Effortlessly Support HEAV Every Day
Ask family, friends, and neighbors to help support homeschooling, too.
Many of these programs listed below let portions of the money you’re already spending–on groceries, online shopping, travel, and more–go toward supporting homeschooling in Virginia! It doesn’t cost you a dime–you pay the same price you would normally; the retailer or program makes the donation.
Can’t do them all? Just pick those you can! Whatever you are able to do will make a BIG difference. Thank you for helping make a difference in the lives of families across the state!
1) BECOME A MEMBER
Visit www.heav.com/joinrenew to read about all the benefits of joining HEAV and to find out how you can become a member.
2) USE AMAZON SMILE
Now when you shop on Amazon, a portion of your purchase can help support the work of HEAV. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know–same products, same prices, same login–but 0.5% of each purchase price is donated back to HEAV. By shopping on AmazonSmile, you can help HEAV in its efforts to protect and promote homeschooling in Virginia–every time you buy.
Go to http://smile.amazon.com and be sure to choose HEAV as your charity.
3) REGISTER YOUR GROCERY CARD
Register your grocery card to effortlessly support HEAV while you shop! Once your card has been registered, your grocery store will donate a percentage of your purchases to HEAV–all at no extra cost to you!
Kroger Rewards Programs – Register your card online at at krogercommunityrewards.com. Use NPO number 91529, or designate Home Educators Association of Virginia as your organization. (Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377, and select option 4 to get your Kroger Plus card number.)
Martin’s A+ Program – Simply link your BONUSCARD online at www.martinsaplus.com. (designate Home Educators Association of Virginia as your school and use ID #23232). Get complete instructions here.
Harris Teeter Program – Simply visit the Harris Teeter website and link your VIC Card to HEAV (our school code is 8152), or just mention school code 8152 next time you shop with your VIC Card. Once your card is linked, HEAV will receive a percentage of your Harris Teeter brand (Harris Teeter, Premier Selection,H.T. Traders, Harris Teeter Naturals, Your Pet, Hunter Farms, Highland Crest, and More Value) purchases credited back to our account.
4) JOIN HSLDA
We recommend homeschooling families join HSLDA. Even if you never experience legal trouble yourself, your HSLDA membership will help enable other homeschooling families to get the legal help they need and will help defend our right to homeschool.
Join using this link or write “Affiliate 2294016” in the space marked “Other” on Section 2, Question B (the question labeled “I received this application from”), and HEAV will receive $20 (new HSLDA members only). Joining HSLDA is a great way to support homeschooling freedoms and homeschooling in Virginia at the same time!
HEAV Members Save $20! If you’re an HEAV member, you will receive $20 off the membership price when you enter the code on the reverse side of your membership card!
5) COVENANT EYES
Parents, protect your children online! Covenant Eyes accountability software monitors the websites your family visits, the search terms used, and YouTube videos watched and lists them in an easy-t-read report designed to start a conversation about healthy online habits. Starting at just $11.99/month when you use our affiliate link–and a portion of your purchase will go to HEAV!
6) LUMERIT UNBOUND
An HEAV-Recommended Option for Dual Credit.
HEAV is pleased to partner with Unbound to share this opportunity for homeschool students to make a college plan that can save 30-50% off the cost of a university education. Request information and sign up with Unbound through the HEAV link and save $200-$300 more!
In addition, Unbound will make a donation** to HEAV for every student that signs up through getunbound.org/HEAV.
7)Employee Matching Gifts
Many companies will match their employees’ charitable contributions dollar for dollar. It’s an easy way to double your donation to us!
How? Ask your company’s human resource department if your company has a matching gift program and how your gift to HEAV can be matched by your company. Or, call the HEAV 0ffice of you have any questions about a matching gift.
8) Commonwealth of Virginia (CVC) Campaign
Are you a state employee who wants to use your Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign pledge to share God’s love through Home Educators Association of Virginia? Make a difference in the lives of Virginia homeschooling families–sign up today! Be sure to use Home Educators Association of Virginia’s number 03698.
9) Save $30 off HSLDA Online Academy Registration
HSLDA launched the Academy in 2009 as a service to families and others who are looking for ways to supplement their students’ high school education. Students receive solid academic preparation, a biblical worldview, and quality teaching.
Save $30 for yourself when you sign up using discount code PTHEAV – plus, HEAV will receive $30, too.
10) USE GOODSHOP WHEN BUYING ONLINE
Do you shop online at major retailers such as
- Staples,
- Home Depot,
- Kohls,
- Or other major chains?
If you click over to these websites through the links on GoodShop, a portion of your purchases will go towards supporting the work of HEAV–all while you pay the same prices you normally would!
It’s easy! No logging in required, and you can easily find stores by searching for a name, choosing from an alphabetical drop down, or browsing by category. Just visit GoodShop, make sure “Home Educators Association of Virginia” is selected as your charity, and begin shopping! Don’t forget to bookmark the page so you can easily visit it whenever you need to shop online.
11) LINK TO HEAV OR TELL YOUR FRIENDS
Do you have a blog or website? A link to HEAV is a simple but very effective way to support HEAV and share our resources with others! Click here for sample links and instructions.
Letting your friends know about the resources HEAV provides is a BIG way you can help us meet the needs of families.
12) BOOK AIRLINE TICKETS AND HOTELS THROUGH YTBTRAVEL
Next time you’re in need of airplane tickets or a rental car, or will be booking hotel rooms in advance, visit www.ytbtravel.com/homeeducators. The rates are competitive with other super-saver travel sites, and by purchasing your tickets through YTBTravel (previously known as EduTravel), you’re benefiting HEAV with 40% of the travel commissions! You may find you save time and money too!
“After booking flights through Travelocity for more than five years, last month I decided to try EduTravel. I compared the two sites and was pleasantly surprised to find I could get the exact same flight and price! It is so nice to know EduTravel will offer my family the best deals while benefiting HEAV!” -Linda Linder of Manassas
“I booked my first flight on EduTravel and found a lower fare than was shown on the other search engines. It turns out EduTravel will automatically let you know if a lower fare is available for another travel time or day–a great money-saving feature that avoids having to spend huge amounts of time searching for the lowest fare!” -Anne Miller, president of HEAV
13) RECYCLE YOUR INK CARTRIDGES
It’s simple! Just collect your used ink cartridges and bring the used cartridges into the HEAV office or to the HEAV convention.
You can recycle any cartridges. For every cartridge you recycle this way, HEAV will get $2 from Staples, useable toward office supplies!
14) SURF THE INTERNET USING THE HEAV BENEFIT BAR
Support the work of HEAV at the same time as you search the Internet…with no cost or extra effort!
Download HEAV’s BenefitBar and use it for all your Internet searches. Downloading the benefit bar is simple and only takes a few minutes, but it has the potential to support HEAV in a BIG way. This toolbar sits on top of your web browser (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) and allows you to quickly search the web using the Yahoo! Search engine.
Every time you click on a sponsored link in the search results, HEAV will receive 10 cents from Yahoo! If you search the sponsored links three times a day, on average, that is 30 cents per day. And if 100 people click three times a day, HEAV will earn $900 a month! That’s $900 extra dollars we can use to help families in need, provide scholarships, produce materials, and work to defend the rights of families.
Important Note: Please search the Internet as you normally would; purposefully trying to click on links just to earn money is prohibited.
15) TAKE MAGAZINES WITH YOU TO OFFICES AND BOOKSTORES
Doctors, dentists, orthodontists, and other medical offices often display magazines for patients to read while waiting. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if parents learned about the benefits of home education while waiting to be seen?
Next time you go to an appointment (doctor, dentist, etc.), bring a copy of the Virginia Home Educator and ask if they would like to receive a complimentary subscription? If they say yes, just send their name and address, and a note saying they gave you permission to subscribe them, to office@heav.org! HEAV is happy to send the magazine regularly to any office with a waiting room at NO charge.
Leaving a magazine at your local Christian bookstore or anywhere else parents frequent would also be a great way to introduce more people to homeschooling!
Note: If you need extra magazines to distribute, please just let us know!
16) VOLUNTEER WITH HEAV
A lot of the work at HEAV is done by volunteers—busy families just like yours who see a need and get involved! HEAV volunteers are an integral part of making a difference for homeschoolers in our state. We need volunteers at both the June convention and the Richmond office, as well as Outreach Partners around the state who will pass on ready-to-go informaiton to their local church, MOPS group, Internet outlet, or community. Learn more about volunteering today!
