Chamber of Commerce officials encourage to shop “Totally Locally” this month for a chance to win big prizes during Late Night Shopping on December 12 and 19.
Last week saw four lucky winners get to spin the wheel for prizes. Those winners were Kaysea Christopher, Stephanie Barnes, Chrisi Tucek, and Savannah Askew, who each won a prize gift from one of the participating merchants on the wheel.
The Chamber’s Totally Locally Gift Ideas blog is now up on ClarendonTX.com and features gift ideas from about a dozen participating businesses. Each gift idea costs $50 or less and are available for sale and also are on the Prize Wheel to be given away at 8 p.m. at Saye’s on the next two Thursday nights, December 12, and 19, during Late Night Shopping.
“Totally Locally” merchants participating at press time are A Fine Feathered Nest, Clarendon Outpost, Cornell’s Country Store, Country Bloomers Flowers & Gifts, Every Nook & Cranny, Floyd’s Automotive, Henson’s, J&W Lumber, Mike’s Pharmacy, Saye’s Tack Store, Studio E, and Turquoise & Rust. Shoppers can register at any “Totally Locally” merchant during the season for a chance to spin the wheel for prizes and for a chance to win $500 in Clarendon Cash.
Shoppers must be present to spin the wheel, but you don’t not have to be present to win the $500 drawing on December 19.
According to small business advocates, every $100 spent in locally-owned stores returns $68 to the local community through taxes, payrolls, and other expenditures. That same money spent in another town or online returns nothing to your local community.
Shop at home this holiday season and remember the important role your local merchants play in keeping your community strong.
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