Originally Posted by aka Julie

In the Cincinnati area Kroger has a fund-raising program tied to gift cards purchased through participating schools and other non-profits. The non-profit sells the cards for face value (usually $5 initially) and you can continue to re-load the card. Each time your organization reaches $5,000 in recharges and orders Kroger will send your organization a check for 5% of the total balance, thus making a profit. The gift cards may be redeemed at any of the Kroger or Kroger banner supermarkets nationwide.

My husband is a principal at a public elementary school and they got into this program several years ago. We continually re-load our card (charging to Delta AMEX) and use for all Kroger purchases including gas which really adds up. I get double miles everytime I re-load the card and help out my husband's school. I just recently started buying the other gift cards Kroger displays near the checkout (Applebees, iTunes, etc.) and pay for them with my Kroger gift card which I purchased with AMEX, thus getting double miles for some purchases that would not normally get double miles.