When we ask students to reflect back on their years at MBCI, co-curricular options like study tours, athletics and music trips often feature prominently among their favourite memories. These experiences offer students the chance to learn and get involved beyond the classroom, build relationships, and expand their worldviews.  

Since the cost of trips is not included in tuition or eligible for bursary funds, we are pleased to facilitate a student fundraising program intended to help make these trips accessible to every student who would like to participate. 

The following program features are designed to help meet the needs of individual students and families and support the ability to work toward a fundraising goal over an extended period of time: 

• At least three fundraising opportunities will be facilitated by the school each year, with attention paid to selecting options that are of interest to a wide range of purchasers. (The exception is 2024-2025 with timing permitting two fundraising opportunities for this school year.) 

• All funds raised by an individual student are directed to their own student trip account, meaning each student reaps the entire benefit of their own hard work. 

• Participation is optional and students are able to choose which fundraisers they wish to participate in and what level of effort they wish to invest.  

• Whatever funds are in a student’s trip account will automatically be applied to the cost of the next MBCI trip that student is participating in. It is also possible to carry the amount over from year to year – please inform our accounting office directly at finance@mbci.mb.ca if you wish to save funds for a trip down the road. 

• Funds raised through this program are only applicable to MBCI trips and not applicable to tuition or any other school-related costs or fees. Please note that school trips include internally-run trips where the funds you raise will be deducted directly from your invoice. For trips such as the Quebec Trip or American History Trip that are administered by a tour company, any accumulated funds can be dispersed to the family (following a request sent to finance@mbci.mb.ca), which you then can use when paying the tour group directly. 

• When a student graduates or is no longer attending MBCI, any funds remaining in their account will be dispersed to the family.