Updates
It’s bad enough when your premiums go up, but it’s even worse when you can’t use GGF funds to pay the premium!
April 29, 2026
Previously, State Farm auto insurance customers were out of luck if their semi-annual premium payment was over $500, which is the largest denomination Visa debit card available for purchase through the Gene Grawe Fund. State Farm limited a customer to only one payment method for the full amount of the premium amount due. Some GGF
Categories: Tips
Keep A Small Amazon Gift Card Balance to Pay for Prime Movie Rentals
April 29, 2026
Maintain a small Amazon.com gift card balance to pay for late night movie rentals on Amazon Prime. Buy an Amazon.com gift card from the Gene Grawe Fund and load its balance into your Amazon gift card account. You can even scan the Claim Code with your smartphone’s Amazon App. Then try to remember to not
Categories: Tips
Don’t Run Down VISA’s Too Low
April 29, 2026
Visa prepaid debit cards are much harder to empty online when their balance of available funds is below $5.00. More and more we’re running into websites where they impose a minimum allowable payment. Some minimum payment thresholds go as low as $1 while $5 seems to be the upper end right now. I recently painted
Categories: Five Back VisaTips
Why I Volunteer with the Gene Grawe Fund
April 15, 2026
Like many children in the 1950s and 60s, I grew up poor in a medium-sized, single-parent family on Quincy’s northwest side. Being from a strict Catholic background going back many generations, all of us kids attended St. John the Baptist Elementary School. We all went from Kindergarten through 8th grade there with the hopes of
Categories: Volunteers
Use AutoHotkey to Enhance Your GGF Program
April 15, 2026
Introduction For over 10 years now, I’ve enhanced the use of my desktop PC and laptop with a tool called AutoHotkey or AHK for short. AutoHotkey is a free, open-source, scripting language for Windows OS that allows you to easily create simple-to-complex scripts for all kinds of tasks such as: form fillers, auto-clicking, macros, etc.
Categories: Tips
Possibly the Ultimate Gift Card Wallet
April 15, 2026
The staff of the Gene Grawe Fund doesn’t want to get in the habit of recommending products. But, considering the amount of money our members, especially new members, waste searching for suitable gift card wallets, we thought we might at least pass along the following info from one of our members who thinks his family
Enrolling at RaiseRight.com
April 14, 2026
OVERVIEW OF THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS ARE YOU REALLY YOU? Anyone wishing to enroll at RaiseRight.com (RR) has to be vouched for by the coordinator of the local nonprofit organization. In our case, that’s JoAnn Witte, President of the Gene Grawe Fund, Inc. So start here by first sending JoAnn an email telling her that you
Categories: AccountHelpRaiseRight.com Tips
Donating Gift Cards to Local Charities
April 14, 2026
Members of the Gene Grawe Fund are uniquely positioned to help two charities with a single gift card purchase. Buying a gift card from the Gene Grawe Fund benefits the Fund, and donating that gift card to a local charity benefits that charity’s work. Writing a donation check or making a cash donation benefits only
