Supporting local charities couldn’t be easier this holiday season with the Spirit of Christmas initiative sponsored by the 100 Mile House Free Press and its advertisers.
Each participating business will have a draw box and a list of eligible charities on site until Dec. 21.
Customers can vote for their charity of choice and the charity, which receives the most votes, will get 10 per cent of the advertising dollars spent on the promotion by the participating businesses.
Each week, there will be a draw made from all of the entries and the person who cast that vote will receive $100 in Chamber Bucks.
At the end of the promotion, a grand prize draw for $500 worth of Chamber Bucks will be made from all of the entries. No purchase is necessary to participate.
100 Mile House Free Press advertising consultant Martina Dopf says she is really counting on people to visit the businesses and cast their vote.
“Local businesses donate so much to local charities and they are so generous. Most of us belong to an organization that has benefited from their donations. Shopping locally is our way of giving back.”
The list of participating businesses includes Cariboo Consignments, Horse Lake Garden Centre, Pharmasave, Donex Pharmacy & Department Store, Performance All Terrain and Rentals, Hops & Vines U Brew, 108 Supermarket, 100 Mile Feed and Ranch Supplies Ltd., Century Hardware, Panino’s Bakery, Hemingway’s Kitchen Specialty and Gifts, Higher Ground Natural Foods, Aurum Custom Goldsmithing, Royal LePage 100 Mile Realty, Seasons Gift Store, and the 100 Mile House Free Press.
