By RYAN SKAITH
St. Joseph Post
The holidays are almost here and that means ‘Shop St. Joseph’ is about to begin.
Kristi Bailey, with the St. Joe Chamber of Commerce, says the annual event is great way for shoppers to do their holiday shopping locally for a chance at winning prizes.
“It’s a great way for local merchants to see new people come into their stores, but its also a fun way for local shoppers to potentially win big. There’s a $10,000 grand prize and a ‘$2,500 shop small business bonus,’ plus a lot of second-chance prizes.”
Bailey adds that collecting tickets throughout the event is easy, “If you go into any participating business, you get a ticket just for walking in the door. Then you get another ticket for every ten dollars spent, up to a certain point.”
Any local business that would like to participate still has time to sign up, Bailey adds, “The sooner they sign up, the more advertising they’ll get. We’re going to start putting all the businesses in ads so everyone knows where to shop.”
‘Shop St. Joseph’ begins November 13th and runs through December 16th.
Bailey says the prize drawing will take place December 18th.