The Marion Chamber of trade, in conjunction with eight different neighborhood chambers and many local businesses, are encouraging Marion citizens to save regionally this holiday season.
Teaming up for the “save Southern Illinois” software with Marion are the Carbondale, Carterville, Du Quoin, Herrin, Marion, town, Murphysboro, Union County, and West Frankfort chambers.
They have united to encourage shopping at neighborhood corporations, as opposed to online shopping or visiting out of the place. The task functions a robust presence on social media, where Southern Illinois citizens can use the hashtag #IBuySI to find out about the advantages of shopping domestically.
Marion Chamber of trade executive Director Dalus Ben Avi stated, “nearby enterprise owners are our friends and friends, and they deserve our assist and our business now not handiest this vacation season, but all year-spherical.
“Neighborhood agencies hire locally, spend their cash domestically, contribute to their groups and areas and provide the whole lot we need or want this vacation season and every day of the 12 months,” she stated.
Many nearby businesses like flawlessly Posh, are encouraging Marion residents to keep locally.
Tresa Storto, a proprietor of flawlessly Posh, said that local consumers had been a strong presence in the store.
“(buying domestically) is essential due to the fact small companies right here rely upon the people buying regionally to live in an enterprise,” Storto said.
“we are neighborhood humans, we store regionally, we shop at other local corporations, so we maintain the money nearby right here. We’re now not off purchasing in an employer that’s in every other kingdom or any other united states of America.”
by means of making a social media post (or tweet) with the hashtag #IBuySI, citizens can be entered in weekly drawings to win prizes.
Each drawing will be held on a Friday in December:
December 2, $275 10k yellow gold ruby and diamond necklace from Watson’s Jeweler
December 9, $250 gift certificate from Black Diamond Harley Davidson
December 16, A year’s supply of Pepsi from Pepsi MidAmerica
December 23, $500 cash from the Shop Southern Illinois Program
December 30, A year’s supply of Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut dozens (one dozen a month for 12 months)
There isn't any cost for this system, and there will be no requirement that customers turn in receipts or punch-card applications.
people are restrained to triumphing one weekly prize drawing, but there are not any limits to the quantity of instances individuals may be entered into the drawing with the aid of the use of the hashtag.
Entries have to be obtained by means of noon on Dec. 30. Winners could have two weeks after the drawing to say their prize or the prize can be again to the shop Southern Illinois program so that any other winner can be chosen.