Support Your Local Merchants This Holiday Season

During this holiday season, try shopping at local merchants. When you need: your car repaired, your car towed, a new used car, a car battery, heating oil, stove or fireplace, sign work, meat processing, ice cream, garden supplies, tax services, a prescription filled, gas, groceries, carpentry, clothing, a chain saw, a tan, a perm,a pool or spa, office supplies, a video to rent, a package shipped, keys made, a plumber, bird seed, pet supplies, sporting goods, real estate services, tires, a train set & supplies, an electric motor rebuilt, gas grills, a snow blower, snow plowing, a sub sandwich, soup in a bread bowl, pizza, bulk food, copier cartridges, deli meats, lunch or dinner, insurance, camping supplies, memorials, clothing for men, a new computer, your nails done, a massage, new draperies, pizza & wings, an adult beverage, wine & liquor, electronics, a photo on a hat, a Christmas tree, or almost anything else -- shop at your local community merchants. Check out their ads in the Community Press each month.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MERCHANTS, and they will support you.

Local merchants are always willing to help out by sponsoring and supporting local groups that help our community.

When you and your children go out to collect funds and get sponsorships for upcoming spring and summer events and programs, remember where you plan to do your holiday shopping this Christmas. Can you really expect a local merchant to contribute to an event or program when you spent your holiday shopping dollars elsewhere?

When you, (or your child) go around collecting, ask yourself, - Did I ever shop here before or is this my first time in the store? If you have never stepped foot in the store before, how can you expect that merchant to give you help now?

Maybe you should try going to Sam's Club, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Lowe's, or some other big chain store and see if they will help you out, if that is where you plan to do your holiday shopping.

Happy Holidays from all Your Local Merchants.


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