history for a GGF Visa before you shred the plastic card. You may have paid a bill or made an important purchase with that card and you might someday need the transaction history for warranty verification purposes. There are many reasons why you might want to
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Tips for Spotting Phishing Emails
April 29, 2026
Phishing email and phishing attempt are slang phrases for any email message that is on a fishing expedition for information that can be used for fraudulent purposes. It gains this information by tricking unsuspecting email recipients into giving up that information in a variety of ways.These easy tips from RaiseRight.com will help you identify phishing
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Wal-Mart Gift Cards are Reloadable (but you earn 38% less tuition funds)
April 29, 2026
Yes, Wal-Mart gift cards are now reloadable. Just save one of the Wal-Mart gift cards you bought at the Gene Grawe Fund office, register it in your RaiseRight.com account, and reload it up to $400 at a time. Doesn’t matter what denomination card you use. You could load $100 onto a $25 gift card. We’ve
ATTENTION RETIRED MILITARY & VETERANS!
April 29, 2026
Did you know that you can pay your SGLI or VGLI premiums using either a registered or non-registered Gene Grawe Fund Five Back Visa prepaid debit card? If you are helping a student in the Quincy Catholic school system and you’re paying your SGLI or VGLI premiums through military allotment, you can stop the allotment
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2% of Gift Card Face Value or 50% of Rebate? Which is better?
April 29, 2026
The correct answer is they both are. Huh? The reason for saying both is that all cards purchased with cash or check at the Gene Grawe Fund office will pay your student’s tuition account 2% of the face value of the gift cards. Yet, all gift cards purchased online using PrestoPay at either RaiseRight.com or
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Reduce Your Exposure to Internet Fraud
April 29, 2026
Regular use of Gene Grawe Fund prepaid Visa debit cards for Internet purchases will significantly lower your chances of being the victim of Internet fraud. Same thing happens when online shopping with store-brand gift cards like Lowes, Hy-Vee, Menards, Staples, and hundreds of others. Picture this…your sitting in the doctor’s waiting room reading news on
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Walmart and Sam’s Club Gift Cards are Interchangeable
April 29, 2026
Walmart gift cards and Sam’s Club gift cards are interchangeable. Meaning you can use a Walmart gift card at Sam’s Club and a Sam’s Club gift card at Walmart. NOTE ON USING WALMART PAY APP: Recently, we found out that you cannot use the Walmart Pay app on your smart phone for purchases at Sam’s
