Feb 15, 2017
Three lucky individuals were selected on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, as winners of the Chamber’s “Shop Wyoming and Win” annual Buy Local promotion. This year’s winners are: Stephanie Baiocco of Marilla won the Weber Gas Grill donated by Ace Hardware of Attica and Warsaw; Ron Snell of Delevan won the Rocker Recliner donated by Harding’s Attica Furniture and Flooring in Attica; and Annette Hyman of Strykersville won the $100 Wyoming County Visa Gift Card.
The Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism held the drawing at the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors regular February Meeting. As the most senior members of the Board, Town Supervisors Jerry Davis (Covington), Doug Berwanger (Arcade), and John Copeland (Wethersfield) drew the winning tickets.
“Congratulations to the winners of this year’s “Shop Wyoming and Win” contest. This year’s promotion was another record breaker and we again exceeded local shopping revenue goals over last year,” said Scott Gardner, President of the Chamber. “Thank you to the local businesses who participated, and all the shoppers for making this event a success. Thank you to everyone who participated by shopping locally, placed a drop box in their business, or supported the program in some way.”
“The prizes are made possible with the strong support of two county businesses. We thank Ace Hardware of Attica and Warsaw for the first time donation of the Weber gas grill, and thank Harding’s Attica Furniture and Flooring for stepping up again this year and donating a Rocker Recliner,” concluded Gardner. “These two businesses never hesitate to participate and we hope that shoppers will stop in to support these outstanding local family run small businesses.”
This year marks the fifth time that the Chamber has sponsored the holiday promotion as part of the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce’s buy local program. After weeks of planning and delivering the entry boxes to small businesses all over the county, the contest kicked off on “Black Friday” November 25, 2016.
Participants were required to save their receipts from purchases made in Wyoming County between “Black Friday,” November 25, 2016 and Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016. They then submitted the receipts by mail, in-person, or in drop boxes by the deadline of January 13, 2017. For every $50 worth of purchases made in Wyoming County, the participants were eligible for one entry in the drawing. We are very pleased the report that we broke last year’s record with 650 participants and total purchases at $451,519, up 27% over last year. Shoppers turned in sales receipts which brought in estimated sales taxes of $36,121 during the 31-day promotional period.
For more information or to become a member, please call 585-786-0307 or visit the website at www.wycochamber.org.
